Margaret Donaghy

Arbitrator and Mediator

Donaghy Dispute Resolution

Margaret A. Donaghy is a labor arbitrator and mediator. She has 16 years’ experience as a neutral as well as an extensive history in federal labor relations on both the management and union sides. In 2009, Ms. Donaghy was appointed as an Administrative Law Judge for the Office of Hearings Operation for the Social Security Administration where she presided over thousands of due process hearings adjudicating disability claims. Prior to that, she spent eight years as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel for the Social Security Administration handling federal court appeals and all aspects of the agency’s labor and employment law practice, including representing management in arbitrations and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).

From January 2022 to August 2025, Ms. Donaghy also served as the Deputy National Grievance Chair for Judicial Council 1 of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) (a/k/a AALJ). In that capacity, she represented AALJ bargaining unit members in all matters pursuant to SSA and AALJ’s collective bargaining agreement.

Ms. Donaghy earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and French from Hofstra University in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in 2000.