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FN:Beatrice O'Donnell
TEL;WORK:+1 215 979 1113
TEL;TYPE=WORK,FAX:+1 215 689 3618
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N:O'Donnell, Beatrice
TITLE:Partner
ORG:Duane Morris LLP
ADR;INTL;WORK;PARCEL;POSTAL:;;Duane Morris LLP | 30 South 17th Street | Philadelphia, PA  19103-4196 | USA | 
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NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: Beatrice O'Donnell maintains an active trial practice in the areas of mass tort, products liability, commercial and patent litigation as well as healthcare-related litigation. Ms. O'Donnell has tried to verdict more than 80 major civil jury trials in both the state and federal courts and has experience in handling hundreds of arbitration and mediations. Ms. O'Donnell served as coordinating counsel in mass tort litigation for multiple clients in the areas of asbestos, pharmaceuticals and food supplements. Her products liability experience encompasses a wide range of products, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, tires, multi-piece rims, helicopters, automobiles and chemicals. Whether handled as individual cases, in the mass tort context or in an MDL, Ms. O'Donnell has a wide breadth of experience in developing complex medical defenses. Ms. O'Donnell has served on the national motion practice team for both Ford Motor Company and General Motors asbestos litigation.  

Most recently, Ms. O'Donnell acted as counsel for a Fortune 500 Company in both complex patent infringement cases and a related contract action involving a life-saving bio-pharmaceutical product.

Ms. O'Donnell has defended nearly 100 personal injury and property damage matters in both the state and federal courts that involve the use, storage and transportation of ultra-hazardous materials in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Her litigation experience also encompasses employment and professional liability matters.

Due to the breadth of her experience, Ms. O'Donnell has been asked to counsel companies with respect to a wide range of risk management issues such as e-discovery, records retention, coordinated national defense strategy and products liability issues. The Legal Intelligencer recently published an article written by Ms. O'Donnell on "E-Evidence: The Admissibility of E-Mails."

Ms. O'Donnell is member of the Litigation section of the American Bar Association and the executive committee of the ABA Woman Advocate Committee. She is a two-term past co-chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession, and a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Women in the Profession Committee. Ms. O'Donnell is a Master and two-term Executive Committee member of the Temple American Inn of Court. Ms. O'Donnell is also an active member of the Defense Research Institute. Ms. O'Donnell serves as a member of Duane Morris' Partners Board. 

Ms. O'Donnell was designated in 2003 through 2008 as among Pennsylvania's "Super Lawyers" in a statewide survey. Only 5 percent of all attorneys in the Commonwealth are eligible for this designation. In 2009, she was listed in Best Lawyers in America for Product Liability Law and Professional Malpractice Law.

A former judicial clerk to the Hon. Grant E. Wesner of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County, she is a 1978 graduate of Temple University School of Law and a graduate of Temple University.

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