Grace O'Donnell

@graceodonnell

Associate @ Hale & Mercer. Beverly, born and based. Irish dance teacher (beginners, be kind). 1950s patterns, grandma's Singer. Beer-league D, two stitches.

📍 Chicago · 🔗 Hale & Mercer LLP · 📅 Joined 2020

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Grace O'Donnell @graceodonnell · 8 Oct 2026

Beginners' step class tonight: nine adults, one eight-year-old who is better than all of them, including me. Humbling. Correct.

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Grace O'Donnell @graceodonnell · 30 Sep 2026

Finished the green dress. 1956 Simplicity pattern, grandma's Singer, four weekends. Wearing it to the firm dinner. Patrick has been told the correct reaction.

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Grace O'Donnell @graceodonnell · 18 Sep 2026

Morgan Park beer league opener. We lost 4–2. I blocked a shot with my face. Two stitches, zero regrets, the ref said it was 'committed.'

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Grace O'Donnell @graceodonnell · 2 Sep 2026

If you have ever thought 'I should really sort out the house paperwork' — this is the sign. It takes an afternoon now. It takes six years later.

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Grace O'Donnell @graceodonnell · 20 Aug 2026

Grew up hearing my mother read testimony at dinner. Today I read a 1962 deed aloud to a client at her kitchen table so she'd know exactly what it said. Full circle, four blocks from home.

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Grace O'Donnell @graceodonnell · 22 Jul 2026

South Side Irish Parade committee meets tonight. Agenda item 4 is 'the float.' Agenda item 4 has been 'the float' since March.

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Grace O'Donnell @graceodonnell · 27 Jun 2026

First-year associate survival tip, from a second-year: keep a list of every question you were afraid to ask. Ask them anyway. The list is your education.

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