Attorney Profile


Valerie McDonald

Experience

Valerie McDonald, attorney portrait

The Honorable Timothy M. Cain
United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina
Career Law Clerk, 2011 - 2019

The Honorable Bruce H. Hendricks
United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina
(Then United States Magistrate Judge for the District of South Carolina)
Career Law Clerk, 2006 – 2011 (part-time)

The Honorable Thomas E. Rogers, III
United States Magistrate Judge for the District of South Carolina
Temporary Law Clerk, February - April 2010 and April - June 2011

The Honorable John H. Waller, Jr.
South Carolina Supreme Court Justice
Law Clerk, 2004 - 2006

The Honorable Henry M. Herlong, Jr.
United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina
Temporary Law Clerk, March – June 2004

The Honorable William M. Catoe
United States Federal Magistrate Judge for the District of South Carolina
Career Law Clerk, 2001 - 2004

The Honorable James E. Moore
South Carolina Supreme Court Justice
Career Law Clerk, 1991 - 2000

The University of South Carolina School of Law Adjunct Legal Writing Professor, 1999 - 2002

Office of Senate Research, South Carolina Senate
Columbia, South Carolina
Staff Attorney, 1990-1999; Law Clerk, 1988-1990

Credentials

University of South Carolina School of Law Juris Doctor Degree, May 1990

  • Law Review
  • Dean’s List
  • American Jurisprudence Awards (highest academic grade) in Property and Real Estate Transactions courses
  • Third Year Legal Writing Instructor

Admitted to the South Carolina Bar, November 1990

University of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina, Conway, South Carolina Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, 1987