About Donovan A
Donovan A Rodriques is a New York lawyer who combines training across three jurisdictions with a practice in business and entertainment law. He trained in the Caribbean and the United Kingdom before relocating to the United States. His academic background threads international law and trade into the everyday disputes and deals he handles now.
His legal education began at the University of the West Indies, where he completed an LL.B. He then took a postgraduate turn at Edinburgh University School of Law and earned an LL.M. in International Trade Law in 1999. He completed professional legal training at Norman Manley Law School in 2000, qualifying to practice in common-law systems and rounding out an education that spans multiple legal traditions.
Rodriques entered the New York bar in 2012 and established Rodriques Law, PLLC that same year. The firm lists business and entertainment work among its practice areas. Since setting up the practice he has represented clients on commercial contract matters, licensing arrangements and transactional work tied to media and creative industries. He has handled negotiations, drafted agreements and advised on dispute avoidance strategies suited to smaller companies and individual creators as well as to business clients.
His LL.M. in International Trade Law informs how he approaches cross-border transactions and licensing questions. He is admitted in New York and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. That combination of domestic admission and an academic grounding in trade law shapes the way he approaches matters that touch on international licensing, distribution and rights clearance.
Outside of direct client work, Rodriques maintains an active membership in the New York State Bar, listed as current since 2012. He has positioned his practice to serve clients who operate in creative sectors and in commercial enterprises that intersect with media, intellectual property and distribution. He works from his firm, Rodriques Law, PLLC, and continues to accept matters that involve transactional work, licensing and related entertainment-industry issues.
As of 2026 he continues to practice from Rodriques Law, PLLC, handling business and entertainment matters for clients in New York and matters that raise cross-border questions.
