Health Care
Corporate Law
Professional Practices Representation
Professional Liability
Complex Litigation
School and Municipal Law
Insurance Bad Faith
Personal Injury
Education:
Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1964)
Notes and Comments Editor, Dickinson Law Review, 1963-1964.
Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1961)
Admissions:
Mr. McDonald became a member of the Pennsylvania bar in 1965, and is admitted to all Pennsylvania Courts; U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; and U.S. Tax Court.
Memberships: Disciplinary Board, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1983-1989
Civil Procedural Rules Committee, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1993-1999
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Erie County Bar Association (President 1983, Chancellor 2008)
Pennsylvania Bar Association
American Bar Association
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors, 1980-1983)
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Pennsylvania Defense Institute
American Health Lawyers Association
Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy
“Pennsylvania Super Lawyer”, as selected by peers statewide, representing the top 5% of all lawyers in the Commonwealth.
Business/Commercial Transactions
Health Care
Employment, ERISA & Labor
Land Development, Zoning & Land Use
Real Estate
Estates & Trusts
Taxation
School Law
