Pamela Ann Nichols - Attorney Profile

Pamela Ann Nichols has been a Partner at O’Connell & Aronowitz since 1997, specializing in Personal Injury Litigation. She previously held the position of managing partner for fifteen years. Nichols consistently achieves outstanding outcomes for clients in personal injury cases, including wrongful death, medical malpractice, car accidents, trucking incidents, defective products, child abuse cases, and pharmaceutical claims. Noteworthy achievements include a $4 million settlement in an automobile-pedestrian collision case, a $2.65 million settlement in a pedestrian-construction case, and co-counseling a trial resulting in an $11 million verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit involving sexually abused children. Nichols also secured a $1.8 million settlement in a medical malpractice case concerning a physically abused and neglected child. She obtained settlements of $6.5 million in a wrongful death trucking collision case and $1.5 million in a ski injury case. Her advocacy for child victims has resulted in settlements exceeding $3.0 million. When not practicing law, Nichols is actively involved in volunteering for various causes promoting health and safety. She has led volunteer attorneys at O’Connell and Aronowitz in raising awareness about distracted driving among over 14,000 students in upstate New York. Nichols has presented the enddd.org program to the NYS Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee and NYS Partnership for Teen Driving Safety. She serves as the Capital Region Affiliate President of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and sits on NYSTLA’s Executive Committee. Nichols is a member of the Leader’s Forum at the American Association for Justice and The Injury Board, a nationwide network of personal injury lawyers dedicated to consumer safety. Having been recognized on the Best Lawyers in America list and the Super Lawyer’s list since 2012, Nichols has also received the highest peer recognition with Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent Rating.