Practice areas: Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation; view more
Licensed in Pennsylvania since: 1985
Education: Temple University Beasley School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2011, 2014 - 2025 Call today:
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Attorney Michael P. McDonald, of McDonald at Law in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, concentrates his practice on personal injury. Mr. McDonald has more than 39 years of experience representing clients who have been injured due to the fault of others. He also practices workers' compensation law. He represents clients in Lancaster County and throughout all of Southcentral and Southeastern Pennsylvania.
After earning his bachelor's degree from Bucknell University, Mr. McDonald obtained his law degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law. Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, he is admitted to practice in all Pennsylvania state courts, as well as before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
Over the course of his career, Mr. McDonald has recovered multi-million dollar and million dollar verdicts, arbitration awards and settlements for his clients, and has been inducted into the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
His accomplishments have earned Mr. McDonald many honors. The attorney peer-review service Martindale-Hubbell gave him its highest rating, AV Preeminent.*He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by The National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is included in The National Trial Lawyers organization's list of the top 100 trial lawyers. He has been named to Best Lawyers®- 2024 and 2025, U.S. News. McDonald At Law has been named to Best Law Firms 2025 by Best Lawyers®.
He was also made a fellow in the American Bar Foundation, an honor bestowed on attorneys who have shown dedication to the welfare of their communities and the highest principles of their profession.
Throughout the years Mr. McDonald has given lectures, and contributed to materials on litigation and personal injury related topics. He is a member of professional organizations including the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, Lancaster Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice- Champion of Justice and the American Association for Justice.
*AV®, BV®, AV Preeminent® and BV Distinguished® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings fall into two categories – legal ability and general practice standards.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Workers' Compensation: ClaimantFocus areas
Animal Bites, Assault, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Dram Shop Laws, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 80% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20% Workers' Compensation: Claimant
First Admitted: 1985, Pennsylvania
Professional Webpage: http://www.mcdonaldatlaw.com/about/michael-p-mcdonald
- Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, 2024
- Writer - Lancaster Bar Association's Civil Practice Manual, 1998
- Committee Member Producing Revisions to the Lancaster County Rules of Civil Proceedure , 2016
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2024
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice - Champion of Justice, 2024
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2024
- Arbitrator Chairman for Civil Arbitrations in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, 2024
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2024
- American Association for Justice, 2022
- Lancaster Bar Association, 2024
- Lancaster Trial Lawyers Association, 2022
- Pennsylvania Bar, 2024
- Participant Lancaster County's Mock Trial program 2013 and 2014
- American Bar Association, 2019
- 5.1 million dollar settlement for injuries and damages sustained as a result of negligence and strict liability., 2022
- 1.025 million dollar settlement for injuries and damages sustained in a motorcycle accident case., 2024
- 1.3 million dollar settlement for injuries and damages in a motor vehicle accident case., 2024
- 1.6 million dollar total settlement for injuries and damages sustained in a trucking accident, including verdict requiring insurance company to provide coverage.
- Nine hundred thousand dollar ($900,000.00) settlement for injuries and damges sustained in a motor vehicle accident, 2022
- 1.3 million dollar arbitration award for injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
- 2.5 million dollar verdict for injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
- 1.4 million dollar settlement for injuries sustained in a trucking accident.
- 2.6 million dollar verdict for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.
- 1.5 million dollar verdict for injuries sustained in a police excessive force case.
- 1 million dollar arbitration award for injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
- Serious Personal Injury Clients and Workers' Compensation Clients
- American College of Board Certified Attorneys, Charter Fellow 2013-2024
- Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate - National Board of Trial Advocacy - January 3, 2002, recertified January 3, 2007, recertified January 3, 2012, recertified January 3, 2017, recertified January 3, 2022 and current., 2024
- Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2024
- Best Lawyers®- 2025, 2024
- Best Lawyers® - 2024, 2023
- 2015-2024 , National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2024
- Lifetime Member, Elite Lawyers of America, 2024
- Pennsylvania Top 10 Motor Vehicle Trial Verdicts , The Legal Intelligencer, 2017
- 2011-2024, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2024
- Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in Pennsylvania , The Legal Intelligencer, 2016
- Highest Rating - AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell, 2024
- Life Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2024
- 2011, 2014-2025 , Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Plaintiff's Personal Injury, 2024
- Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., 1985
- Bucknell University, B.A., 1980, 1980 District COSIDA Academic All-American, 1980 Associated Press 1-AA Football First Team Athletic All-American, 1980 Kodak 1-AA American Football Coaches Association - First Team, Athletic All-American, 1980 Top Male Scholar-Athlete Bucknell University, 1980 Bucknell University Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee, 2002.
- 2004 - “Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Law in Pennsylvania” — Writer and Lecturer, National Business Institute
- 2006 - “Successfully Litigating the Motor Vehicle Accident Case” — Writer and Lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, WITF-TV
- 2008 - "Winning Your First Civil Trial" - Writer and Lecturer, National Business Institute
- 2003 - "Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Law in Pennsylvania" — Writer and Lecturer, National Business Institute
- Author for the Lancaster Bar Association Civil Practice Manual, Lancaster Bar Association, 1998
- 1998 - Writer, Lancaster Bar Association Civil Practice Manual, Lancaster Bar Association
- 2009 - “Winning Your First Auto Accident Case” - Writer and Lecturer, National Business Institute
- 2017 - Writer and Lecturer - "How to Get Your Social Media, Email and Text Evidence Admitted (and Keep Theirs Out)", Expert Witness Evidence , National Buisness Institute, Harrisburg Pa.
- American Association For Justice
- American Bar Association
- Lancaster Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Association For Justice-Champion Of Justice
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
Office location for Michael P. McDonald
2150 Noll Drive
Suite 300
Lancaster, PA 17603
Phone: 717-208-2641
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2011, 2014 - 2025
