Background
O'Donnell, David D. was born on September 3, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
O'Donnell, David D. was born on September 3, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
American University (School of International Services) (Bachelor of Science, 1980) (Bachelor of Science, 1980). Georgetown University. University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Science, 1980).
Georgetown University. University of Mississippi (Juris Doctor, 1985).
Worked at Hickman, Sumners, Goza & Gore (Oxford, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil Litigation Practice in State and Federal Courts. Corporate and Commercial Law, Construction Law, Insurance Defense, International Business Representation, Mexican Business and Trade Negotiation, Banking, and International Trade, Immigration, Insurance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, Taxation, Professional Liability, Civil Rights Defense, Product Liability, Workers Compensation, Real Estate and Probate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1987, Florida.
1988, Mississippi, United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida. United States. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and United States. Supreme Court.
Articles Editor and Research Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1984-1985. Book Review Editor, Journal of Space Law, 1984-1985.
Author: "Wading Into The Serbonian Bog of Vote Dilution Litigation Under Amended Section 2 of The Voting Rights Act: The Evolving Evidentiary Standards Regarding The Racially Polarized Voting Inquiry," 63 Mississippi Law Journal 1 (Summer 1996). "Corporate, Commercial & Contracts," 1984 Mississippi Supreme Court Review, 55 Mississippi Law Journal 65, March, 1985. "A National First: Mississippi's Underground Storage Tank Program," 1 Natural Resources Law Update V. 1, 1990.
Legislative Intern, United States. Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.), 1979-1980. Law Clerk to Honorable Neal B. Biggers, Junior, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, 1985-1987. Adjunct Professor, (Pretrial Practice), University of Mississippi School of Law. President, American Inns of Court, William C. Keady Chapter.
Member: Lafayette County Bar Association. Mississippi State Bar. The Florida Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.
American Judicature Society. From its inception in the 1930's, Hickman, Sumners, Goza & Gore has carefully diversified its areas of expertise in order to meet the increasingly sophisticated needs of the firm's business, government and insurance industry clientele. It is a full service law firm consisting of four offices staffed by attorneys from varied local, national and international backgrounds.
The firm encourages its attorneys to be actively involved in civic and Bar organizations and is proud of the leadership roles assumed by members of the firm over the years including, for example, two Presidents of The Mississippi State Bar, Member of the Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning and President of The Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.
Member: Lafayette County Bar Association. Mississippi State Bar. The Florida Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.
American Judicature Society.