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JAMES E.
O'DONNELL
James E. O'Donnell has been practicing law for more than thirty
years and is admitted to the state and federal bars in both Connecticut and Ohio. Attorney O'Donnell is a prominent litigator in a wide variety of legal areas, including commercial,
insurance, personal injury, probate, real estate and environmental matters. In
addition to being known for his meticulous preparation and zealous advocacy,
Attorney O'Donnell also volunteers as a court appointed Fact
Finder, Arbitrator and Attorney Trial Referee to help reduce the backlog of civil cases in the
Connecticut Court System. Attorney O'Donnell also advises clients in
the formation and governance of business and nonprofit entities, in commercial and residential
real estate transactions on behalf of lenders, borrowers,
buyers and sellers, and in estate planning and probate administration.
Attorney O'Donnell earned his law degree
from Boston College Law School in Newton, Massachusetts (J.D., cum laude, 1978) after graduating from Columbia College in New York (B.A., Russian/English, 1974).
Attorney O’Donnell also devotes significant personal and professional time to
Pro Bono and philanthropic activities such as:
The Board of Directors of the Bridgeport Public Library: President, 2004 to present; Member, 1983 to present;
FEILE, Incorporated,
a public charity devoted to Irish culture: Founding Incorporator, Past President, Member of the Board of Directors,
1989 to present;
Fairfield County Irish Festival: Committee Member, 2001 to present;
The Gaelic American Club, Inc., Fairfield,
Connecticut: Past President and Director;
The Klein Memorial
Auditorium Foundation, Inc.: Founding Incorporator, President and Member of the Board of Directors,
1997 to present;
The First Hit, Inc., a public charity devoted to baseball and its early connections to Bridgeport: Founding Incorporator and Member of the Board of Directors, 2003 to present;
The Larry Adelman
Memorial Foundation, Inc.; Founding Incorporator, Executive Director, 1979 to present;
Catholic Family Services, Diocese of Bridgeport: Past Member of the Board
of Directors;
The Ernestina-Morrissey Maritime Association, sponsor of Ocean Classroom: Past Member of the Board of Directors;
The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Fairfield, Connecticut: Past Member of the Parish
Council;
Our Lady of the Assumption School and North End Little League of
Bridgeport: Past baseball coach.
Current
Employment Position:
Partner
Areas of
Practice:
Business and Entity Formation and Governance
Commercial Law
Estate Planning and Probate Administration
Insurance Law
Personal Injury Law
Real Estate Transactional Law
Trials and Appeals in all courts
Bar Admissions:
Supreme Court of Ohio, 1978
U.S. District
Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1978
Connecticut
Superior Court, 1980
U.S. District
Court, District of Connecticut, 1980
Education:
Columbia College, B.A. 1974
Boston
College, J.D. Cum Laude, 1978
Representative
Appellate Cases:
Groesbeck v. Sotire, 1 Conn. App.
66 (1983);
Rokus v. City
of Bridgeport, 191 Conn. 62 (1983);
Silitschanu
v. Groesbeck, 12 Conn. App. 57 (1987), aff’d, 208 Conn. 312
(1988);
Todd v.
Glines, 217 Conn. 1 (1991);
Sivilla v.
Philips Medical Systems of North America, Inc., 46 Conn. App.699 (1997);
Rustici v.
Malloy, 60 Conn. App. 47 (2000);
Sealy
Connecticut, Inc. v. Litton Industries, Inc., 93 F. Supp. 2d 177(D.Conn.
2000);
Calcano v.
Calcano, 257 Conn. 230 (2001); and
Cogan v.
Chase Manhattan Auto Financial Corp., 83 Conn. App.
843 (2004) aff’d 276 Conn. 1 (2005).
Professional
Associations and Memberships:
Connecticut Bar Association
Bridgeport Bar Association
Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Gamma Delta
Personal
Information:
Born Toledo, Ohio.
Attorney O’Donnell
has created and obtained tax exempt 501 (C)(3) status for many charitable organizations that include:
FEILE, Incorporated, a public charity formed to promote an awareness and appreciation of Irish culture;
The First Hit,
Inc., a public charity formed to preserve the home of James Henry O’Rourke as museum and
educational center;
The Klein Memorial
Foundation, Inc., a public charity formed to support and govern Bridgeport's municipal auditorium;
The Larry Adelman
Memorial Foundation, Inc.; a foundation formed to provide scholarship assistance to public interest law students;
ECCO Nehemiah
Development Corporation, a public charity formed to develop affordable housing;
ECCO Nehemiah Homes
Funding Corporation, a public charity formed to provide financing and support for
affordable housing through collaborative ecclesiastic groups;
The New Haven
Sponsoring Committee, Inc.; a public charity formed to develop leaders to advocate for improvement of local conditions;
Trowbridge Renaissance, Inc., a public charity formed to halt
blight through neighborhood collaboration.
Contact: James E.
O'Donnell
Phone: (203)
374-9700
Fax: (203) 374-9772
E-mail: jodonnell@omc-attys.com
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