Renata O'Donnell

Renata has extensive trial and appellate experience in federal and state courts, handling cases from pleadings and discovery through trial and appeal. Prior to joining Campaign Legal Center, Renata litigated voting rights cases nationwide in trial and appellate courts as an associate at a D.C.-based law firm. Renata previously clerked for the Hon. Edward G. Smith of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Hon. Ronald Lee Gilman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. 

Renata graduated magna cum laude from New York University School of Law (J.D. 2019), where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an Articles Editor of the NYU Law Review. Her note, “Challenging Racist Predictive Policing Algorithms Under the Equal Protection Clause,” was published in the Law Review and received the Leonard Henkin Prize for an outstanding note on the Equal Protection Clause. Upon graduation, she was awarded the Ann Petluck Poses Prize for outstanding clinical work. Renata also graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 2016), where she received the Althea K. Hottel Award for outstanding leadership.

Renata is admitted to practice law in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. She joined CLC in September 2025.