Matthew Donahue

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Matthew Donahue: Attorney with Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP

Biography

Matt Donahue is a Senior Associate at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP, where he focuses on personal injury, wrongful death, mass torts, and other complex civil litigation.

Matt is an experienced trial attorney. Before joining the firm, Matt worked as an Assistant District Attorney with the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office where he prosecuted complex felony and domestic violence cases. Matt has tried nine cases to verdict. He also teaches Trial Advocacy at U.C. Law San Francisco (formerly Hastings).

Matt received his J.D. from Washington & Lee University School of Law and his B.A. from George Washington University. After law school, he clerked for Judge Sally D. Adkins on the Maryland Supreme Court.

Honors & Recognitions

Executive Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review

Civic

Board Member, Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club

Representative, San Francisco Police Department LGBTQ Advisory Forum

Chief’s Advisor, San Francisco Police Department Community Police Advisory Forum

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Areas of Practice (4)

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Defective Products / Mass Torts
  • Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
  • Wildfire Litigation

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
George Washington University, B.A., 2011
Law School Attended:
Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude, 2018
Year of First Admission:
2019
Admission:
California; Maryland Supreme Court
Memberships:

Professional

San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association

Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF)
ISLN:
1001723312

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