“By not suing BP, Donovan threw his clients’ best hope of recovery out the proverbial window,” Barbier wrote.ĭonovan declined to comment generally on Barbier’s brutal opinion and did not respond to my specific query on Barbier’s accusation that his litigation strategy hurt his clients. Rather than proceeding with suits for his clients against BP, Barbier said, Donovan sued Feinberg.
Donovan’s third client, a Florida marine salvage outfit, rejected a proposed settlement offer. Two of his clients were turned down by the claims facility overseen by Kenneth Feinberg. Donovan represented three clients who asserted claims arising from the oil spill back in 2010, before the MDL existed. Worst of all, the judge said, Donovan’s campaign against pretty much everyone in the MDL except for BP appears to have hurt his own clients. The waste Donovan creates is shameful and appalling.” “His behavior has been a constant drain on judicial resources. “Donovan has weaponized civil litigation to harass those with whom he disagrees,” wrote Barbier, who refused in 2019 to recuse himself from previous BP-related suits by Donovan. I live in Cambridge, MA and have four grown children: Aoife, Ciaran, Aidan, and Nuala and one grandchild, Ivy Jo, with another expected this June! I list my passions as poetry, music, biking, running, travelling, and conversation.Barbier, who was himself named as a defendant in the racketeering complaint that led to the sanctions ruling against Donovan, also ordered Donovan to pay the fees and costs that Herman, Roy and Juneau incurred as defendants in Donovan's cases. Undaunted, we have ventured deep into the world of virtual presentations and are encouraged by the enthusiastic response. Of course, the pandemic has tempered much of our live activity. Increasingly, yearly tours of Celtic countries have included Scotland, Ireland, and Galicia in Northern Spain regular member events at GBH studios have proliferated. Patrick's Day Celtic Sojourn, Summer Celtic Roots and Branches, a new Rockport Celtic Festival, and a weekly club presentation from the Backroom of the Burren.
#Brian donovan series#
In addition to producing our yearly Christmas Celtic Sojourn, we present several concert series throughout the year. Since 2001, we have given A Celtic Sojourn, a straight forward weekly broadcast on GBH radio, much scope.
#Brian donovan professional#
In 2001, I decided to shift my professional focus back to media, arts, and broadcasting even during the years of my unexpected sports and entertainment career, when I had been hosting a weekly radio program on GBH. My last involvement was in assisting with the early development of the new stadium. Up to 2001, I worked on large-scale concerts, NFL football, World Cup Soccer, and eventually helped found and run Major League Soccer. I became the Stadium General Manager in 1987. It was successful, and I was delighted for the offer of a full-time job shortly afterwards. I consulted on a project for the Patriots at their stadium in Foxboro in 1984.
From the various fund-raisers and festivals we produced, I developed a fondness for organizing concerts. During grad school, I broadcast on WERS, Emerson's college radio station. We are about to celebrate our 40th anniversary in August.įrom 1982 - 1984, I attended grad school at Emerson College, where I indulged my keen interest in radio and broadcasting. But my best-laid plans were shelved when I met singer Lindsay Henes at a session in a pub, The Village Coach House in Brookline Village. in 1980, I had intended to stay in Boston for three weeks. The traditional Irish music scene was thriving there, and I found myself very drawn to the music. On graduation from University College Cork in 1978, I moved to London during a period when the city was teeming with Irish emigrants. My dad, Jim, was a butcher and my mother, Joan, a full-time - and then some - homemaker. I was born in the small seaside town of Clonakilty in West Cork in 1957, the second youngest in a family of nine kids.
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