Patrick Eugene Donovan (born May 8, 1964) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court since 2018.

Education

Donovan graduated from Salem High School in

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. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College in 1986. He received his

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from Boston College Law School in 1990, where he served as Articles Editor for the Boston College Environmental Law Review.

Career

After graduating law school, Donovan clerked for Justice W. Stephen Thayer III of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. He went on to spend three years as an associate with Goodwin Procter in Boston, where he focused on environmental litigation, before accepting an appointment to the

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in 1994. Donovan served as an assistant and senior assistant attorney general for six years, litigating complex civil matters, homicide cases and state and federal court appeals. In 2000, he returned to private practice and opened his own firm in Salem, New Hampshire. While in private practice, Donovan served as Legal Counsel to the

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in the office of speaker Doug Scamman. In 2008, he became a sole practitioner at his law firm Patrick E. Donovan, PLLC.

New Hampshire Supreme Court

On March 21, 2018, Governor Chris Sununu nominated Donovan to serve on the New Hampshire Supreme Court. He was unanimously confirmed by the Executive Council, and was sworn into office on May 8, 2018.

Personal life

Patrick was born in

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, Maryland, then moved to

, at age 12. He and his wife, Monique Donovan (formerly Deragon) have four children.

References

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