Mark MacDonald

Very experienced lawyer with a broad range of experience in many areas of the law.

Gore Mutual Insurance                                                Present Position

                                                                        In house counsel for property and casualty insurer

McCague Borlack LLP -                                               2013 - 2022

                                       Property and Casualty Insurance Defense Work

                                    Professional Liability Insurance Defense Work,

                                    Commercial Litigaton;

                                    Construction Litigation, Municipal Defense Work

                                    Homeowner’s Liability Work;

                                    Subrogation Plaintiff Work, Large Losses Work 

                                    With claims over 5M and 10M, Employment Litigation

                                    Szemenyei MacKenzie LLP                                          2003 - 2013

                                    Extensive Litigation Practice specializing in

                                    bodily injury, property claims, motor vehicle

                                    cases and disability claims, commercial litigation

                                    Appeared at all levels of Court including trial

                                    Level, Divisional Court, Ontario Court of Appeal

                                    and Supreme Court of Canada

                                    Clarica Life Insurance Company                                  

                                    Manager Litigation Department                                    2002 - 2003

                                    Position Ended as Result of Sun Life Takeover

                                    Department Leader for Large Insurance Company;

                                    Set budgets for the department, implemented continuing

                                    Education programs for staff and lawyers;

                                    Developed incentive programs for lawyers and staff;

                                    Organized and directed monthly staff meetings  and 

                                    Yearly reviews for staff and lawyers;

                                    Recruited team members;

                                    Acted as liaison between business units and litigation 

                                    Counsel; 

                                    Reviewed compliance issues with business units; 

                                    Commercial Litigation; Manage External and Internal 

                                    Counsel; Disability Litigation; Manage Internal Employment 

                                    and Labour Issues;        

                                    Siskind, Cromarty Ivey & Dowler LLP                          1991 – 2002 

                                    Creditors’ Rights Litigation, Construction Lien

                                    Litigation, Class Action Litigation, Commercial

                                    Litigation. Municipal Defense Work

                                    Debt Recovery Network Inc. (Separate Project) 

                                    One of four founders of the Debt Recovery Network 

                                    which connected law firms to banks across the country

                                    for collection work, eventually grew to a mult-million 

                                    dollar company and was sold to First Canadian Title Company

Osgoode Hall Law School                   LLB                  1986 - 1989       

University of Toronto                           BA                    1983 – 1986