Patrick E. Donovan

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 New Hampshire Department of Justice 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 New Hampshire House of Representatives in the office of speaker Doug Scamman. In 2008, he became a sole practitioner at his law firm Patrick E. Donovan, PLLC.^[5]

On March 21, 2018, Governor Chris Sununu nominated Donovan to serve on the New Hampshire Supreme Court.^[5] He was unanimously confirmed by the Executive Council,^[3] and was sworn into office on May 8, 2018.^[3][6]

Patrick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, then moved to Salem, New Hampshire, at age 12. He and his wife, Monique Donovan (formerly Deragon) have four children.^{[citation needed]}