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Douglas A. Donnell specializes in environmental law and commercial 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 is a Certified Mediator for the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. He 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. Doug has also served as lead counsel in numerous cases before the Michigan Court of Appeals and Michigan Supreme Court. He has been recognized for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America and Michigan Super Lawyers, was named by Best Lawyers as Grand Rapids’ 2012, 2016, 2018 and 2020 Lawyer of the Year in Environmental Litigation based on peer reviews and selected for inclusion in Grand Rapids Magazine's 2019, 2020 and 2021 Top Lawyers. Doug graduated magna cum laude from Miami University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and received his law degree cum laude from Boston College Law School.
Year Joined Organization
1981
Areas of Practice
Environmental Law
Toxic Tort Claims
Litigation & Appeals
Water Rights
Bar Admissions
Michigan, 1981
Wisconsin, 1979
Ohio, 2000
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1979
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1981
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1989
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1989
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2007
U.S. Supreme Court, 2012
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
Selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America and named by Best Lawyers in 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022 as Grand Rapids' Environmental or Environmental Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Selected for inclusion in Michigan Super Lawyers (2011-2022)
Awarded the Grand Rapids Business Journal Legal Newsmaker of the Year for 2015
Selected as a Leading Lawyer in 2018 for commercial litigation, environmental law, mineral and natural resource law and toxic torts defense law
Selected for inclusion in Grand Rapids Magazine's 2019, 2020 and 2021 Top Lawyers
Recent Rulings
Michigan Lawyers Weekly May 2, 2011 Article - Judge: Bank breached good faith
Meoli v. Huntington National Bank (In re Teleservices Group, Inc.), No. 1:12-cv-1113; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129909 (W.D. Mich. Sept. 28, 2015)
Published Works
Numerous articles on a variety of environmental law topics
Classes/Seminars Taught
Numerous courses on Environmental Law and Litigation Topics
Professional Associations and Memberships
State Bar of Michigan, Environmental Law Section and Environmental and Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
Member
American Bar Association, Environment, Energy and Resources Section
Member
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Joshua D. Beard
Joshua D. Beard
- 616-632-8043
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- Elizabeth K. Bransdorfer
Elizabeth K. Bransdorfer
- 616-632-8029
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- James R. Brown
James R. Brown
- 616-632-8031
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Daniel J. Broxup
- 616-632-8059
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- Nikole L. Canute
Nikole L. Canute
- 616-632-8049
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- Dominic T. Clolinger
Dominic T. Clolinger
- 616-632-8045
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- John M. DeVries
John M. DeVries
- 616-632-8012
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Area of Practice:
Civil Litigation, Energy & Natural Resources, Environmental
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- Douglas A. Donnell
Douglas A. Donnell
- 616-632-8035
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Area of Practice:
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- Scott E. Dwyer
Scott E. Dwyer
- 616-632-8033
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Bradley A. Fowler
- 616-632-8086
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- Fredric N. Goldberg
Fredric N. Goldberg
- 616-632-8010
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- John H. Gretzinger
John H. Gretzinger
- 616-632-8027
- jgretzinger@mikameyers.com
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Area of Practice:
Labor & Employment, Municipal, Public Schools
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- Michael C. Haines
Michael C. Haines
- 616-632-8013
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Area of Practice:
Energy & Natural Resources
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- Alexander P. Henderson
Alexander P. Henderson
- 231-723-8333
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- William A. Horn
William A. Horn
- 616-632-8016
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- Neil P. Jansen
Neil P. Jansen
- 616-632-8052
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Area of Practice:
Civil Litigation, Environmental, Real Estate, Trusts & Estates
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- Daniel R. Kubiak
Daniel R. Kubiak
- 616-632-8018
- dkubiak@mikameyers.com
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Area of Practice:
Bankruptcy & Creditor Rights, Business & Commercial, Commercial Lending, Entity Formation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate
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- Kimberly M. Large
Kimberly M. Large
- 616-632-8024
- klarge@mikameyers.com
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Civil Litigation, Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Labor & Employment, Trusts & Estates
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- David S. Lefere
David S. Lefere
- 616-632-8000
- dlefere@mikameyers.com
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Business & Commercial, Commercial Lending, Entity Formation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Tax, Trusts & Estates
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- Ross A. Leisman
Ross A. Leisman
- 616-632-8017
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Area of Practice:
Automobile Accidents, Business & Commercial, Civil Litigation, Criminal Law, Municipal, Personal Injury & Wrongful Death, Real Estate
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- Christopher D. Matthysse
Christopher D. Matthysse
- 616-632-8042
- cmatthysse@mikameyers.com
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Area of Practice:
Trusts & Estates
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- Mark E. Nettleton
Mark E. Nettleton
- 616-632-8048
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Area of Practice:
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- Jennifer A. Puplava
Jennifer A. Puplava
- 616-632-8050
- jpuplava@mikameyers.com
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- Ronald M. Redick
Ronald M. Redick
- 616-632-8053
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Civil Litigation, Environmental, Municipal, Real Estate
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- George V. Saylor
George V. Saylor
- 231-723-8333
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- James F. Scales
James F. Scales
- 616-632-8047
- jscales@mikameyers.com
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- Curtis L. Underwood
Curtis L. Underwood
- 616-632-8021
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- Mark A. Van Allsburg
Mark A. Van Allsburg
- 616-632-8039
- mvanallsburg@mikameyers.com
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Area of Practice:
Energy & Natural Resources, Municipal, Real Estate
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- James K. White
James K. White
- 616-632-8034
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- Richard M. Wilson
Richard M. Wilson
- 231-723-8333
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- Nathaniel R. Wolf
Nathaniel R. Wolf
- 616-632-8046
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Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business & Commercial, Civil Litigation, Colleges & Universities, Immigration, Labor & Employment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities
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- Benjamin A. Zainea
Benjamin A. Zainea
- 616-632-8019
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Business & Commercial, Commercial Lending, Entity Formation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Tax, Technology & Intellectual Property Law, Trusts & Estates
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- Kathryn M. Zoller
Kathryn M. Zoller
- 616-632-8044
- kzoller@mikameyers.com
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Area of Practice:
Civil Litigation, Municipal
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