Born Dallas, Texas, September 21, 1959.

Undergraduate education at the University of New Mexico.  B.A. degree in 1984 in Latin American Studies.

Legal education at Pepperdine School of Law, graduating in1987.  Dean's List; National Dean's List; Who's Who Among American Law Students; Moot Court; Third Place – Intra-school Trial Advocacy Tournament; clerking in Civil Procedure and Constitutional Law; Coordinator for the Camp David Gonzalez Project (outreach to teen offenders); Extern to the Public Defender (Santa Monica).

Admitted to practice in California:  1987

Admitted to practice in the following courts:  All courts of the State of California; US Federal Courts for the Central and Southern Districts for California.

Mr. O’Dell’s practice focuses on all areas of litigation, with particular emphasis on class action litigation, complex and multi-district litigation, and personal injury.  His accomplishments include publication in "The National Law Journal," and appellate counsel for The Regents of the University of California in the published case of Bennett v. Regents of the University of California (2005) 133 Cal.App.4th 347