Special Counsel
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PO Box 46 (36601)
Mobile, AL 36603
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Matthew McDonald is a member of the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation and Government Relations Practice Groups. He practices in the areas of civil litigation and government affairs. Mr. McDonald is nationally recognized for his successes in tort reform and has served as counsel for the Business Council of Alabama and the Alabama Civil Justice Reform Committee. In 2003, he was named among the American Tort Reform Association's first group of "Legal Reform Champions" — a list of high-profile attorneys who have dedicated themselves to restoring equal justice under law and reclaiming the civil justice system from the grip of plaintiffs' lawyers. Mr. McDonald's reform activities also have played a role in the new era of economic development in Alabama. 

Noteworthy

• Named to "Legal Reform Champions" list by the American Tort Reform Association in 2003
  
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News

• McDonald Named Among First-Ever "Legal Reform Champions"

Publications

• "Arbitration Opponents: Barking Up the Wrong Branch"
  62 Ala. Law 56, January 2001
• "The Process of Reform"
  24 Cumb. L. Rev. 478, 1994

Memberships

• Alabama State Bar
• American Bar Association
• Mobile Bar Association