Background
Donovan, Paul F. was born on February 15, 1947 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
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Paul F. Donovan
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Boston College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1968). Suffolk Law School (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1976). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Career
Opinion of the Justices, 372 Massachusetts 883, 902-03, 909 (1977); Petition of the Department of Social Services to Dispense with Consent to Adoption, 384 Massachusetts 707 712-13 (1981).Worked at Taylor, Ganson & Perrin, Limited liability partnership (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in General Practice. Trusts, Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate, Corporation, Taxation, Domestic Relations and International Law. Trials in all Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1977, Massachusetts.
1979, United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Law Clerk to the Honorable Alfred L. Podolski, Chief Justice, Probate and Family Court of Massachusetts, 1976-1977.
Author: "The New Domestic Relations Long-Arm Statute Explained," 5 M.L.W. 179, 1976 (history and practical application of Saint 1976 c. 435); "Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Incorporated." 10 Suffolk U.L. Review
126 (1975). Lecturer, Adoption and Childrens" Protective Cases, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 1986.
Special Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Board Member, 1992and President, 1992-1995, Massachusetts Council for Public Justice, Incorporated. Treasurer, National Center for Citizen Participation in the Administration of Justice.
Trustee, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute.
Member: Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Massachusetts Lawyers Alliance for World Security (Treasurer and Board Member).
Taylor, Ganson & Perrin was founded in 1935 by Varnum Taylor, Charles M. Ganson and William Gardner Perrin after attending Phillips Academy, Yale University and Harvard Law School as classmates. The firm"s practice has always included complete trust administration and trust management.
The firm"s practice also includes income tax law, estate planning, real estate law, probate law, domestic relations, corporate law, business representation, litigation and international law.
The firm"s clients come from a variety of states and countries.
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Membership
Member: Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Massachusetts Lawyers Alliance for World Security (Treasurer and Board Member).
