 Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. is a writer and producer of the NBC Emmy Award winning drama, The West Wing. The episode he co-wrote on the death penalty won the 2000 Christopher Award and the 2000 Humanitas Prize for writing that "communicate(s) those values which most enrich the human person." Mr. O'Donnell is also MSNBC's senior political analyst and a panelist on The McLaughlin Group. During the election year 2000, Mr. O'Donnell was a contributing editor of New York Magazine with a column on national politics. From 1993 through 1995, Mr. O'Donnell was the Democratic Chief of Staff of the United States Senate Committee on Finance. The Committee has jurisdiction over legislation involving taxation, international trade, health care, Social Security, Welfare, and other income security programs. In 1992, Mr. O'Donnell was Chief of Staff of the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. From 1989 until 1992, Mr. O'Donnell served as Senior Advisor to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He began his professional association with Senator Moynihan as Director of Communications in the Senator's 1988 re-election campaign. A writer prior to entering politics and government, Mr. O'Donnell published the book Deadly Force (1983), which was adapted as a CBS movie in 1986. He has written essays and articles for several publications including The New York Times, New York Magazine, People, Spy, and Boston Magazine. Mr. O'Donnell has also appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Nightline, Charlie Rose Show, and several other programs. Suffolk University awarded Mr. O'Donnell an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, in 2001. Born in Boston , Massachusetts , Mr. O'Donnell is a graduate of Harvard College (Class of 1976). He lives in Los Angeles .
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