The Gazette 1983

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND GAZETTE Vol. 77 No. 10 December 1983

The President 1983/84

Frank O'Donnell, Solicitor, B.C.L., LL.M., has been elected President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, for the year 1983/1984. Mr. O'Donnell is a Partner in the firm of Bell Branigan O'Donnell & O'Brien, Solicitors, 22, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Mr. O'Donnell is originally from Burtonport, Co. Donegal, and is the son of the late Patrick O'Donnell, Solicitor, and former President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, and the late Mrs. Josie O'Donnell. He was educated at Meenbanad National School, Co. Donegal, St. Vincent's College, Castleknock, Co. Dublin, University College, Dublin, and the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. Mr. O'Donnell attended Harvard Law School on a Scholarship, where he graduated with an LL.M. in 1966, having written his thesis in International Law, "On the Court Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Awards in Britain". Following his graduation in the United States Mr. O'Donnell worked as an Attorney, with the law firm of Messrs. Lord Bissel & Brook, Chicago, U.S.A. Mr. O'Donnell has been Chairman of the Registrar's and Public Relations Committees of the Law Society, and of the Committee that sponsored "Wills Week". He has been a Member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal since its inception. Mr. O'Donnell is Solicitor to the Attorney General, Peter Sutherland. He is married to Dr. Maeve O'Donnell and they have five children.

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