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Mr. McDonald handles a wide variety of cases in the firm’s Environmental Group in both state and federal courts.
Prior to joining Gibbons, he served as a Deputy Attorney General for the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General’s Division of Criminal Justice as part of the Honors Program. In that role, he prosecuted and managed complex environmental criminal matters from inception through trial, such as cases involving water pollution, solid and hazardous waste, air pollution, and wildlife offenses. He also provided legal counsel to Division of Criminal Justice detectives, New Jersey State Conservation Police, and New Jersey State Police.
Mr. McDonald also previously served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Georgette Castner, U.S.D.J., in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the Honorable Ronald Susswein, J.A.D., in the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division.
Credentials
Education
Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Environmental & Energy Law, with distinction)
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University (J.D., cum laude)
- Productions Editor, Pace Environmental Law Review
- Pro Bono Scholar & Student Attorney, Pace Food and Beverage Law Clinic
The College of New Jersey (B.S.)
Professional Admissions
State of New Jersey
State of New York
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Judicial Clerkship(s)
Law Clerk to the Honorable Georgette Castner, U.S.D.J., United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, September 2024 – September 2025
Law Clerk to the Honorable Ronald Susswein, J.A.D., New Jersey Appellate Division, Superior Court of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, August 2021 – August 2022
Legal Employment
Deputy Attorney General, New Jersey Office of the Attorney General (Honors Program), Trenton/Whippany, NJ, September 2022 – September 2024
Honors Law Clerk, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, January 2021 – April 2021