John McQuater qualified as a solicitor in 1983 and is a partner at Atherton Godfrey, Doncaster, where he heads the personal injury and clinical negligence teams.

He is a member of the Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme and the Personal Injury Accreditation Scheme, both run by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.   

He is a Solicitor-Advocate with rights of audience in the Higher Courts for civil proceedings.  

He is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, with accredited status as a Fellow. 

He was elected to the APIL Executive Committee in 2005 and became Vice President in 2008. 

He is a member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association and the Law Management Section of the Law Society. 

He provides professional training on a range of subjects including procedure, practice management, occupiers’ liability, contributory negligence, clinical negligence and general updates. 

He is the author of Model Letters for Personal Injury Lawyers and the APIL Guide to Personal Injury Claims Procedure.  He is also a contributor to the APIL Guide to Clinical Negligence. 

He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Personal Injury Law. 

In 2007 he was awarded the LLM in Advanced Litigation and Dispute Resolution by Nottingham Law School.   

He is a Past President of the Doncaster and District Law Society and currently President of the Yorkshire Union of Law Societies.