Background
O'Donnell, Pierce was born on March 5, 1947 in Troy, New York, United States.
O'Donnell, Pierce was born on March 5, 1947 in Troy, New York, United States.
Georgetown University (Bachelor of Arts, 1969. Juris Doctor, 1972); Yale University (Master of Laws, 1975).
Worked at O'Donnell & Shaeffer, LLP (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Business Torts, Complex Litigation, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Entertainment Law, Environmental Law, Financial Institutions, Fraud, Intellectual Property, Products Liability. Admitted to the bar, 1973, District of Columbia. 1976, United States. Supreme Court.
1978, California.
Topics Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1971-1972. Law Clerk to: Honorary Shirley M. Hufstedler, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1972-1973.
Justice Byron R. White, United States. Supreme Court, 1973-1974. Co-Author: "The Hands of Justice: A Law Clerk Fondly Remembers Byron White," 33 Washburn L.J. 12, 1933.
"Killing The Golden Goose, Hollywood's Death Wish," Beverly Hills Bar Journal, Summer, 1992. "Fatal Subtraction: The Inside Story of Buchwald v. Paramount," Doubleday, 1992.
"Toward a Just and Effective Sentencing System: Agenda for Legislative Reform," Praeger Publishers, 1977. "A Poor Man in the Billion Dollar Wasteland: Proposals for a National Linkage Systems, Poor People's Bond, National Lottery Judibank," 59 Georgetown Law Journal 1015, 1971. Author: "Common Sense and the Constitution: Justice White and the Egalitarian Ideal," 58 Colorado Law Review 801, 1987.
"Federal Chartering of Corporations: Constitutional Challenges," 61 Georgetown Law Journal 123, 1972. "Justice Byron R. White: Leading From The Center," American Bar Association Journal, Special Issue, June 15, 1986. Contributing Author: "Reflections on the ConArtist as a Young Man" in "The Private Diary of Lyle Menendez," Dove, 1995.
"Prisoner of Justice" in "The Private Diary of an O.J. Juror," Dove, 1995. "Citibank: Ralph Nadar's Study Group Report On First National City Bank," Grossman Publishers, 1973. Member, Executive Committee, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1976-1978.
Executive Assistant to United States. Secretary of Education, 1979. Member: Los Angeles County (Vice Chair, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1988-1989), Federal (Member, Federal Practice Committee, 1975-1977) and American (Member: Committee on Equal Protection of the Law, Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1974) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California (Public Counsel, Board of Directors, 1991). District of Columbia Bar. American Law Institute.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
"Reflections on the ConArtist as a Young Man" in "The Private Diary of Lyle Menendez," Dove, 1995. "Prisoner of Justice" in "The Private Diary of an O.J. Juror," Dove, 1995. "Citibank: Ralph Nadar's Study Group Report On First National City Bank," Grossman Publishers, 1973.
Member, Executive Committee, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1976-1978. Executive Assistant to United States. Secretary of Education, 1979.
Author: "Common Sense and the Constitution: Justice White and the Egalitarian Ideal," 58 Colorado Law Review 801, 1987. "Federal Chartering of Corporations: Constitutional Challenges," 61 Georgetown Law Journal 123, 1972. "Justice Byron R. White: Leading From The Center," American Bar Association Journal, Special Issue, June 15, 1986.
Co-Author: "The Hands of Justice: A Law Clerk Fondly Remembers Byron White," 33 Washburn L.J. 12, 1933. "Killing The Golden Goose, Hollywood's Death Wish," Beverly Hills Bar Journal, Summer, 1992. "Fatal Subtraction: The Inside Story of Buchwald v.
Paramount," Doubleday, 1992. "Toward a Just and Effective Sentencing System: Agenda for Legislative Reform," Praeger Publishers, 1977. "A Poor Man in the Billion Dollar Wasteland: Proposals for a National Linkage Systems, Poor People's Bond, National Lottery Judibank," 59 Georgetown Law Journal 1015, 1971.
Member, Executive Committee, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1976-1978. Executive Assistant to United States. Secretary of Education, 1979.
Member: Los Angeles County (Vice Chair, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1988-1989), Federal (Member, Federal Practice Committee, 1975-1977) and American (Member: Committee on Equal Protection of the Law, Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1974) Bar Associations. State Bar of California (Public Counsel, Board of Directors, 1991). District of Columbia Bar.
American Law Institute. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.