About Sean
Sean McDonough traces his legal roots to northeastern Pennsylvania. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Scranton in 1983 and completed his law degree at Pennsylvania State University — Dickinson School of Law in 1986. Those years set the groundwork for a long career in civil litigation and courtroom practice.
He was admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and soon began building courtroom experience. Early roles and specific positions from that period are not listed here, but by the early 1990s McDonough had established enough presence in the local bar to join a regional firm. In 1993 he became a partner at Dougherty Leventhal and Price. That step marked a shift from junior associate work to a leadership role inside the firm, where he handled complex matters and supervised younger attorneys.
Over the decades McDonough has remained an active participant in legal organizations. He holds memberships in the Pennsylvania State Bar and the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Locally he is a member of the Lackawanna County Bar Association. He also belongs to the American Board of Trial Advocates, an affiliation that reflects sustained involvement in trial-level advocacy and peer networks geared toward litigation standards.
His office is listed at the Moosic DLP Office. There he has combined courtroom practice with case management and client counseling. Colleagues note a pragmatic approach to dispute resolution: he prepares for trial and pursues settlements where they serve clients’ interests. He has overseen matters through discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation, and he has mentored associates on courtroom procedure and evidentiary practice.
Outside the courtroom McDonough’s career is marked by steady engagement in bar activities rather than by public-facing scholarship or high-profile appellate opinions. He has maintained ties to professional groups that emphasize trial skills and ethical practice. Those connections have kept him closely linked to the evolving standards of litigation in Pennsylvania.
Now in practice at the Moosic office of Dougherty Leventhal and Price, Sean McDonough continues to handle civil litigation and trial work, focusing his current practice on matters in Pennsylvania courts.
