John P McDonald, JD

Specialties

Law Practice: business, health care, estate plans and taxation, and regulatory

John P. McDonald, Attorney at Law, has practiced health care licensing and compliance, business and corporate, and estate planning law for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Law (Bloomington) and has completed more than 60 credit hours in Financial, Management, Cost, and Forensic Accounting. Mr. McDonald conducted the Federal Communications Commission’s «Payola» investigations from 1976 to 1980.

He has extensive experience in estate planning and estate taxation matters, including the preparation of wills, trusts, and community and separate property agreements, and probate.

In his law practice, McDonald has drafted, modified, and evaluated hundreds of complex contracts, stipulations, and agreements, covenants not to compete, covenants not to disclose, and employment and labor agreements, including collective bargaining agreements between unions and employers. He has drafted and evaluated employee policy handbooks for both employers and employees.

His experience has provided him with wide-​ranging experience representing clients before state and federal administrative and regulatory agencies in matters involving licensing, compliance investigations, hearings, and proposed and final stipulated agreements of Washington and other state medical and health care quality assurance commissions (Department of Health), the Federal Communications Commissio…