Biography
Mr. Donnell is Co-Leader of the Construction Industry Group and Practice Team. He has over twenty-five years of design, construction and business litigation and counseling experience in state and federal courts, jury and non-jury matters, and class action and multi-party matters. He also has extensive experience in administrative proceedings, arbitrations, mediations and ADR procedures. Some of the types of causes of action prosecuted or defended by Mr. Donnell include: breach of contract, fraud, tortious interference with business expectancy, negligence, misrepresentation, products liability, design professional liability, franchise terminations, civil RICO, unfair trade practices and equitable causes of action and remedies (such as injunctions). He serves as outside counsel to numerous business, public and charitable entities on a broad range of corporate, contract and trade regulation matters. He has advised many companies on electronic document retention and forensic recovery matters, and has spoken widely on Building Information Modeling (BIM) and alternative project delivery systems and dispute resolution mechanisms.
Legal Experience
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LeClairRyan, Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut, December 2008 – Present
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Thelen LLP, Hartford, Connecticut, 2004 - 2008
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Halloran & Sage LLP, Hartford, Connecticut, 1980 - 2004
Memberships and Affiliations
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American Bar Association: Construction Industry Forum
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Connecticut Bar Association: Officer, Executive Committee of the Construction Law Section
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Hartford County Bar Association
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Connecticut State Bar Association
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American Arbitration Association: Commercial and Construction Panels of Neutrals
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University of Hartford Construction Institute: Board of Advisors
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Connecticut Lawyer Magazine: Advisory Committee
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Professional Women in Construction: Member, Connecticut Chapter
Distinctions
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Selected by American Arbitration Association to serve as Arbitrator Faculty for Best Practices Training Seminars for New Arbitrators, New York, New York, January 29-30, 2009 and Boston, Massachusetts, October 22-23, 2009
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AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
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Recognized by Law & Politics magazine as a New England and Connecticut “Super Lawyer” from 2007-2010. For more information on the selection process, click here. -
Noted in the Chambers USA Guide for 2006. For more information on the selection process, click here. -
Listed in Who’s Who in American Law
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Selected, The Best Lawyers in America, Construction Law, 2009-2010. For more information on the selection process, click here.
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Education
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J.D., cum laude, Boston College Law School, 1980, Editor-in-Chief of the Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest
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B.A., Trinity College, 1977, Faculty of Economics Award
Court Admissions
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United States Supreme Court
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
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