Mary Lynne Donohue of Sheboygan is the recipient of the 2024 Leonard L. Loeb Award from the Senior Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Wisconsin. The award “is given to a senior lawyer who has made significant contributions to the legal community, shown respect for the legal system, demonstrated a love for the law and high ideals and personal character, participated in organizations to improve communities, and participated in state and local bar activities.”
Donohue served as secretary and treasurer of the State Bar, as well as serving two terms as a district representative on its Board of Governors. She is a Class of 2002 Fellow of the Wisconsin Law Foundation, and served on the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Board.
Locally, Donohue became the Sheboygan County Bar Association’s first female president in 1990, and served for many years as volunteer coordinator of the Bar’s Legal Aid Clinic, annually recruiting the clinic’s pro bono attorney volunteers. She has also served on the Sheboygan Area School District Board and on the City of Sheboygan’s Common Council.
And beyond local borders, Donohue has also taught short-term courses in administrative law at universities in Bulgaria, Poland, and Lithuania through the Center for International Legal Studies.
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