Matthew McDonald is a partner in the Litigation and Government Relations practice groups. He advises publicly held clients in civil litigation and government affairs.

Matt's practice focuses on a wide variety of complex civil litigation, including defense of consumer class action lawsuits, high-stakes tort and commercial litigation, and municipal liability. Matt is also frequently retained to handle post-judgment motion practice and appeals involving adverse or large judgments.

For more than 30 years, Matt has served as general counsel of Alabama's statewide tort reform effort, the Alabama Civil Justice Reform Committee, which is made up of premiere business associations and corporate interests in the state.

Matt also represents businesses, public officials and governmental entities with regard to ethics and campaign finance compliance issues.