As an associate in the Firm's Litigation Group, Ms. O’Connell focuses her practice on business and commercial litigation and dispute resolution, including bankruptcy matters and employment disputes.  Prior to joining Cohen & Grigsby, Ms. O’Connell was an associate with the law firm of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod in Miami, Florida and Jones Day in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Ms. O'Connell's areas of interest include:

• Complex business litigation
• Business torts and contractual disputes
• Bankruptcy matters
• Employment disputes

Bar Admissions

• Florida Bar
• Pennsylvania Bar

Education

• J.D., (cum laude; Assistant Executive Editor, Buffalo Law Review; Publications Editor, Buffalo Environmental Law Review; Dean’s Scholarship), University of Buffalo School of Law, 2003
• B.S., Elementary Education/Mental & Physically Handicapped (magna cum laude), Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1997