Francis M. McDonald | McDonald Toole Wiggins, P.A.

FRANCIS M. MCDONALD, JR.

Email:

fmcdonald@mtwlegal.com

Phone:

407-838-4065

Frank McDonald is a Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, the highest recognition of competency, professionalism and expertise awarded by the Bar. Throughout his entire career as a trial lawyer in private practice, he has defended product manufacturers and other business entities in complex tort litigation in state and federal courts throughout the southeastern United States.

This practice has included the defense of motor vehicle companies in crashworthiness litigation as well as medical device companies, equipment manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, oil and gas companies and other makers of consumer products in products liability and toxic tort matters.

In 2008, he was invited to become a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers.

He has tried over 65 lengthy cases to verdict in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina. Mr. McDonald started his legal career in Orlando after a clerkship at the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals with the Honorable Joseph W. Hatchett.

He has received numerous awards and honors for his legal accomplishments and has spoken at various seminars on topics that pertain to trial practice.

PRACTICE AREAS

Products Liability

Commercial Litigation

Medical Device Litigation

General Liability

Toxic Tort Litigation

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

All Florida State Courts

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

AWARDS AND HONORS

AV^® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated^SM by Martindale-Hubbell^®
Listed, Best Lawyers in America, in Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, 2005–2017 editions
Florida Super Lawyers, 2007–2018
Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
Listed, Orlando Magazine's "Top Lawyer" Products Liability Defense, 2005–2019

EDUCATION

Stetson University College of Law, J.D., 1981

National Moot Court team member, 1981

Member, Stetson Law Review

University of Florida, B.S.B.A., 1978

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

The Florida Bar

Litigation Section, American Bar Association

Orange County Bar Association

Defense Research Institute

Product Liability Advisory Council

The Florida Defense Lawyers Association