Sophistication and Value
The managing partner and shareholder, Courtney Seda McDonnell is the point person for client relations. In that capacity, she conducts monthly bill review for each client and closely monitors the budgets. Bill and budget review are important tools to measure client satisfaction. Delivering quality services at the agreed upon price are the key factors in ensuring long-term client satisfaction. Our firm has maintained a relationship with a demanding retail client for nearly two decades. It requires constant communication to ensure that the firm is exceeding expectations and providing the services that the client wants at the appropriate cost point.
Courtney Seda McDonnell
Owner and Managing Partner
Practice Areas
Our professionals principally represent businesses in litigated matters including employment law, transportation, construction, premises liability, premises security, products liability, and commercial litigation. The firm represents several large retailers and handles a full range of business-related disputes. Our firm devotes personalized cost-effective service for each client, which ranges from Fortune 500 corporations to family-owned companies.
Data Security
McDonnell & Associates also understands the importance of protecting client data. The firm works with an outside IT group and security compliance vendor to ensure our cyber security policies, training, and procedures are current to meet the ever-evolving threat of cyber-attacks. McDonnell & Associates routinely passes security audits by a Fortune 500 company.
Seasoned Trial Lawyers
Our lawyers have experience both as trial lawyers and litigators. We have tried over 150 jury trials to verdict in multiple jurisdictions. The firm has an impressive record of outright defense verdicts and obtaining advantageous settlements. Our firm is frequently retained to take over high exposure cases around the country.
In addition to jury trials, our firm lawyers have litigated countless alternative dispute resolution proceedings, including mass meditations, arbitrations, and mini-trials. Our attorneys also serve as arbitrators. Because we represent large institutional clients in complex cases, we have vast experience with electronic discovery and managing document-intensive matters.
National Consultants
The firm’s lawyers frequently serve as national or consulting counsel on medically complex recurring claims, including allegations of Brain, Spinal Cord, and Neurological injuries. The firm also has experience handling firearm-related accidents. Patrick J. McDonnell is routinely retained by a large retailer for his unique experience with the diagnosis, treatment and expert testimony involving Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (“CRPS”), a controversial pain disorder, and has co-published medical articles and textbook chapters with experts in this field.
The firm also serves as national consultants on civil cases arising from criminal acts of third parties where there are allegations of inadequate security. In many of these matters, the firm’s attorneys conduct focus groups and opinion exercises to develop a winning strategy for trying the case.
Certifications
McDonnell & Associates is an AV-rated firm. The firm is also certified as a woman owned business by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and as minority owned business by the Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council (EMSDC). Patrick McDonnell is also a Certified Civil Trial lawyer in New Jersey.
