Catherine R. O’Donnell

Cathy O’Donnell

Cathy O’Donnell is a dedicated attorney, community leader, and business manager at O’Donnell Law Offices, celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2025. A longtime practicing lawyer in Pennsylvania, she is also a member of the DC Bar and a former District Justice. She earned her undergraduate degree, Juris Doctorate, and MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, graduating cum laude with each.

Beyond the courtroom, Cathy is a passionate advocate for education, social justice, and community service, serving on several boards throughout her career. She currently chairs the Luzerne County Community College Board and is an Emeritus Board Member of the Luzerne County Bar Charitable Foundation Board. She is also the Immediate Past President of the Pennsylvania Community College Commission (PACCC), former Assistant Secretary of the Friedman Jewish Community Center Board, and a board member of the North Branch Land Trust, Junior Leadership Northeast, and Luzerne County Dress for Success.

In 2023, Leadership Northeast honored her dedication to the community with the Distinguished Alumni Award. That same year, she received the Community Service Award from the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the President’s Award from the Friedman JCC.

At home, Cathy and her husband, Neil, celebrated 35 years of marriage in 2024. She cherishes time with their adult children, Neil and Renata, daughter-in-law Mehak, and grandson, Adam.

Through her legal expertise and dedication to service, Cathy O’Donnell exemplifies how advocacy extends beyond the courtroom, strengthening her community in lasting ways.

Practice Areas:

Estate Planning
Estate Administration
Orphans Court Practice
Elder Law

Neil & Cathy,

As the dust settles from our whirlwind 2023 program year, I want to extend our gratitude for your unwavering support and commitment to its success. Your sponsorships, presentations, contributions to junior selection, and of course the incredible annual dinner, have all played a major role in the goals we’ve achieved and the work that got done. We were so thrilled to honor you, Cathy, and we look forward to collaborating for many years to come. You are incredibly servant leaders and wonderful people. Thank you for everything!

Love,

Jess + the LNE Team

We want to congratulate you on behalf of Fleisher Forensics for receiving the Community Service Award at this year’s Pennsylvania Association of Justice annual retreat. The speech your daughter gave was incredibly moving and shows how well-deserved this award is. Your efforts have not gone unrecognized; you have reminded us of the importance of giving back to our community and we thank you for your unwavering dedication in doing so.

Thank you for all that you do and Congratulations!

Fleisher Forensics

Thanks for all you do for all your clients you represent. We will remember your many years of work on our behalf and tell others of your excellent law office.

Barbara and David

We want to send our heartfelt thanks to Attorney Neil O’Donnell, Attorney Catherine, Noelle, Tanya and Brenda for taking our case! You were more than just a legal team! In addition to being very professional, everyone was so caring, compassionate and thoughtful! At times, it was very difficult going over the facts in our daughter’s death, but you were very understanding every step of the way, and we greatly appreciate it.

Everyone helped us make the right decisions for all concerned and helped us through a process we didn’t know how to handle. Everyone understood and respected that we were in so much confusion and pain from the loss of (our daughter). You made us feel our loss was personal to all at O’Donnell Law; we are pleased that our daughter’s case mattered so much to you.

We know we would have never gotten the results we did without such an outstanding law firm. We are very pleased we chose O’Donnell Law during very difficult times for our family. We will always be grateful to everyone involved for making certain our settlement was just and fair. Thank you again for all your compassion!

A and L