Tish McDonald is a partner in King & Spalding’s Atlanta office and a member of the Business Litigation Practice Group. Named as one of the top business litigators in the nation by SuperLawyers in 2009, Ms. McDonald focuses on complex commercial litigation and has extensive experience in fiduciary and investor-related litigation for financial institutions and individuals. She has litigated and successfully resolved breach of fiduciary duty claims and actions regarding the duties of executors, trustees and other professionals.

Ms. McDonald has substantial experience in other commercial litigation areas as well. She has represented firms and individuals in several purported class actions alleging securities law violations, and she has represented clients in proceedings before the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. She has represented businesses in complex commercial litigation, including litigation involving banks, retailers and real estate developers, in a variety of substantive areas and industries. She has also served as a speaker and a panelist on risk management for fiduciaries, as well as other general litigation issues.

Ms. McDonald is very active in the legal community.  She serves on the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia and is a Fellow of both of the American Bar Foundation and of the Lawyers Foundation of Georgia.  She is the past President of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta.  She is also a Master of the Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court.  She served as the Treasurer of Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert E. Benham’s successful 2008 re-election campaign and is currently serving as Treasurer of Georgia Supreme Court Justice David E. Nahmias’ 2010 re-election campaign.  She served as a member of the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference in 2007.

Publications and Speaker Engagements

• Co-author and Speaker, Avoiding the Pitfalls of a Malpractice Claim in the Modern Estate Planning World, Fiduciary Law Institute, 2009.
  
  
• Co-author, “The Modern Estate Planning Lawyer: Avoiding the Maelstrom of Malpractice Claims,” Probate & Property, November/December 2008.
  
  
• Co-author, "It's Not About the Teacups: Proper Estate Planning May Prevent Family Blowups," Atlanta Woman magazine, July/August 2008.
  
  
• Article, “Allowance of Claims against Estate Planning Attorneys by Intended Beneficiaries of the Estate,” Georgia Probate Notes, May-June 2008.
  
  
• Speech, “Litigation Considerations Surrounding Fiduciary Investment Issues in Georgia,” Estate Planning Institute, February 2005.
  
  
• Speech, “Attacking and Defending Corporate Decisions in Trial,” Georgia ICLE 7th Annual Corporate Litigation Seminar, November 2004.
  
  
• Panelist, America Corporate Counsel of Georgia, Chapter Litigation Roundtable, “Issues Surrounding the Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege,” February 2004.

• Master, Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court
  
  
• Lawyers Club of Atlanta, past President
  
  
• American Bar Association
  
  
• Georgia Bar Association, Fiduciary, Real Estate and Litigation Sections
  
  
• Atlanta Bar Association, Litigation Section
  
  
• State Bar of Georgia, Member, Board of Governors
  
  
• State Bar of Georgia, Member of the Women and Minorities in the Profession Committee; Advisory Committee on Legislation; In-House Counsel Registration Committee; International Trade in Legal Services Committee.

• Named one of the top business litigators in the nation by the Corporate Counsel edition of SuperLawyers – 2008 and 2009.
  
  
• Named one of the top 50 women lawyers in Georgia – 2008 and 2009.
  
  
• Named as one of the top 100 attorneys in Georgia by Law and Politics and Atlantamagazine in its SuperLawyers edition, 2009.