Background
Donohue, Joseph R. was born on September 7, 1959 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States.
Donohue, Joseph R. was born on September 7, 1959 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States.
Saint Anselm College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1982). Suffolk University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1985). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Moot Court Team and Best Written Brief, Northeast Region, Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
Finalist: McLaughlin First Year Moot Court Competition and TTiomas C. Clark Moot Court Competition.
Lead Articles Editor, Suffolk Transnational Law Journal, 1984-1985. Law Clerk to Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Rhode Island, 1985-1986.
Associate Editor, Massachusetts Law Review, since 1987.
Worked at Thornton, Early & Naumes Limited Liability Partnership (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in Products Liability, Personal Injury, Lead Poisoning Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Maritime Law. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Massachusetts and United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts.
1989, Maine and United States.
District Court, District of Maine. Lead Articles Editor, Suffolk University International Law Review, 1984-1985.
Law Clerk to Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Rhode Island, 1985-1986. Associate Editor, Massachusetts Law Review, 1987-1990.
Author: Comment, "Loss of Filial Consortium," Norman v.
MBTA, Volume 74, November 3, 1989. Member: Massachusetts (Member and Company-Chair, Committee on Trial Practice and Procedure, Section on Civil Litigation, 1992-1993) and Maine Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (Member, Board of Governors, 1997.
Committees on Medical Malpractice and Product Liability).
Member: Massachusetts (Member and Company-Chair, Committee on Trial Practice and Procedure, Section on Civil Litigation, 1992-1993) and Maine Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (Member, Board of Governors, 1997.
Committees on Medical Malpractice and Product Liability).