Chris Donovan

Practice Areas

Appellate, Coplex Business & Commercial Litigation, Probate, Trust & Guardianship Litigation

Professional Memberships

- American Inns of Court Member, Michael R.N. McDonnell Inn:

President (2018-2019)

President Elect (2017-18)

Former Secretary (2016-17)

Former Program Director (2015-17)

- Florida Bar Appellate Practice Section:

Chair (2020-2021)

Chair Elect (2019-2020)

Vice Chair/Treasurer (2018-2019)

Executive Council Member (2014-Present)

Chair of the CLE Committee (2016-2018)

Co-Chair of the Telephonic CLE Committee (2014-16)

- Collier County Bar Association:

Treasurer (2022-Present)

Secretary (2021-2022)

Board of Directors (2018-2021)

Trial Law Section Chair (2020-2021)

Trial Law Section, Board Member (2016-Present)

Young Lawyer's Section, Former President

Second District Court of Appeals Liaison (2009-Present)

- Lee County Bar Association, Member:

ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers, Member

Federalist Society, Member

Publications

Welcome to the Sixth District Court of Appeal - Adverse Witness, Collier County Bar Magazine (October 2022)

Review of Quasi-Judicial Decisions - Florida Appellate Practice, Chapter 25 (12th ed.) (2022)

Standing in Quasi-Judicial & Administrative Proceedings - FMAA Annual Convention 2021 Notebook (July 2021)

New Year, New Appellate Rules - The Record, Florida Bar’s Appellate Practice Section’s Online Journal (January 2021)

Review of Quasi-Judicial Decisions - Florida Appellate Practice, Chapter 25 (11th ed.) (2020)

Come on Judge, you should just know the law! - Res Gestae, Lee County Bar Magazine (December 2019)

Come on Judge, you should just know the law! - Adverse Witness, Collier County Bar Magazine (November 2019)

The City Attorney's Guide to Land-Use Appeals - FMAA Annual Convention 2018 Notebook (July 2018)

Five common canons of interpretations - Adverse Witness, Collier County Bar Magazine (April 2018)

Two's a Company in the Florida Sunshine - FMAA Annual Convention 2017 Notebook (July 2017)

Holiday Gifts from the High Court - Res Gestae, Lee County Bar Magazine (February 2015)

Appellate Attorneys' Fees: A Trap for the Unwary in Florida - Business Litigation Committee Newsletter (Winter 2014)

Ten things to remember about getting paid on appeal - Adverse Witness, Collier County Bar Magazine (November 2013)