Practice profile - Partner with the firm since 1995
- Vast experience in commercial litigation including:
- breach of contract litigation
- shareholders disputes
- professional liability
- construction litigation
- directors' and officers' liability and corporate governance
- large loss litigation
- Vast experience in commercial insurance including:
- CGL and business risk insurance
- professional negligence
- directors' and officers' liability
- fiduciary liability
- fidelity claims
- Frequent lecturer to the business community and legal community on a varierty of topics regarding commercial litigation, insurance law settlement techniques and alternative dispute resolution
- Has been a lecturer at the Alberta Bar Admissions course on civil procedure
- BV rating with Martindale-Hubbell
- Chair of the firm's Risk Management Committee
- Member of the Professional Liability Underwriters Society (PLUS), Northern Alberta Risk and Insurance Managers Society, Royal Mayfair Golf Club, YMCA, the International Wine and Food Society, and the Pigeon Lake Watershed Association
Representative work - Represents various corporations and individuals from various industries in negligence and breach of contract litigation including product liability actions
- Represents corporations and individuals in disputes concerning shareholders' rights, oppression actions and derivative actions
- Represents plaintiffs, defendants and insurers in professional liability/errors and omissions actions involving lawyers, financial brokers and agents, insurance brokers and agents, accountants, surveyors, engineers and architects, to name a few
- Represents corporations and insurers in construction claims relating to commercial and residential development, building codes and safety codes
- Represents corporations and insurers regarding issues pertaining to directors' and officers' liability and securities litigation in a variety of industry sectors including the airline industry, technology industry, and the transportation, warehousing and logistics industry, to name a few
- Represents several leading national and international insurers in the capacity of claims counsel and coverage counsel in relation to a wide variety of commercial general liability issues including unique issues such as advertising injury liability, product recall insurance and pollution insurance
- Represents various specialty insurers and a pension board as counsel in relation to fiduciary liability issues involving pension plans and pension administration, as well as other specialty claims matters relating to fidelity insurance
- Has appeared at all levels of court in Alberta, in the Federal Court of Canada and in leave applications before the Supreme Court of Canada
- Frequently promotes the use of alternative dispute resolution in the appropriate circumstances
To contact Don, call 780.482.9241 or email dmcgarvey@mross.com.
Bar Admissions
Alberta, 1988
Education
University of Alberta, B.A., 1987
University of Alberta, LL.B., 1987
Professional Associations and Memberships
Member, Professional Liability Underwriters Society
Member, Northern Alberta Risk and Insurance Managers Society Canadian Bar Association Insurance Law Subsection (Alberta North), Past Executive Committee member
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