Attorney Neil O’Donnell
Neil O’Donnell is the founder of O’Donnell Law Offices. As an experienced trial lawyer, he fights for his clients in personal injury and workers’ compensation cases.
His practice focuses on truck crashes and car crashes, sexual exploitation, premises liability, bad faith, dram shop, and insurance disputes.
He started practicing law in 1987, after he was admitted into the Pennsylvania Bar. Attorney O’Donnell is admitted to practice in the Middle District of Pennsylvania and Eastern District of Pennsylvania United States District Courts. He also is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.
His legal career began after he graduated with honors from King’s College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
He worked for three years in Philadelphia, for the Baskin, Flaherty, Elliot & Mannino firm, before starting O’Donnell Law Offices in 1990.
Peers in the legal profession respect his experience and want his opinion
Attorney O’Donnell’s success, with millions of dollars in awards and settlements secured for his clients, has led to overwhelming peer respect.
This decade alone, leading attorney groups like the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Melvin Belli Society, Brain Injury Association of California, Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Connectionology, and others, have asked him to present more than a dozen times. Attorney O’Donnell started leading peer educational seminars in 2013.
During his presentations, he coaches other attorneys on matters like strategizing for depositions, jury selection in a post-COVID-19 era and strategies for winning traumatic brain injury cases.
Attorney Neil O’Donnell is a member of these professional organizations |
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| Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate and in Civil Pretrial Practice by the National Board of Trial Advocacy | Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum |
| Melvin Belli Society | Pennsylvania Bar Association |
| American Bar Association | Federal Bar Association |
| Wilkes-Barre Law Library Association | Trial Lawyers for Public Justice |
| Northeastern Pennsylvania Association for Justice | Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association |
| Pennsylvania Association for Justice | American Association for Justice |
Attorney Neil O’Donnell’s Professional Appointments |
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| Co-Chair Judicial Selection Advisory Committee for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (2018 and 2021) | Chair U.S. Attorney Advisory Selection Committee for Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania (2021) |
| Court Appointed Trial Master the Luzerne County Special Trial Masters Program | Pennsylvania Round Table Participant Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
| Committee Member Pennsylvania Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Justice System | Committee Member Pennsylvania Appellate Rules Advisory Committee (2017-present) |
| Hearing Examiner Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board (2018-present) | Court Appointed Mediator U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania |
Attorney rating agencies put O’Donnell at the top
The nation’s top attorney rating agencies consistently put Attorney O’Donnell at the top of their lists. Here’s just some of them that have awarded Neil:
Rating agencies and organizations that have recognized Attorney Neil O’Donnell |
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| Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Top 10 | Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent Rating |
| Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Top 100 | American Society of Legal Advocates |
| National Trial Lawyers Top 100 | Top 100 Lawyers |
| Best Lawyers | Rue Ratings Best Attorneys of America |
| Litigation Counsel of America | National Association of Distinguished Counsel |
| Melvin Belli Society | |
