Donna E. McBride

Donna E. McBride is a shareholder at Miller, Miller & Canby in Rockville, Maryland, where she practices in the litigation department. Her work includes Personal Injury & Insurance Litigation, Business & Commercial Litigation, Estates & Trusts Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, and Appeals. She has litigated hundreds of cases to verdict, including many jury trials, and represents individuals and businesses in disputes requiring detailed preparation, negotiation, and courtroom advocacy.

McBride earned a J.D. from American University in 1990 and received B.S. and B.A. degrees from Georgetown University in 1986. She is admitted in Maryland and the District of Columbia, as well as the US District Courts for Maryland and the District of Columbia. Her education and court admissions support a litigation practice that crosses personal injury, commercial, insurance, property, and estate-related disputes.

McBride’s representative matters include serious personal injury claims, insurance disputes, business conflicts, employee theft cases, real property litigation, and estates and trusts controversies. Her cases have involved jury trials, bench trials, mediation, summary judgment, and complex damages questions. She has practiced at Miller, Miller & Canby since 2004 and has held leadership roles within Montgomery County and Maryland legal organizations, including judicial selection and professional responsibility bodies.

Donna E. McBride has been recognized by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and the Maryland State Bar Association Litigation Section, which named her Litigator of the Year in 2023. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has served in bar and judicial-selection leadership. Her practice combines extensive trial experience with focused case strategy for clients facing personal injury, insurance, commercial, estate, and property disputes.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Miller, Miller & Canby
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Member, District of Columbia Bar
• Treasurer, Montgomery County Bar Association (2018-2019)
• Former Co-Chair, Maryland State Bar Association Judicial Selections Committee
• Former President and Member, Montgomery County Inn of Court
• Judge, High School Mock Trial Competition
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Member, Bar Association of Montgomery County
• Mediator, Montgomery County District Court
• Member, Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, Court of Appeals of Maryland (2013-Present)
• Member, Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission for District 11 (2015-Present)
• Member, Attorney Grievance Commission (2023-Present)
• Member, Maryland Defense Counsel
• Member, Character Committee, Seventh Circuit (2010-2013)

Licensed State

• Maryland
• District of Columbia

Education

• American University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Georgetown University
  B.S, B.A.

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