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Michael D. Donovan
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Michael D. Donovan
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Public Justice Announces Michael D. Donovan as a 2007 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award Finalist
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Michael Donovan
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Michael D. DonovanMICHAEL D. DONOVAN, a founding member of the firm, is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York as well as the state courts of Pennsylvania and New York and the courts of Washington, D.C.
He is a graduate of Vermont Law School (J.D. cum laude 1984) and Syracuse University (A.B. 1981).He was the Head Notes Editor and a staff member of the Vermont Law Review from 1982 through 1984.While on the Law Review, he authored Note, Zoning Variance Administration in Vermont, 8 Vermont L. Rev. 370 (1984).Following graduation from law school, Mr. Donovan was a trial attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. where he prosecuted numerous securities cases and enforcement matters, including injunctive and disciplinary actions against public companies, broker/dealers and accounting firms.Mr. Donovan has co-authored "Preserving Judicial Recourse for Consumers: How to Combat Overreaching Arbitration Clauses," 10 Loyola Consumer L. Rev. 269 (1998); "The Overlooked Victims of the Thrift Crisis," Miami Review, Feb. 13, 1990 and "Conspiracy of Silence: Why S&L Regulators Can't Always be Trusted," Legal Times, Feb. 5, 1990.
Mr. Donovan has served as co-lead counsel in the following securities class actions:
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In addition, Mr. Donovan had had a substantial role in the prosecution of the following cases, among others:
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In the area of consumer justice, Mr. Donovan has argued the following cases, among others:
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Mr. Donovan has appeared as faculty member and speaker at the American Bar Association's Class Action Forum, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Banking Law Update, the Practicing Law Institute's Financial Services Litigation Forum, the Consumer Credit Regulation Forum of the New Jersey Bar Association, and the National Consumer Rights Litigation Conference sponsored by the National Consumer Law Center.
Mr. Donovan is a member of the American Bar Association (Litigation and Business Law Sections), the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the New York Bar Association, and the District of Columbia Bar Association.He is the Chair of the Consumer Law Subcommittee of the ABA Litigation Section's Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee.He is also the former Vice Chair of the National Association of Consumer Advocates and an active member of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.