Pierce O'Donnell
Radio: Bio of attorney Pierce O'Donnell
November 13, 2005
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Pierce O'Donnell is one of the leading trial lawyers in the country. A partner in O'Donnell Shaeffer Mortimer LLP, Mr. O'Donnell has handled numerous complex cases in a variety of fields, including entertainment, environmental, intellectual property, energy, securities, products liability, toxic tort, real estate, constitutional law, and finance. A graduate of Georgetown and Yale, he clerked for Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White and Ninth Circuit Judge Shirley M. Hufstedler.
In recognition of winning numerous precedent-setting cases. Mr. O'Donnell was recently named one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" by the National Law Journal. Mr. O'Donnell's litigation clients include Conoco Phillips, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Pfizer Inc., Reebok, Bridgestone/Firestone, General Electric Capital, National Broadcasting Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc./United Artists Corporation, DreamWorks SKG, Texaco, W.R. Grace, McCarthy Construction, Miramax Films, New Line Cinema, Republic of France, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, and the cities of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, Anaheim, and Newport Beach. He also represents many celebrities, including Vidal Sassoon against Proctor & Gamble, Ron Isley in an appeal preserving his $6.5 million copyright infringement verdict against Michael Bolton, and Faye Dunaway in her lawsuit against Andrew Lloyd Webber over her wrongful termination from the Los Angeles production of "Sunset Boulevard."
A noted author of over 200 articles and five books, O'Donnell co-authored "Fatal Subtraction: How Hollywood Really Does Business" (Doubleday), a best selling account of his successful representation of Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Art Buchwald against Paramount Pictures in the famous "Coming to America" case. In the wake of his triumph, Forbes magazine hailed Mr. O'Donnell as "the new Perry Mason in Hollywood." He also co-authored the screenplay for the feature film "Home Team" (starring Steve Guttenberg). His most recent book is "Dawn's Early Light" (Rosebud), a collection of poems.
Mr. O'Donnell is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and American Board of Trial Advocates, an Elected Member of the American Law Institute and P.E.N., and Past President of the Economic Round Table of Los Angeles. He frequently lectures at Harvard, UCLA, USC, Loyola, and Pepperdine. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at the UCLA Independent Film and Television Producers Program and as a consultant to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on federal criminal law reform. He lives in Montecito, California with his wife Dawn and five children.
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