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Overholt Law LLP welcomes Michael D. McDonald

Overholt Law LLP is pleased to announce that Michael D. McDonald has joined us as an Associate Lawyer.

Michael joined the firm as an Associate in August 2025. He practices in all of the firm’s core practice areas, including labour & employment, human rights, professional regulation, and privacy law, along with commercial litigation. He also practices in administrative law and public and constitutional law. Michael has appeared at all levels of court in British Columbia, and has experience with the conduct of judicial review and appellate litigation.  

Before joining the firm, Michael clerked for two justices at the Court of Appeal for British Columbia and, upon being called to the bar in 2024, worked as auxiliary Crown Counsel in the criminal appeals branch of the BC Prosecution Service, and subsequently as Legal Counsel at the BC Ministry of Attorney General where he maintained a broad civil litigation and administrative law practice.

In his spare time, Michael enjoys cycling along Vancouver’s beautiful oceanfront, checking out the latest hit movies and tv shows, and sharing a glass of wine or some craft beer with friends.