Michael D. Donovan

Donovan Litigation Group LLC is a law firm dedicated to providing first class litigation services to institutional and individual investors, pension funds, hedge funds, consumers and small businesses. The firm's nationwide practice focuses on securities litigation, corporate governance matters, class actions, shareholder rights, consumer litigation and cases against financial service providers, including banks, mortgage servicers, consumer debt collectors, consumer reporting agencies (credit bureaus). The firm has served as co-lead counsel in numerous securities, consumer and employment class actions.  In the last six years Michael Donovan has tried to judgment four significant class actions:  Samuel-Bassett v. Kia Motors America, Inc. ($5.6 million jury verdict on behalf of Pennsylvania consumers); Braun and Hummel v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ($187 million jury verdict and judgment on behalf of Pennsylvania hourly employees of Wal-Mart); Little v. Kia Motors America, Inc. ($6 million jury verdict on behalf of New Jersey consumers); and In re Sovereign Bancorp Shareholders Litig. (settlement judgment after six days of preliminary injunction hearings).  In 2002, Mr. Donovan obtained a landmark Truth in Lending Act decision from the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Rossman v. Fleet Bank (R.I.), N.A., 280 F.3d 384 (3d Cir. 2002), holding that a bank may not change a credit card promise of no annual fee.  He also obtained landmark decisions from the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court and the New Jersey Supreme Court in Lemelledo v. Beneficial Finance Co., 674 A.2d 582 (N.J. App. Div. 1996), aff’d, 150 N.J. 255, 696 A.2d 546 (N.J. 1997), concerning loan and insurance packing.  He argued and appeared on behalf of the consumer cardholders before the Supreme Court of the United States in Smiley v. Citibank (South Dakota), N.A., 517 U.S. 735 (1996).