Current Employment Position(s)

Senior Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Since joining the firm in 1973, David A. Donohoe, P.C. has focused on securities and antitrust litigation.

Mr. Donohoe has handled a number of securities cases, including the first Williams Act case involving the banking industry, a series of 1934 Act fraud cases involving oil and gas syndications, a 1934 Act "fraud on the market" claim in New York and two trials in the Eastern District of Virginia involving suits by limited partners in failed real estate syndications. He was counsel to a supermarket chain in a multidistrict securities fraud litigation and to an outsourcing vendor in the defense of an investors' class 1934 Act fraud trial. He has also represented numerous corporate and individual clients in grand jury investigations and trials involving securities and antitrust issues.

Mr. Donohoe began practicing law as an associate at a law firm in New York, where he handled a wide variety of securities fraud cases, as well as New York Stock Exchange arbitrations. From 1967 to 1969, he was the assistant general counsel at the Hartford Insurance Corporation headquarters in Connecticut, serving as the principal in-house securities lawyer. In 1969 he joined another firm in Washington.

Mr. Donohoe received his A.B. cum laude in 1959 and his J.D. in 1962 from the Catholic University of America. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and served as the associate editor of the Catholic University Law Review.

Mr. Donohoe has served as a member of the Catholic University Board of Regents for 10 years and is currently vice chairman of that board.

Mr. Donohoe is a member of the District of Columbia, New York and Connecticut bars and is admitted to practice before a number of federal courts.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Antitrust
• Corporate Governance
• Energy

West Practice Categories

Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Corporate Governance, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer, Energy Law, Government Contracts, Health & Health Care Law, International Arbitration, Products Liability Law, Securities Law, Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1963
• Connecticut, 1967
• District of Columbia, 1969
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1964
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1982
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Catholic University Alumni Association, 1983 - 1987 (National President)
• Catholic University Board of Regents, 1988 - Present (Member, Executive Committee)
• District of Columbia Bar (Member)
• Bar Association of the District of Columbia (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Madison Bank of Maryland (Member, Board of Directors)

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer in Law, Catholic University of America, 1969 - 1972

Past Employment Positions

• Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, Associate
• Hartford Insurance Corporation Headquarters in Connecticut, Assistant General Counsel, 1967 - 1969
• Rowley & Scott, 1969 - Present

Education

• Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 1962
  J.D.
  
  Law Review: Catholic University of America Law Review, Associate Editor, 1961 - 1962
• Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, 1959
  A.B.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Blue Key

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Beta Kappa

Published Works

• "Can a Litigation Settlement Violate the Antitrust Laws?", Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

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Robert S. Strauss Building
1333 New Hampshire Avenue, North West
Washington, DC 20036-1564

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