Area(s) of Concentration:

                    Railroad Law  /  Employment Law  /  Personal Injury  /  Business/Contract Law

         Bar Admissions:

                    All local courts: Hamilton County Tennessee

                    Tennessee Courts of Appeal                     Tennessee Supreme Court

                    United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

                    United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

                    United States Supreme Court

         Education:

                    University of Chattanooga - 1966

                    University of Tennessee College of Law

                        Juris Doctorate - 1970

        Honors / Affiliations:

Ms. O'Dwyer is a member of the Chattanooga and Tennessee Bar Associations (Vice President of Women's Conference, 1974) and the Chattanooga Trial Lawyers Association (Treasurer, 1974).  She is also a current board member of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (past Secretary, second Vice-Chair, first Vice-Chair and Chair of the Railroad Law Section; Section Leaders Council member).  An active leader in American Trial Lawyers, Ms. O'Dwyer has served for the last two years on the ATLA Sections and Leadership Committies.  Ms. O'Dwyer is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association and was inducted into the tribe of the Best Lawyers in America in 1999/2000.  Ms. O'Dwyer has been a member of the Chattanooga Community Housing Resource Board since its inception in 1982 (President, 1989 to 1994) and is currently a member of the advisory board to the Bluff View Art District and of the City of Chattanooga Variance Board.

As an advocate of railroad safety, Ms. O'Dwyer completed the course, Railroad Track Inspection and Safety Standards at the University of Tennessee in November of 1996.  She was a featured speaker on Railroad liability at the Association of Trial Lawyers of America conventions in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 presented to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and to Secretary of Transportation, Federico Peña in 1995.  She also presented in October of 1998 and 2000 at the International Symposium on Railroad Crossing Safety.

Ms. O'Dwyer is also an accomplished poet, publishing four books of poetry:  Drowned Woman, Unbound Woman, Out of Bounds, and Tiz Ourselves.

        Assistant:  Angie Schaffer; A-Schaffer@PRandUlaw.com

Certifications of Specialization are available to Tennessee lawyers in all areas of practice relating to or included in the areas of Civil Trial, Criminal Trial, Business Bankruptcy, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditor's Rights, Medical Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Accounting Malpractice, Elder Law and Estate Planning.  Listing of related or included practice areas herein does not constitute or imply a representation of certification of specialization.