Amber McDonald

Amber McDonald is an associate at Baker & Miller PLLC where her practice focuses on complex antitrust and class action litigation and counselling. In addition, Ms McDonald has experience with Hart-Scott-Rodino filings. She has been actively engaged in defending class action litigation in the agricultural industry. Ms McDonald has also represented the governments of Australia and the United Kingdom in briefing international jurisdictional issues before the US Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to joining Baker & Miller, Ms McDonald clerked for the Honorable Christine OC Miller of the United States Court of Federal Claims and was a litigation associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, LLP. At Skadden, Ms McDonald aided in settlement negotiations with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Department of Justice. She also assisted in numerous pro bono matters, including a death penalty appeal and a matter before the US Supreme Court. Ms McDonald received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin, where she double majored in English literature and political science, and graduated cum laude from Hofstra University School of Law in 2005. While at Hofstra, Ms McDonald was an associate editor of the Hofstra Law Review, a Hofstra merit scholar and a recipient of the CV Starr Foundation Endowed Scholarship.