Roger Donoghue
Issues Management Group
rdonoghue@murphydonoghue.com
617-720-1900
100 Cambridge Street, 14th Floor, Boston, MA, 02114, 
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Roger D. Donoghue is a co-founder of Murphy Donoghue Partners. He leads the firm's Government Relations practice, specializing in legislative and regulatory affairs, lobbying, and business strategies.Roger counsels regional, national, and international clients across varied industries including; health care, financial services, pharmaceutical, biomedical/life science, telecommunications, technology, real estate development, insurance, trade associations, and restaurant and hospitality, as they interface with government. Roger and his colleagues advise clients on the strategic implications of developing and maintaining relationships with government, and represent such clients before regulatory agencies and public authorities.
represented care providers before state regulatory agencies & legislative committeesadvised a Fortune 500 insurance company on how to maintain balanced statutory and regulatory treatment to assure similar treatment in other jurisdictionsrepresented a federally recognized native American tribe on economic development initiativesrepresented a major telecommunications provider before state regulatory agencies and legislative committeesled ballot question committee counsel and strategy development culminating in a ballot question to repeal new tax on alcoholsecured tens of millions for distressed hospitalssuccessfully secured consumer discount legislation
1) 2Life Communities, Inc.
2) 42 North Dental, LLC
3) A.D. Makepeace Company
4) ADA Forsyth Institute, Inc.
5) ADP TotalSource, Inc.
6) Ameresco, Inc.
7) American Staffing Association, Inc.
8) association of american publishers , Inc
9) Boston Landing LLC
10) CCA MISSION, INC.
11) Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County, Inc.
12) CLAREMONT
13) Construction Industries of Massachusetts, Inc.
14) Curaleaf, Inc.
15) FedEx Corporation
16) Health Imperatives, Inc.
17) Issues Management Group, Inc.
18) Massachusetts Brewers Guild, Inc.
19) Massachusetts Dental Society
20) Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, Inc.
21) Massachusetts Judges Conference of the Trial Court
22) Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
23) Massachusetts Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Inc.
24) McDonald's Corporation
25) Modivcare Inc.
26) New England Connectivity and Telecommunications Association, Inc.
27) Nuveen Securities, LLC
28) Roblox Corporation
29) Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Inc.
30) SEIU Local 888
31) The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
32) The Greater Boston Food Bank, Inc.
33) The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Inc.
34) Turo, Inc.
35) UHS of Delaware, Inc.
36) United HealthCare Services, Inc.
37) Wentworth Institute of Technology, Inc.
38) Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
39) Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority
20+ years
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDDirector of Public Affairs, Greater Boston Chamber of CommerceMassachusetts Director of Government Relations, National Federation of Independent BusinessPrivate practice attorneyEDUCATIONSuffolk University Law School, J.D., 1983Holy Cross College, B.A., 1978
Last Updated: July 26, 2026