About

The Art Law Report provides timely updates and commentary on legal issues in the museum and visual arts communities.

About the Editor

Nicholas M. O’Donnell is a partner in the Litigation Department of our Boston office. His practice focuses primarily on complex civil litigation and counseling museums and artists on a variety of dispute resolution matters, including wartime restitution claims.

Representative Client Work

• Aid international manufacturers and financial institutions in cross-border disputes
• Advise European state museums and domestic art museums on wartime restitution claims
• Represent public and private companies and individuals in complex contractual, non-competition and non-solicitation disputes
• Obtain preliminary and permanent relief for real property owners concerning property use and rights
• Counsel investment advisers in regulatory compliance and class action civil litigation
• Successfully defended religious academy in challenges to governance
• Litigate in federal and state courts concerning rights of victims of international child abduction
• Obtain restraining orders for victims of domestic violence and successfully assert privacy rights of victims of violent crime

Bar & Court Admissions

• Massachusetts, 2003
• New York, 2012
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Awards & Honors

• “Up & Coming Lawyer,” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 2008
• “Rising Star,” Massachusetts Super Lawyers, (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

Professional & Civic Activities

• Past Vice President, Danforth Museum of Art Board of Trustees
• Boston Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Boston Bar Association, Public Interest Leadership Program

Education

• J.D., Boston College Law School, 2003
• B.A., magna cum laude, Williams College, 1997