Betsy Jo Baggs currently works as a litigation paralegal for the O’Donnell Law Offices in Kingston, Pennsylvania. Betsy has been a paralegal for 25 years specializing in personal injury litigation. Her case load includes, motor vehicle collisions, nursing home litigation, wrongful death actions and aiding victims of the priest abuse scandal with their claims against the victim’s compensation fund.

Betsy graduated from Central Penn in Harrisburg Pennsylvania in 1996 with her degree in Paralegal Studies. While at Central Penn she was chosen as the top attorney for her class during the Mock Trial Competition and went on to compete in the national competition.

Betsy began her career at the Law Offices of Glassberg and Klemow and Cefalo and Associates where she mastered her skills as a personal injury paralegal. Betsy then spent the next 14 years working for as a paralegal for in-house counsel at Nationwide Insurance Company. Working for in-house counsel, Betsy was able to learn the policies and procedures of insurance law and claim adjusting while managing insurance defense cases in litigation. Betsy has also worked as a Paralegal Manager where she managed the day to day workloads of 10 paralegals. However, Betsy realized that she wanted to do what she enjoyed most, helping the injured and joined O’Donnell Law to pursue her passion.

Betsy is a 2020 graduate of the Leadership Wilkes-Barre Core Program. Her class project assisted the Keystone Mission start a program that will assist grandparents who are raising their grandchildren in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Betsy is also a supporter of the Ukulele Kids Club project that provides music therapy to children in hospitals throughout the United States. Betsy is also the Vice Chairperson for the Pennsylvania Association of Justice’s (PAJ) paralegal committee.