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Michael L. O'Donnell
Chairman
odonnell@wtotrial.com
P 303.244.1850
F 303.244.1879


Mike O'Donnell is a founder and the chairman of Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell.  His national litigation practice focuses on complex civil litigation involving product liability, professional liability, tort, class action, commercial, and bet-the-company litigation matters.  Mike has appeared as lead counsel in state and federal courts in 25 states.  He has served as national and regional counsel for a number of Fortune 500 companies, including Boston Scientific, CNA, General Electric, and Pfizer.  

Mike was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and currently serves as the chairman of its Colorado chapter.  He was also elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates.  Mike is a former chairman of The Network of Trial Law Firms, a 6,000-member lawyer organization that offers cutting-edge continuing legal education programs on litigation subjects.

Mike is listed in Best Lawyers in America in five litigation practice areas and has appeared on the Colorado Super Lawyers list since its inception, including making it onto its top-ten list three times.  In 2008, Mike became only the seventh Colorado Defense Lawyers Association member to receive an award from the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association for the highest standards of competency, ethics, and professionalism. 

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Admitted to Practice

Teaching Positions

BAR-BRI Course on Professional Responsibility
National Institute for Trial Advocacy
University of Denver College of Law
    Guest Lecturer
University of Colorado at Denver, MBA Program
    Guest Lecturer
Numerous CLE Presentations

Legal Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers
    Colorado State Committee, Chairman, 2008-2010
    Chairman-Elect, 2007-2008, Vice Chairman, 2006-2007
    Code of Conduct Committee, 2007-2008
    Complex Litigation Committee 2004-2005
American Board of Trial Advocates
    Member
Best Lawyers
    Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2010
    Commercial Litigation, 2007-2010
    Legal Malpractice Law, 2007-2010
    Personal Injury Litigation, 2005-2010
    Product Liability Litigation, 2005-2010
Chambers USA
    Commercial Litigation - Colorado, 2009-2010
The Legal 500 United States
    Litigation: Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense, 2007, 2009, 2010
Colorado Super Lawyers
    Class Action/Mass Torts, 2006-2008
    Personal Injury Defense: Products, 2009-2010

    
Top 10, 2007
    Top 50, 2008
    Top 10, 2009
    Top 10, 2010
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
    Award for Competency, Ethics, and Professionalism, 2008
The American Lawyer
    Top Commercial Litigation Lawyers, 2006
Colorado Corporate Counsel Black Book
    Class Action Lawsuits, 2007
Best of the Bar, Denver Business Journal
Colorado Bar Foundation
    Fellow
The Network of Trial Law Firms
    Chairman, 2005-2006
Denver Bar Association
    Vice President, Board of Trustees
Colorado Bar Association
    Member, Board of Governors
American Bar Association
    Chairman, Issues Affecting the Legal Profession
    Young Lawyers Section Liaison to Standing Committee on
        Professional Discipline
International Association of Defense Counsel
Judge William E. Doyle American Inn of Court, Master
Denver Law Club
Faculty of Federal Advocates
    Board of Directors, 2004-2005
Defense Research Institute
    Member, Professional Liability Committee
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
Who's Who in Law, Denver Business Journal
University of Denver College of Law
    Co-Chair of Reunion Committee, 2004
Colorado Judicial Institute
    Board of Directors, 2004-present
    Judicial Awards Committee, 2006-present
Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rated*

*CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards, and policies.

Community Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell Foundation
    Founder and President, 2005-present
Archdiocese of Denver
    Finance Council, 2008-present
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Denver
    Board Member
Denver Police Foundation
    Board of Directors, 2004-present
Walking for Kids
    Founding Member, Board of Directors, 2009-present
Trial.com Foundation, Inc.
    President, 2005-2006
The Catholic Foundation
    Board of Directors, Advancement Committee, 2004-2005
American Heart Association of Colorado and Wyoming
    Chairman of the Board
American Heart Association of Colorado
    Denver Metro Division, Chairman of the Board
Denver Tennis Club
    Board of Directors
The Village Club
    President

Personal Interests

Golf
Reading
Tennis
Travel

Articles and Presentations


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Education

  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law - J.D., 1979
    Intern to the Honorable Sherman Finesilver, United States District Court for the District of Colorado
  • University of Notre Dame - B.A., English, 1976

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