Patrick Eugene Donovan[1] (born May 8, 1964)[2] is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court since 2018.
[4] 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.
While in private practice, Donovan served as Legal Counsel to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in the office of speaker Doug Scamman.
[5] On March 21, 2018, Governor Chris Sununu nominated Donovan to serve on the New Hampshire Supreme Court.