273 / 346
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.
268