Laura Donahue

Laura Donahue works in criminal defense as an attorney at the Spokane County Public Defender’s Office in Spokane, Washington. Her professional profile dates her return to the office as a trial attorney to April 2024.

Earlier in her career, Donahue worked at McNeice Wheeler in Spokane Valley, holding an attorney position from August 2014 to February 2015. A volunteer attorney appointment with the county public defender followed in March 2015. She also lists a county attorney position beginning that month and ending in June 2018.

From July 2018 through October 2022, her profile places her at Donahue Law as a trial lawyer in the Spokane area. Another entry records work as a senior attorney at Counsel for Defense from January 2021 through August 2023. The county describes Counsel for Defense as a separate public defender office, to which some cases initially assigned to its Public Defender’s Office may be transferred.

Before those attorney positions, Donahue spent May through August 2013 as a Rule 9 legal intern in the University Legal Assistance business clinic at Gonzaga University School of Law. Her account of that placement describes meeting with clients, helping form LLCs, and drafting operating agreements and bylaws. She also drafted a services contract and negotiated contract terms for a client.

Her present office is at 1033 W Gardner. Its remit is representation for people in Spokane County who cannot afford legal counsel.