Background
Francis Donovan, Donald was born on March 5, 1955.
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Donald Francis Donovan
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University of Virginia (Bachelor of Arts, 1977). Stanford University (Juris Doctor, 1981).
Career
Worked at Debevoise & Plimpton (New York, NY) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1983, N.Y. Order of the Coif. Member, Stanford Law Review, 1979-1981.
Law Clerk to: Judge Jerome Farris, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1982-1983. Judge Abraham D. Sofaer, United States.
District Court, Southern District of New York, 1983-1984. Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun, United States. Supreme Court, 1984-1985.
Legal Assistant to Honorary Howard M. Holtzmann, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, 1985-1986. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Board of Directors, 1996;Committee on International Human Rights, 1993. Committee on International Law, 1989-1992).
American Bar Association (Co-Chair, International Litigation Committee, 1994. Council on International Affairs, 1994). Debevoise & Plimpton a preeminent international law firm, was founded in 1931 and today has over 370 lawyers with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Paris, London and Budapest.
Membership
Member, Stanford Law Review, 1979-1981. Law Clerk to: Judge Jerome Farris, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1982-1983.
Judge Abraham D. Sofaer, United States. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1983-1984. Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun, United States.
Supreme Court, 1984-1985. Legal Assistant to Honorary Howard M. Holtzmann, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, 1985-1986. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Board of Directors, 1996;Committee on International Human Rights, 1993.
Committee on International Law, 1989-1992). American Bar Association (Co-Chair, International Litigation Committee, 1994. Council on International Affairs, 1994).
