Luxury home builder Toll Brothers has appointed John McDonald as senior vice president, general counsel, and chief compliance officer, effective July 1. He assumes these positions from Mark Kessler, who will remain at Toll Brothers in the role of vice president and senior counsel.

McDonald, who joined the Company in August 2002, will oversee all of Toll Brothers' corporate legal affairs. He initially served as the company's chief litigation counsel, and has served as the firm's deputy general counsel for the last three years.

He started his legal career as a prosecutor in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. Prior to joining Toll Brothers, he was a litigation partner at the Philadelphia law firm of Cozen O'Connor.