MATTHEW MACDONALD
Partner
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
In an era of specialized litigators, Matthew Macdonald stands out. It’s not just the diversity of industries that his matters cover, stretching from his trial win involving racehorses at Santa Anita Park to his recent summary judgment win for OpenAI in first-of-its kind litigation alleging that ChatGPT defamed the plaintiff. It’s not just the diversity of legal issues they cover either, from privacy to patent disputes. While handling such disparate matters, Macdonald stands out for the near uniformity of his successful results.
Since the beginning of 2023, Macdonald has taken two cases to trial and one to arbitration—and won three times. He also won a complete defense victory on the papers in a precedent-setting privacy class action and successfully represented Impossible Foods in a groundbreaking foodtech patent fight.
