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Neil T. O’Donnell

Neil T. O’Donnell

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Anchorage, AK
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4300 B Street, Suite 207, Anchorage, AK 99503

    About Neil T. O’Donnell

    Practice Areas
    • Immigration
    Education
    • University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1980
      J.D.
    • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
    Representative Cases
    • Tiwari v. Mattis – Obtained preliminary and permanent injunctions against the Department of Defense halting unconstitutional national origin discrimination against naturalized U.S. citizens servicemembers. Tiwari v. Mattis, 2018 WL 1737783 (W.D. Wash. 2018); Tiwari v. Mattis, 363 F.Supp.3d 1154 (W.D. Wash. 2019).
    • Alaska Right to Life P.A.C. v. Feldman et. al. – Successfully defended the Alaska Bar Association against claims that Bar Association rules violated constitutional free speech rights of Alaska judges.
    • Kosbruk v. Peninsula Airways – Obtained a substantial confidential settlement for the family of an individual who died in the crash of a Peninsula Airways Cessna Caravan
    • T.Z. v. Nye Frontier Ford – Obtained a jury verdict of $7.6 million for an individual injured in an automobile collision
    • Stephen Jacobson v. Allstate – Obtained a jury verdict of $450,000 in compensatory damages. The jury also found that Allstate was subject to punitive damages and the case settled during the second punitive damage phase of the trial
    • Eklutna Native Corporation v. State of Alaska – Represented an Alaska Native Corporation in a successful lawsuit against the State of Alaska for soil contamination of a commercial building site
    • Farnsworth v. General Motors Corp. – Obtained a $7.7 million jury verdict in a complex product liability action for a young woman injured in an automobile accident
    • Great Pacific Fish Co. v. Foss Shipyard – Successfully represented the owner of a large fishing trawler which nearly sank as a result of negligent shipyard repair work on the vessel’s refrigerated seawater system
    • Area G Home and Landowners Organization v. Municipality of Anchorage – Successfully defended the Municipality of Anchorage in a lawsuit challenging the extension of the Anchorage Police Service District to the Anchorage Hillside
    • J.A. v. Northland Vessel Leasing Co. – Following a successful Ninth Circuit appeal, obtained a substantial confidential settlement for a dockhand who fell overboard due to inadequate railings and was crushed between the hull of a barge and the adjacent dock
    • Jacobs v. National Park Service – Obtained a ruling that the National Park Service had illegally awarded a coveted Mt. McKinley mountain guiding permit to an unqualified guiding service
    • Tiwari v. Mattis – Obtained preliminary and permanent injunctions against the Department of Defense halting unconstitutional national origin discrimination against naturalized U.S. citizens servicemembers. Tiwari v. Mattis, 2018 WL 1737783 (W.D. Wash. 2018); Tiwari v. Mattis, 363 F.Supp.3d 1154 (W.D. Wash. 2019).
    • Alaska Right to Life P.A.C. v. Feldman et. al. – Successfully defended the Alaska Bar Association against claims that Bar Association rules violated constitutional free speech rights of Alaska judges.
    • Kosbruk v. Peninsula Airways – Obtained a substantial confidential settlement for the family of an individual who died in the crash of a Peninsula Airways Cessna Caravan
    • T.Z. v. Nye Frontier Ford – Obtained a jury verdict of $7.6 million for an individual injured in an automobile collision
    • Stephen Jacobson v. Allstate – Obtained a jury verdict of $450,000 in compensatory damages. The jury also found that Allstate was subject to punitive damages and the case settled during the second punitive damage phase of the trial
    • Eklutna Native Corporation v. State of Alaska – Represented an Alaska Native Corporation in a successful lawsuit against the State of Alaska for soil contamination of a commercial building site
    • Farnsworth v. General Motors Corp. – Obtained a $7.7 million jury verdict in a complex product liability action for a young woman injured in an automobile accident
    • Great Pacific Fish Co. v. Foss Shipyard – Successfully represented the owner of a large fishing trawler which nearly sank as a result of negligent shipyard repair work on the vessel’s refrigerated seawater system
    • Area G Home and Landowners Organization v. Municipality of Anchorage – Successfully defended the Municipality of Anchorage in a lawsuit challenging the extension of the Anchorage Police Service District to the Anchorage Hillside
    • J.A. v. Northland Vessel Leasing Co. – Following a successful Ninth Circuit appeal, obtained a substantial confidential settlement for a dockhand who fell overboard due to inadequate railings and was crushed between the hull of a barge and the adjacent dock
    • Jacobs v. National Park Service – Obtained a ruling that the National Park Service had illegally awarded a coveted Mt. McKinley mountain guiding permit to an unqualified guiding service

    Qualifications

    Bar Admissions
    • Alaska
    • Virginia
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    Other Affiliations
    • Alaska Bar Association
    • Virginia Bar Association
    Past Positions
    • Virginia Supreme Court, Law Clerk

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    Neil T. O’Donnell
    Phone:
    (907) 885-6832
    Website:
    https://cascadialawalaska.com/
    Address:
    4300 B Street, Suite 207, Anchorage, AK 99503
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