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June 2011

Preg O'Donnell & Gillett Announce Founding Members Mark F. O'Donnell & Eric P. Gillett Have Been Named to the Washington Super Lawyers List for 2011

June 21st, 2011|

Preg O’Donnell & Gillett is proud to announce that founding members Mark F. O’Donnell and Eric P. Gillett have been named to the Washington Super Lawyers list as top attorneys for 2011. No more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers.
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, […]

Preg O'Donnell & Gillett Lawyers Deliver Third Defense Verdict of 2011, Twelfth Trial in 2 Years

June 10th, 2011|

Lori K. O’Tool, partner at Preg O’Donnell & Gillett, PLLC, obtained a defense verdict following a four week wrongful death trial in Spokane County, Washington before Judge Kathleen O’Connor. Lori represented the general contractor, a 100 year old mining and construction company.
The claims arose out of the death of a subcontractor […]

Preg O'Donnell & Gillett's Andrew Tingkang To Publish Comment On Allocation of Space Resources

June 9th, 2011|

Andrew Tingkang, a Seattle University Law student in his second year as a law clerk at Preg O’Donnell & Gillett, is soon to be a published author. These Aren’t the Asteroids You Are Looking For: Classifying Asteroids as Chattels, Not Land will appear in an upcoming edition of the Seattle University Law Review. […]

May 2011

Associates Rachel Reynolds and Ash Mazhari to speak at NBI Seminar

May 6th, 2011|

Attorneys Rachel Reynolds and Ash Mazhari have been invited to speak at the upcoming NBI Seminar, Medicare Set-Asides in Personal Injury Litigation. The seminar is scheduled for August 26, 2011 in Seattle. Ash will present on the topic, “Taking Medicare’s Interests Into Consideration: Mandatory Insurer Reporting,” and Rachel will present on the […]

April 2011

Eric P. Gillett and Rachel Tallon Reynolds Featured in DRI's The Voice

April 21st, 2011|

In the section “And The Defense Wins” of DRI’s The Voice, Eric P. Gillett and Rachel Tallon Reynolds were featured:

DRI members Eric P. Gillett and Rachel Tallon Reynolds from the Seattle office of Preg O’Donnell & Gillett, PLLC, obtained a defense verdict following a seven-day trial in Snohomish County Superior Court for its […]

February 2011

Defense Jury Verdict for Maggie Sweeney and David Chawes

February 17th, 2011|

After a six-day jury trial in King County Superior Court, a 12-person jury returned a unanimous defense verdict for the firm’s client, Capstone Homes, Inc. Attorneys Maggie Sweeney and David Chawes, aided by a skilled legal staff, defended Capstone against a personal injury claim arising out of a workplace injury that occurred in Kitsap […]

Defense Jury Verdict for Eric P. Gillett and Rachel Tallon Reynolds

February 15th, 2011|

After a 7 day jury trial in Snohomish County Superior Court, a 12-person jury returned a defense verdict for the firm’s client, United Parcel Service, Inc. Eric P. Gillett and Rachel Tallon Reynolds defended UPS against the personal injury claim arising out of a dramatic two semi-truck collision that occurred on Interstate 5 […]

January 2011

Emma O. Gillespie Becomes a Member of the Firm

January 26th, 2011|

Preg O’Donnell & Gillett is pleased to announce that Emma O. Gillespie became a member of the firm effective January 1, 2011. Emma has nine years of school litigation experience and has attended the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Emma earned approval as panel counsel for the Washington Schools Risk Management Pool in January […]

December 2010

Partners Mark O'Donnell, Bennett Hansen And Lori O'Tool To Speak At WDTL Construction Law Update

December 13th, 2010|

On February 4, 2011, the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers will be holding its Annual Construction Law Update at the Washington Convention Center for a possible 5.5 WSBA CLE Credits. At 10:45, Partners Lori O’Tool and Bennett Hansen will summarize construction law changes in the state of Washington in the speech ‘The Latest and Greatest […]

November 2010

Law Clerk Megan Coluccio’s Comment Published By Seattle University Law Review

November 19th, 2010|

Megan Coluccio’s Comment Fait Accompli?: Where the Supreme Court and Equal Pay Meet a Narrow Legislative Override under the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, was recently published in The Seattle University Law Review, where she also serves as a Research and Technical Editor. The Comment analyzes the implications of President Obama’s […]