Geoff McDonald

Proven Verdicts
CEO & President Attorney at Geoff McDonald & Associates, P.C.
Virginia Beach, VA36 years experience

About Geoff McDonald

Geoff McDonald is the CEO and President of Geoff McDonald & Associates, P.C., a Virginia personal injury law firm with offices in Richmond and Virginia Beach. Geoff has obtained more than $400 million in settlements and awards for clients in personal injury, workers' compensation, and Social Security disability cases, including a $38.2 million settlement in 2020, the largest in Virginia that year. He has tried cases resulting in more than 200 written opinions, including 46 Court of Appeals or Workers' Compensation Commission opinions, several of which have shaped Virginia case law.

Geoff earned his B.A. in history and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia in 1986 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law in 1989. He attended the University of Hawaii for three years on a football scholarship before transferring to UVA, where he played for George Welsh and was a member of the 1984 Peach Bowl championship team.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$40.5 millionSettlement

Geoff McDonald and co-counsel represented roughly 7,600 universal life policyholders hit with steep cost-of-insurance increases by Banner Life and William Penn, securing a $22.5 million cash fund inside a settlement the court valued at more than $40 million.

U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · 2020Read the full story →
$2 millionSettlement

A roofer left paralyzed from the waist down after falling on the job for an uninsured contractor settled his Virginia workers' compensation claim for a $2 million lump sum.

Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission · 2022Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$2 millionSettlement

A shopper struck in the right calf by a heavy detergent bottle at a store checkout developed fatal wound complications, and Geoff McDonald & Associates resolved the premises-liability claim for $2 million.

2024Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law
Bachelor of Arts in History and Foreign Affairs, 1989
University of Virginia
Undergraduate, 1986

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Virginia
Workplace Injury Law and Advocacy Group
Rotary Club of Richmond (past president)
Resource Opportunities, Inc. (board member)

Awards & recognition

National Trial Lawyers: Top 100
Virginia's Go To Lawyers - Workers' Comp Law (Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2021)

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