Christian MacDonald
* Applicant for admission to the Texas Bar. Supervised by partners of the firm who are members of the Texas Bar.
Biography
Christian MacDonald is an associate in the Capital Markets and Securities Practice Group at Haynes Boone’s Dallas office. Christian’s practice focuses on SEC reporting and compliance, public and private securities offerings, corporate governance, and other securities transactions. His experience also encompasses SEC enforcement actions, government investigations, and various litigation matters.
Christian received his J.D., magna cum laude, from SMU Dedman School of Law, where he served as Lead Articles Editor of the SMU Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. He has also researched and published in securities law topics including IPO underpricing, liability under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, and criminal sentencing disparities for insider trading defendants.
Prior to attending law school, Christian worked as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) at Ernst & Young LLP focusing on federal and state tax accounting.
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- Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni (ASECA) Scholarship Award, 2026
- Forest Smith General Counsel Scholarship Award, 2025
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- “Inequitable Sentencing Disparities in Insider Trading,” co-author with Marc I. Steinberg, 46 Rev. Litig. 1, forthcoming 2027.
- “A Blunt Reality: How § 922(g)(3) of the Gun Control Act Violates the Second Amendment Rights of Marijuana Users”, author, 78 SMU L. Rev. F. 112, 2025.
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Education
- J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2026, Magna cum laude, Order of the Coif; Lead Articles Editor, SMU Law Review; Guest Editor, Texas Review of Law & Politics
- M.S., Accounting, Southern Methodist University, 2020
- B.A., Public Policy, Southern Methodist University, 2019, cum laude
Clerkships
- Judicial Clerk to the Honorable David C. Godbey, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2027-2028
- Judicial Extern to the Honorable Reed O’Connor, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2024