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Esther Slater McDonald

Counsel

Washington, D.C.
Direct: (202) 828-3597
Fax: (202) 641-9198
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Ms. McDonald is counsel in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  She represents clients in complex litigation matters and has extensive experience in litigating dispositive motions and appeals, with special emphasis on complex procedural matters.  Ms. McDonald’s practice includes litigation on business torts, contractual disputes, and insurance coverage issues.  Her insurance practice focuses on bad faith and general liability.  Ms. McDonald has represented clients before the United States Supreme Court, the federal appeals and district courts, and various state and local courts. 

Ms. McDonald is counsel in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  She represents clients in complex litigation matters and has extensive experience in litigating dispositive motions and appeals, with special emphasis on complex procedural matters.  Ms. McDonald’s practice includes litigation on business torts, contractual disputes, and insurance coverage issues.  Her insurance practice focuses on bad faith and general liability.  Ms. McDonald has represented clients before the United States Supreme Court, the federal appeals and district courts, and various state and local courts. 

Education

  • J.D., University of Notre Dame Law School (2003)
    summa cum laude
    Dean Joseph O’Meara AwardDame Law Review
    Dean’s Fellowship
  • B.A., Pensacola Christian College (1996)
    summa cum laude

Admissions

  • Virginia
  • District of Columbia

Courts

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association

Representative Engagements

  • Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., 544 U.S. 528 (2005)
  • Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp., 544 U.S. 280 (2005)
  • Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd., 472 F.3d 949 (7th Cir. 2007)
  • Cottenham v. Jamrog, 248 Fed. Appx. 625 (6th Cir. 2007)
  • Motionless Keyboard Co. v. Microsoft Corp., 184 Fed. Appx. 967 (Fed. Cir. 2006)
  • Blinson v. North Carolina, 2006 WL 6342964 (N.C. Super. Ct. 2006) 
  • Mount Vernon Fire Ins. Co. v. Nat’l Fire Ins. Co., Case No. 07-CV-01593 (M.D. Fla.)
  • Continental Insurance Co. v. Roberts, Case No. 8:05-CV-1658 (M.D. Fla.)
  • In re Barber, Case No. 07-60583 (S.D. Fla.) 
  • Nygard Holdings Ltd. v. Greer, Case No. 3:09-CV-135 (E.D. Va.)
  • Book Wholesalers Inc. v. District of Columbia, Case. No. 2009 SC3 002890 (D.C. Super. Ct.)

Publications

  • Louis K. Fisher & Esther Slater McDonald, Supreme Court Decision: Regulatory Takings, ENGAGE Volume 6, Issue 1 (May 2005)
  • Esther Slater McDonald, Patenting Human Life and the Rebirth of the Thirteenth Amendment, 78 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1359 (2003)