Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin P.C. is pleased to announce that Attorney Andrea M. O’Connor is now a shareholder in the firm.
O’Connor, who joined the firm in 2025, focuses her practice on bankruptcy, reorganization and workout matters, advising individuals and businesses facing financial challenges. Her experience representing both debtors and creditors, serving as a Chapter 7 trustee and clerking for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts gives her a broad perspective on complex financial situations and helps her develop practical solutions tailored to each client’s needs.
A magna cum laude graduate of Western New England University School of Law, O’Connor served as editor-in-chief of the Western New England Law Review. She earned her undergraduate degree in political science, cum laude, from the University of Connecticut.
O’Connor has been named to the Massachusetts Super Lawyers list in the field of “Bankruptcy: Consumer” for four consecutive years, from 2023 through 2026, following recognition as a Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2019 through 2022. She serves as Bankruptcy Section Chair of the Hampden County Bar Association, co-chair of the Western Massachusetts Bankruptcy Conference and co-chair of the MCLE Bankruptcy Conference. She also serves as a Chapter 7 panel trustee in Connecticut and participates in committees for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts.
O’Connor is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Connecticut, as well as before the U.S. District Courts of Massachusetts and Connecticut and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First and Second Circuits.