Kyle T. MacDonald
Partner
Kyle truly enjoys working with people and has found her calling as a domestic relations lawyer. She handles all areas of family law litigation and negotiation, including complex divorce, modification, paternity, custody, and international and domestic removal cases, as well as abuse prevention orders and pre-and postnuptial agreements.
Kyle is Co-Chair of Verrill’s Family Law Group and has gained significant experience advocating for clients in Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts and District Courts. Whether serving as an advocate, counselor, or negotiator, Kyle is committed to focusing on each client’s individual needs and guiding them through the legal process until resolution is reached. Kyle is also a practical and creative problem solver. She devotes a part of her practice to pro bono matters and has represented clients in complex asylum and adoption cases. Kyle is certified to conciliate and mediate all types of domestic relations matters, assisting couples and families in privately resolving their disputes, and is privately retained to serve as a parent coordinator and parent mediator. She is a frequent panelist and speaker at the Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education.
At Verrill, Kyle served on the firm’s Compensation Committee (Chair, 2025-2026) and the Associate Development Committee (2012 to 2017). Kyle is currently the Co-Chair of the Family Law Group and serves on the Associate Review Committee (2017 to present).
During law school, Kyle served as a legal intern in the Office of the Maine Attorney General, was Co-Chair of the Women’s Law Association, and served as a teaching assistant for the first-year writing program. Outside of the office, Kyle enjoys spending time with her family and friends, cooking and baking, and trying out her rusty French on anyone with patience to listen. Kyle retired from half marathon running after starting her family, but still enjoys the great outdoors.
Services/Industries
Education
- University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
- Head Case Note & Comment Editor, Maine Law Review
- Colby College (B.A., cum laude)
Public Service
- Member, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project’s Pro Bono Panel
- Board Member, Strong Women, Strong Girls
- Volunteer Conciliator, Settlement and Early Resolution Volunteers (SERV) – Suffolk County
- Volunteer Conciliator, Judge Abber We C-A-N Settle Initiative
- Volunteer, Lawyer for the Day, Middlesex County
Bar Admissions
- Maine
- Massachusetts
Memberships
- Boston Bar Association Family Law Steering Committee
- Boston Bar Foundation Junior Fellow
- Founding Member, Greater Boston Family Law Inn of Court
Honors
- Named a Boston Magazine Top Lawyer (2021-2025)
- National Association of Women Lawyers Recognition Award
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® under Family Law and Family Law Mediation in Boston, Massachusetts (2019-2026)
- Selected by peers for inclusion in Massachusetts Super Lawyers under Family Law each year since first listing in 2012
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Speaking Engagements
- MCLE – Panelist, Negotiating, Substantiating, and Codifying Alimony Agreements (2026)
- MBA – Panelist, 34th Annual Family Law Conference, Aspects of Business Valuations Where Experts Disagree (2025)
- MCLE – Panelist, Navigating the Nuances of Alimony and Child-Support Interplay Post-Cavanagh (2025)
- MBA – Panelist, 33rd Annual Family Law Conference, Uncovering Hidden Assets (2024)
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