Tara McDonald focuses her practice on appellate litigation, insurance coverage, first-party property matters, and complex commercial litigation. With more than three decades of legal experience, she represents insurers and businesses in coverage disputes, appeals, and high-exposure litigation, providing strategic guidance from the trial court through the appellate process.

Originally from New York, Tara earned her bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Marymount College of Fordham University before receiving her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Pace University School of Law. While in law school, she served on the Pace Law Review and participated in the Environmental Litigation Clinic under the supervision of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., where she gained early experience in sophisticated legal advocacy.

Tara began her legal career in Manhattan, concentrating on insurance and reinsurance coverage litigation and arbitration. After relocating to Florida, she expanded her practice to include appellate advocacy, insurance coverage, first-party property litigation, business law, and commercial disputes. She is admitted to practice in New York and Florida, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida.

• Appellate Practice and Litigation Support/Consulting
• First-Party Property: Personal and Commercial
• Insurance Coverage

Education

• Pace University (J.D., cum laude, 1992)
• Marymount College Fordam University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1988)

• State of New York 1992
• State of Florida 1995
• United States District Court, Southern District of Florida 2018
• United States District Court, Middle District of Florida 2019
• United States District Court, Northern District of Florida 2022

• Kubicki Draper Appellate and Coverage Practice Group
• Kubicki Draper First Party Practice Group, Member
• Florida Bar Association

Outside the office, Tara enjoys traveling, mountain biking, kayaking, horseback riding, and spending time with her dogs.