Esther Slater McDonald

Current

• Associate, Commercial Litigation at Seyfarth Shaw

Past

• Counsel to the Associate Attorney General at U.S. Department of Justice
• Associate, Appellate Litigation at Jones Day
• Law Clerk to Chief Judge J. L. Edmondson at United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

• Blackstone Fellow at Alliance Defense Fund

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Education

• University of Notre Dame Law School
• Pensacola Christian College

Connections

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Industry

Law Practice

Esther Slater McDonald’s Experience

• Associate, Commercial Litigation

  Seyfarth Shaw

  (Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

• Counsel to the Associate Attorney General

  U.S. Department of Justice

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Law Practice industry)

  September 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 2 months)

• Associate, Appellate Litigation

  Jones Day

  (Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  September 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 1 month)

• Law Clerk to Chief Judge J. L. Edmondson

  United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

  (Government Agency; Judiciary industry)

  August 2003 — July 2004 (1 year )

• Blackstone Fellow

  Alliance Defense Fund

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

  June 2001 — August 2001 (3 months)

Esther Slater McDonald’s Education

• University of Notre Dame Law School

  J.D., summa cum laude , 2000 — 2003

  Dean Joseph O’Meara Award for outstanding academic excellence (second in class rank)
  
  Notre Dame Law Review, Articles Editor
  
  Dean's Fellowship (full-tuition, academic scholarship)
  
  Dean’s Award for Best Examination: Cyberlaw, Evidence
  
  Note, Patenting Human Life and the Rebirth of the Thirteenth Amendment, 78 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1359 (2003)

• Pensacola Christian College

  B.A., summa cum laude , English & History , 1996 — 2000