Since joining Connell Foley in 2003, Owen McCarthy has represented insurance companies and their clients in tort-based liability claims and contractual claims in the Superior Court of New Jersey and in various arbitration forums. He has tried over twenty-five cases to verdict and was designated by The Board of Trial Attorney Certification of the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney in 2008. 

Prior to joining Connell Foley, Mr. McCarthy worked as an associate at another New Jersey law firm and served as Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Peter F. Boggia, J.S.C. in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen Vicinage.

During law school, Mr. McCarthy was a member of the Seton Hall Legislative Journal. He is a Certified Mediator designated by the State of New Jersey and has previously served on the Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division as a Councilman and Deputy Mayor for the Borough of Fair Lawn, Bergen County, and as a Commissioner and Treasurer for the Bergen County Housing Authority.