onnor L. Cantrell
Connor brings great energy to The Hustead Law Firm. With his work ethic, passion for the law, and broad range of experience, Connor gets to the core of his cases quickly and efficiently.
Prior to joining the Firm, Connor clerked at Kissinger & Fellman, P.C. There, he obtained a wealth of practical experience, from drafting motions and briefs to preparing cross-examinations. By the end of his time as a clerk, Connor had been delegated primary responsibility for many of his own cases and research projects.
As a clerk for the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, Connor investigated federal civil rights violations, including claims under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. One of Connor's major accomplishments at OCR was a two-month research project in which he researched and analyzed whether a Title VI complainant could file a discrimination claim and a retaliation claim in one complaint, based on the same set facts. Connor determined that Title VI and the U.S. Constitution would allow such a claim.
Just a year after Connor left OCR, the United States Supreme Court heard an appeal from a Title VI claimant whose claim was denied because a federal court held that the claimant could not file a discrimination and retaliation claim at the same time. The Supreme Court reversed the lower court's holding and confirmed the thesis of Connor's memorandum.
Connor was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, raised in Oklahoma City, and almost all of his family resides in Oklahoma. He was awarded a full academic scholarship to attend Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts with a double-major in Spanish and Political Science. During college, Connor spent a semester in Segovia, Spain, and traveled throughout Spain's beautiful countryside. He is fluent in written and spoken Spanish.
Connor graduated from Murray with honors, summa cum laude, and was named Murray State's Outstanding Graduating Senior, the top honor awarded by the university. As the recipient of the award, Connor had the distinct privilege to give the commencement address at graduation to more than 10,000 people.
Connor obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where he was a Staff Editor on the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy.
If he's not in the office, Connor is on the golf course in the summer and on the slopes in the winter. Connor is a horseracing fan and Kentucky Derby Veteran; his family breeds and raises thoroughbred racehorses in Oklahoma. He is also an avid reader and loves a good biography or novel.
