Douglas A. Donnell
Grand Rapids, Michigan
phone: 616-632-8000
direct phone: 616-632-8035
fax: 616-632-8002
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Douglas A. Donnell graduated magna cum laude from Miami University with a bachelor's degree in Economics and received his law degree with honors from Boston College Law School. Doug specializes in environmental law and civil litigation and has represented both public and private sector clients and individuals in these areas since 1979. He is a member of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section of the American Bar Association and the Environmental Law Section of the Michigan Bar Association. Doug has been a frequent speaker at seminars and continuing education programs on a variety of environmental law and litigation topics and has been asked to participate in the legislative process of drafting several of Michigan's environmental statutes. He has also served as lead counsel in numerous cases before the Michigan Court of Appeals and Michigan Supreme Court. He has also been recognized for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America and Michigan Super Lawyers.
Year Joined Organization:
1981
Areas of Practice:
Administrative Law
Environmental Law
Litigation & Appeals
Water Rights
Bar Admissions:
Michigan, 1981
Wisconsin, 1979
Ohio, 2001
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1979
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1989
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1989
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2007
Education:
Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979
Honors: Cum Laude
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1976
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Major: Economics
Honors and Awards:
Listed in the Best Lawyers in America and named by Best Lawyers in 2012 as Grand Rapids' Environmental Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers
Recent Rulings
Michigan Lawyers Weekly May 2, 2011 Article - Judge: Bank breached good faith (1 MB, PDF)
Published Works:
Environmental Liability Arising From Ownership of Oil & Gas Properties Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, Annual Institute Proceedings, 1990
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Environmental Law and Litigation Topics
Professional Associations and Memberships:
State Bar of Michigan, Environmental Law Section
Member
American Bar Association, Environmental, Energy and Resources Section
Member