Eileen M. Donoghue

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Areas of Practice

Eileen Donoghue has nearly 30 years experience in civil and criminal litigation. She is an experienced and respected trial attorney concentrating in business, criminal and real estate law, with a proven record of excellence. Fluent in Spanish, Ms. Donoghue enjoys a professional and positive working relationship with her clients, their counsel, and members of the bar.

Personal/Professional Experience

Ms. Donoghue entered private practice upon her graduation from Suffolk University Law School in 1979, serving as an associate with Field and Schultz in Boston, with a concentration in civil litigation and real estate. In 1984, she became a founding partner in Donoghue and Grossman in Boston, a general practice law firm concentrating in litigation, civil and criminal, as well as real estate and family law work. In 1991, Ms. Donoghue opened her own law practice in the City of Lowell, where she served her clients until joining Gallagher & Cavanaugh in 2008.

Ms. Donoghue is known and respected in the Greater Lowell Community both as an exemplary attorney and as a devoted public servant. She was elected to six terms of the Lowell City Council, and served as Mayor of the City for four years, from 1998 to 2001, serving also as the Chair of the School Committee. During her time as mayor and councilor, she was at the forefront of Lowell’s renaissance, including the development of the Tsongas Arena, LeLacheur Park baseball stadium, the artist district and 800 new artist lofts in formerly abandoned mills, and the construction and renovation of 17 schools, among other initiatives.

She was a founding Member of Merrimack Valley Economic Development Council; spearheaded the Back to School Book Drive at Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, with President Bill Clinton; was co-founder of Future Stars Camp in Lowell; and participated with Senator Edward Kennedy in the first ever youth violence summit in the nation, which was held in Lowell.

In 2007, Ms. Donoghue ran as a Democrat in the Massachusetts 5th Congressional District Special Election for the United States House of Representatives seat, finishing just 4 percent behind Nicola Tsongas. She recently chaired the search committee for the new school superintendent for the City of Lowell.

She currently serves on the Lowell Arena and Civic Stadium Commission and has served on the board of directors of numerous community organizations, including Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell, Saints Medical Center, and The Whistler House Museum of Art.

Memberships

Ms. Donoghue is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Greater Lowell Bar Association, and has served on the Criminal Justice Act Board of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.

Bar and Court Admissions

Ms. Donoghue is admitted to practice in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Education

J.D., Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, 1979
B.A., University of Massachusetts, 1976 (studies in both law and Spanish)
Further studies at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras