Mr. Donat’s legal experience includes a variety of complex business and commercial litigation disputes, including trials in various state and federal courts. While in law school, Mr. Donat served as editor of the Seton Hall Law Review and worked with the Impact Litigation Clinic at the Seton Hall Center for Social Justice where he represented indigent clients in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Prior to joining Gibbons, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Katharine S. Hayden of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and Justice Lee A. Solomon of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Credentials
Education
Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
- Seton Hall Law Review, Member
Manhattan College (B.A.)
Professional Admissions
State of New Jersey
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Judicial Clerkship(s)
Law clerk to the Honorable Katharine S. Hayden, U.S.D.J., United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Law clerk to the Honorable Lee A. Solomon, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey
Civic/Charitable Activities
Mentor, Boys & Girls Clubs of Hudson County
Legal Employment
Clinical student, Seton Hall Center for Social Justice, Seton Hall University School of Law
Judicial intern, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of New Jersey
Judicial extern to the Honorable James B. Clark, III, U.S.M.J., United States District Court for the District of New Jersey