Background
McDonald, William H. was born on February 27, 1946 in Niangua, Missouri, United States.
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William H. McDonald
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Southwest Missouri State University (Bachelor of Science, 1968). University of Missouri at Kansas City (Juris Doctor, 1971).
Career
Worked at William H. McDonald & Associates, Professional Corporation (Springfield, Missouri) specializing in General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice including: Administrative, Antitrust, Automobile, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business Litigation, Condemnation, Commercial Law, Copyrights, Corporation, Construction Litigation, Criminal Law, Estate Planning, Farm Law, Franchising, Patents, Probate and Estates, Product Liability, Real Estate, Securities and Trademarks. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Missouri. 1978, United States. Supreme Court.
1982, United States.
Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Phi Delta Phi (President, 1971). Associate Justice, Moot Court Board.
Trial Counsel and United States.
Magistrate, Prosecutor for Fort Riley, Kansas, August 1972 to May, 1973.
Author in Participant: Child Abuse and Neglect Handbook. Missouri Products Liability Handbook.
Supplement to the Missouri Bar Continuing legal education Handbook on Federal Practice.
Environmental Law Handbook. Insurance Law Handbook. Who"s Who in American Law, 1982.
Invitee, Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1985.
Chairman, 31st Judicial Circuit Bar Committee, 1982-1983 and 1986-1987. Member: Federal Practice Committee, Western District of Missouri, 1984-1988.
Board of Trustees, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Foundation, 1985-1992. President of Board of Directors of Springfield Little Theatre, 1989-1991.
Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis.
Springfield Metropolitan (Member: Board of Directors, 1986-1990. Courts Committee, 1988-1990), Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Tort and Insurance Practice.
District 16 Representative, Young Lawyers Division, Executive Council, 1979-1981) Bar Associations.
The Missouri Bar (Chairman: Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 1977-1978. Supervisory Committee of The Missouri Lawyers Credit Union, 1978-1979.
The Missouri Bar Young Lawyers Section, 1978-1979. Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1985.
Vice Chairman: Tort Law Committee, 1982-1985.
Member: Scope and Programs Committee, 1982-1986. Board of Editors, Missouri Bar Journal, 1985-1990. Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1982-1990.
Public Information Committee, 1984-1990.
Council, Division of Judicial Administration, 1985-1987. Special Task Force to Study Yellow Page Advertising, 1985-1987.
Recipient: President"s Award, 1986. Young Lawyers Section Outstanding Service Award, 1979.
Chairman, Missouri Commission on Continuing Legal Education, 1987-1988).
Defense Research Institute. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. American Board of Trial Advocates.
Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
[Captain, United States. Army, Military Intelligence, 1971-1973] (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy).
The law firm of William H. McDonald & Associates, Professional Corporation is committed to excellence in the practice of law and to providing a full range of legal expertise to serve the ever changing needs of our clients.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Federal Practice Committee, Western District of Missouri, 1984-1988. Board of Trustees, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Foundation, 1985-1992. President of Board of Directors of Springfield Little Theatre, 1989-1991.
Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis.
Springfield Metropolitan (Member: Board of Directors, 1986-1990. Courts Committee, 1988-1990), Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation.
Tort and Insurance Practice. District 16 Representative, Young Lawyers Division, Executive Council, 1979-1981) Bar Associations.
The Missouri Bar (; Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
[Captain, United States. Army, Military Intelligence, 1971-1973] (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy).
