Nicholas M. O'Donnell
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(617) 338-2814
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(617) 338-2880
Nicholas M. O’Donnell is an associate in the Litigation Department of our Boston office. His practice focuses primarily on complex civil litigation. Nick is the editor of the Art Law Report, a blog that provides timely updates and commentary on legal issues in the museum and visual arts communities.
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
Speaking Engagements
- "Essentials for the New Collector," The Ellis Boston Antiques Show (October 21, 2011)
Publications
- Boston Firm Gets Into the Art Museum Business, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (July 7, 2011)
Professional & Civic Activities
- Past Vice President, Danforth Museum of Art Board of Trustees
- Boston Bar Association
- Boston Bar Association, Public Interest Leadership Program
News
- October 21, 2011
Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Selected as Rising Stars
New England Super Lawyers Magazine - June 14, 2011
S&W Announces Formation of Art & Museum Law Group
S&W Press Release - October 19, 2010
Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Selected as Rising Stars
New England Super Lawyers Magazine - October 26, 2009
Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Selected as Rising Stars
New England Super Lawyers Magazine - August 18, 2008
Nicholas O'Donnell Selected as Up & Coming Lawyer
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly - April 2007
Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Selected as Rising Stars
Boston Magazine
Seminars & Speaking Engagements
- October 21, 2011 (6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
Essentials for the New Collector
Client Advisories
- Springing Back to Life: The Supreme Court in Golan v. Holder Upholds Statute that Applies Copyright to Foreign Works Once in the Public Domain
- Expanding Jurisdiction and Contracting Claims: The Supreme Court Declines to Review the Cassirer and Von Saher Cases
- Innocence is No Defense: Case Spotlights the Burden on the Owner
- A Thaw in the Ice? The United States Signals Interest in Court Fight Affecting Sovereign Immunity, Potential Seizure of Cultural Property and Exhibition Loans from Russia
- Key Copyright Case Highlights Pitfalls of Appropriative Art
Practices
Bar & Court Admissions
- Massachusetts, 2003
- New York, 2012
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
Education
- J.D., Boston College Law School, 2003
- B.A., magna cum laude, Williams College, 1997
Awards & Honors
- "Up & Coming Lawyer," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 2008
- "Rising Star," Massachusetts Super Lawyers, (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Languages
- German
- Spanish