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Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Plaintiff Personal Injury, Car Wrecks, Wrongful Death

Additional Information:

Rich O’Dea is a life-long resident of St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. degree in Government from St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, in 1988, and his J.D. degree from Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1991. Mr. O’Dea has been engaged in the general practice of law with an emphasis on plaintiff’s personal injury and insurance matters since 1991.

Mr. O’Dea has an extensive personal injury practice and has successfully represented a variety of clients in claims involving automobile/motorcycle accidents, liquor liability, insurance coverage disputes, sexual abuse, assault/battery, medical malpractice, and work-related accidents. Other practice areas include small business and contract disputes, appeals and general civil litigation matters.

Mr. O’Dea is one of only several hundred attorneys certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association as a Civil Trial Specialist. Since 2005, Mr. O’Dea has been chosen by his peers for inclusion in Minnesota Law & Politics magazine as a “Super Lawyer” (top 5%). Mr. O’Dea is licensed to practice law in the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and is admitted to the federal bar for the District of Minnesota and Western District of Wisconsin. He is a member of the Minnesota Association for Justice, the Minnesota State Bar Association and the Wisconsin State Bar Association. Mr. O’Dea also serves as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association No-Fault Panel, and he is a former investigator of the Second Judicial District (Ramsey County) Ethics Committee.