Background
Donovan, Robert J. was born on August 11, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
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Robert J. DONOVAN
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Holy Cross College; Tufts University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1963). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1966. Master of Laws, 1968).
Career
Simpson v, Union Oil (1969) 396 United States. 13 (antitrust); Mattz v. Arnett (1973) 412 United States. 481 (Indian rights); Blake v. Pallen (1977) 554 F. 2d 947 (securities); Sherman v. Mutual Benefit Insurance. Company (1980) 633 F. 2d 782 (contract); Edgin v. Caldwell (1975) unreported 9th Circuit; Chote v. Eu (1976) unreported 9th Circuit (attorney fees); In Re Butler (1979) unreported 9th Circuit (bankruptcy); Locker v. Klienfeld (1987) unreported 9th Circuit (securities); All Carolina Leasing Service Company v. Campbell (1989) unreported 9th Circuit (bankruptcy); Botsford v. Haskins & Sells (1978) 81 Cal App 3d. 780 (breach of fiduciary duy, tax); Botsford v. Pascoc (1979) 94 Val App 3d 62 (breach of fiduciary duty, tax); Shannon v. Stoermer (1989) unreported California Court of Appeals (breach of fiduciary duty, probate); San Francisco Restorations v. Andreas (1991) unreported California Court of Appeals (construction, arbitration); First Interstate Bank v. Flowers (1995 unreported California Court of Appeals (probate).Worked at Law Offices of (G. Joseph Bertain, Junior) specializing in Business Litigation, Contract Law, Construction, Securities, Antitrust, Probate Litigation, General Business Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1966, Illinois and United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
1969, California, United States.
District Court, Northern District of California and United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1979, United States. District Court, Eastern District of California and United States.
Tax Court; 1987, United States. District Court, Northern District of Alaska.
Order of the Coif. Lecturer: "Law and Society," University of California, 1973-1974.
"Comparative Law," Golden Gate University, 1977-1979. Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco, McLaren School of Business, 1988-1993.
Member: State Bar of California.
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Member: State Bar of California.
