Margaret A. Donaghy

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About

Current Employer

Self

Occupation

Arbitrator, Mediator, Factfinder

Degree(s)

J.D. Boston College Law School

B.A. Hofstra University 

Employment History

Margaret A. Donaghy is a seasoned neutral with 16 years of experience serving as an impartial adjudicator and objective factfinder in thousands of cases, consistently upholding the highest standards of neutrality and fairness. She has over 12 years of experience in labor grievance and arbitration matters, collective bargaining, and employment law—gained from working both as a union official and as a management representative. She also has significant public sector and federal labor relations experience in all areas of collective bargaining.

Deputy National Grievance Chair for IFPTE, Judicial Council 1, AALJ from 2022 to 2025. Represented bargaining unit members in all grievance and labor arbitration proceedings. Engaged in interest-based bargaining with agency management on the national and regional level.  

Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security Administration from 2009 to 2025. Adjudicated thousands of due process hearings.

Assistant Regional Counsel for the Social Security Administration from 2001 to 2009.  Represented SSA in all aspects of its litigation practice including federal court appeals and before labor arbitrators, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

National Academy of Arbitrators

No

Memberships/Associations 

New York State Bar, American Bar Association; Labor and Employment Law Section, NYS Bar Association, Labor and Employment and Dispute Resolution Sections; LERA: NYC, NJ, LI, Philadelphia, and Ohio chapters; Society of Federal Labor Relations Professionals (SFLERP); Member of NAA Salons in the Northeast, Midwest and Southwest regions; Apprenticed with several prominent NAA arbitrators.

Neutral Listings 

FMCS; New Jersey State Board of Mediation; Pennsylvania Bureau of Mediation; Labor Relations Connections; American Dispute Resolution (ADR) Center; Nevada Government Employee-Management Relations Board (EMRB); Alaska Labor Relations Agency Roster of Arbitrators; Montana Board of Personnel Appeals Roster of Arbitrators; Iowa Employment Appeal Board; MERC Grievance Arbitration Roster; California PERB, California SMCS Panel of Private Arbitrators;  Washington PERC; Oregon Employment Relations Board Arbitration Panel

Neutral Experience 

Seasoned neutral with 16 years of experience serving as an impartial adjudicator and objective factfinder in thousands of cases, consistently upholding the highest standards of neutrality and fairness. Full-time labor arbitrator and mediator since 2025.

AAA 

No

FMCS

Yes

Current Employment/Associations that could cause a conflict 

No.

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Fees

Jacobs Fees
Description of ServiceCharge
Per Diem$1,200 / day or current regulatory maximum as defined in Rule 621-14.4
Postponement / CancellationFee charged for each day postponed or cancelled within 21 days of hearing. 
Additional ChargesReasonable, actual travel expenses as incurred, including air, car (rental or mileage) and/or hotel.  Travel is billed from the Iowa border.  I do not charge for administrative time or related expenses. 
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Contact

Address

5348 213th Street

Bayside, NY 11364

Office Phone

929-299-7729

Cell Phone

718-309-8397

Email Addresses

DonaghyADR@gmail.com 

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Recent Decisions

 

 

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