Iain Macdonald has practiced bankruptcy law for over 40 years, primarily in the courts of the Northern and Eastern Districts of California. He attended the University of San Francisco School of Law and has taught bankruptcy and commercial law at the Law School since 1984. He practiced with the well-regarded firm of Goldberg Stinnett & Macdonald from 1977 to 1993, when he opened his own office, and then partnered with Reno F.R. Fernandez III to form Macdonald Fernandez LLP.

Mr. Macdonald has contributed extensively of his time in both organizing and participating in CLE (Continuing Legal Education) programs, and received an Award of Merit from the Board of Directors of the Bar Association of San Francisco for his work in this area. He organized, with former partner Lawrence Goldberg in 1986, the Bankruptcy Recent Developments Program which has become a mainstay of the Bar Association’s CLE for more than thirty years; he has spoken, alongside judges of the various bankruptcy courts, in programs presented to Bar Association of San Francisco, State Bar of California, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, California Bankruptcy Forum, and several other such organizations.