Background
O'Connell, Francis Joseph was born on March 19, 1913 in Fort Edward, New York, United States. Son of Daniel Patrick and Mary (Bowe) O'C.
O'Connell, Francis Joseph was born on March 19, 1913 in Fort Edward, New York, United States. Son of Daniel Patrick and Mary (Bowe) O'C.
AB, Columbia University, 1934; Juris Doctor, Fordham University, 1938; Doctor of Juridical Science summa cum laude, Brooklyn Law School, 1945.
Counsel and assistant to chairman of the executive committee for labor law and litigation, Allied Chemical Corporation, New York City, 1942-1970;
partner, Bill & O'Connell and predecessor, Garden City, New York, 1970-1976;
private practice, Garden City, New York, 1976-1985;
private practice, Cutchogue, New York, since 1985. Arbitrator, fact-finder, mediator Federal Mediation and Conciliation Svc., since 1970, New York State Mediation Board, American Arbitration assosiation, New York State, Nassau and Suffolk County public employment relations boards, since 1970. Administrative law judge New York State Department Health, since 1979.
Instructor labor law and labor relations Cornell Univercity. United States delegate International Labor Organization, Geneva, 1948, 59, 69, 72.
Trustee Village of Garden City, 1948-1950. Member board education Diocese of Rockville Centre (New York ), 1972-1980. President various civic organizations, since 1942.
Member American Bar Association (labor and international law sections), New York State Bar Association (labor committee), Bar Association Nassau County (labor and arbitration committees, former chairman arbitration andlabor law committees), Manufacturing Chemists Association (chairman industrial relations committee), United States Chamber of Commerce (industrial relations committee), Southold Indian Museum (board directors).
Married Adelaide M. Nagro, September 27, 1937. Children: Chris, Mary Gaynor Lavonas.