Kevin Donovan
VerifiedAbout Kevin Donovan
Kevin Donovan is a Personal Injury Attorney and Partner at Rubenstein Law, based in Boston. He has approximately 12 years of experience and his entire legal career has focused on representing plaintiffs in civil matters, including catastrophic injury, wrongful death, product liability, and tobacco litigation. Born and raised near Boston, he worked in finance before attending law school in San Diego. Prior firms include Simon & Simon PC, Law Offices of Jeffrey S. Glassman LLC, and Law Offices of PIP Collect LLP.
Notable case results
A Massachusetts jury returned a $1 billion punitive verdict against Philip Morris in 2022 over the lung cancer death of Barbara Fontaine, a case handled in part by Rubenstein Law attorney Kevin Donovan; the punitive award was later reduced to $56 million, a figure the state Supreme Judicial Court upheld in April 2026.
A Middlesex County jury awarded Joseph Reppucci and his wife $20.7 million after finding that R.J. Reynolds and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. bore responsibility for the oropharyngeal cancer he developed following decades of smoking their cigarettes.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
