Partner
MacDonald, Jr., Theodore J.
Offices: St. Louis, Edwardsville
Phone: 314-480-4155
Email:
Licenses: IL/MO/NY
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Practice Description:
Mr. MacDonald focuses his practice on trial litigation in the areas of:
medical malpractice
insurance law
products liability
Qui tam (False Claims Act/Whistleblower)
federal white-collar criminal investigations
clergy abuse matters
executive employment law
commercial litigation
As a trial attorney for over 30 years, he has tried numerous jury cases to conclusion in state and federal courts throughout the Midwest. He has been involved in the defense of many federal white-collar investigations involving health care fraud and corporate accounting fraud over the last 10 years. He has also defended more than a dozen clergy abuse matters. On the appellate level, he has argued over 30 cases before the Seventh and Eighth United States Circuit Courts of Appeals and before the Supreme Courts of Missouri and Illinois.
Among his representation for numerous corporate clients, he has, for example, handled Prairie Farms Dairy's litigation in Southern Illinois and throughout Missouri, as well as major natural gas incidents for Laclede Gas Company in St. Louis, Missouri and medical negligence cases for several St. Louis and Southern Illinois hospitals and providers.
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1979
Missouri, 1978
New York, 1978
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Date of Birth:
May 11, 1951
Law School:
Saint Louis University Law School, J.D., 1977
Undergraduate School:
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., (English) 1973
Bar/Professional Association Involvement: American Bar Association (ABA)
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (IDC)
Illinois State Bar Association
International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
Lawyers Association St. Louis
Madison County Bar Association
Missouri Bar Association
Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers (MODL)
New York State Bar Association
Awards, Honors, Distinctions:
Martindale-Hubbel, AV Preeminent
Leading Lawyers; 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Employment Law: Management
Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law
Personal Injury Defense Law: General
Products Liability Defense Law
Toxic Torts Defense Law
Illinois Super Lawyer; 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
Civil Litigation Defense
Criminal Defense: White Collar
Best Lawyers in America; 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Personal Injury
Community Involvement:
Churchill Center and School for Learning Disabilities, Board of Trustees
Saint Louis Priory School, Board of Advisors
Saint Louis University Law School, Alumni Council
Legal Lectures:
Adjunct Professor of Pre-Trial Litigation at Washington University in St. Louis Law School (1988 to present)
"Products Liability - Daubert" Washington University in St. Louis Law School Seminar, St. Louis, MO (March 2009)
"USA Law re: Regulations of Corporate Fraud" International Association of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, South Hampton, Bermuda (July 2007)
"Missouri Rules of Professional Conduct: Rule 4 Changes That You Should Know" The Simon Law Firm, P.C. Trial Practice Seminar, St. Louis, MO (June 2007)
"Developing Effective Themes and Using Them at Trial A Defense Perspective" The Missouri Bar/Missouri Judicial Conference Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO (September 2006)
"Liability of Premise at Owners for Sex Torts (Topics A and B)" Illinois Association Defense Trial Counsel Sexual Torts Seminar, Chicago, IL (November 2004)
"Ethics in Product Liability Litigation" The Simon Law Firm, P.C. Trial Practice Seminar, St. Louis, MO (June 2004)
"Anatomy of a Hellhole, Hellhole Designation – American Tort Reform Association" Defense Research Institute Annual Regional Meeting, St. Louis, MO (June 2004)
"Taking Depositions of Expert Witnesses" HeplerBroom LLC Seminar, Edwardsville, IL (August 2003)
"Brain Injuries from Chronic Low Level Carbon Monoxide Exposure: A Case Study" Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Limited (AEGIS) Annual Meeting, New York, NY (September 2003)
"Brain Injuries from Chronic Low Level Carbon Monoxide Exposure: A Case Study" Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Limited (AEGIS) Regional Meeting, New York, NY (September 2003)
"Taking an Expert Deposition" HeplerBroom LLC Seminar, Edwardsville, IL (August 2003)
"Strategies in Defending a Case" HeplerBroom LLC Seminar, Edwardsville, IL (November 2002)
"Strategies in Defending a Case" HeplerBroom LLC Seminar, Edwardsville, IL (April 2002)
"Claims Investigation Observation/Suggestions" Laclede Gas Company Seminar, St. Louis, MO (July 1999)
"Settlement Negotiations, Nuts & Bolts - Defendant's Perspective" Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO (April 1999)
"Product Liability 402(a)" Washington University in St. Louis Law School Seminar, St. Louis, MO (March 1997)
"The New Federal Rules" Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (March 1995)
"Taking an Expert Deposition" Washington University in St. Louis Law School Seminar, St. Louis, MO (March 1994)
"Product Liability 402(a)" Washington University in St. Louis Law School Seminar, St. Louis, MO (February 1994)
Employment History:
Mr. MacDonald was an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of Illinois (1978-1982), where he prosecuted bank fraud and other white-collar criminal cases and defended the United States on Federal Tort Claim cases.
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