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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Offices

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower
22 Adelaide Street West, Suite 3400
Toronto, ON M5H 4E3
Canada
Visit website 1 416 367 6000 1 416 367 6749

Kevin McGivney

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416.367.6118 KMcGivney@blg.com View profile

Work Department

Insurance and Municipal Liability

Position

Partner

Career

Kevin advises clients on a wide range of liability, insurance, administrative and commercial matters.

Throughout his career, Kevin has appeared before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, as lead trial and appellate counsel. This also extends to judicial reviews, administrative tribunals, mediations and arbitrations.

He has significant experience defending and advising municipalities, police and related entities concerning all manner of liability claims. He has also represented insurers and insureds in property and casualty insurance claims and on insurance coverage matters.

Kevin has represented municipalities, municipal councillors, police services and other clients in a number of administrative law matters including cases before the Human Rights Tribunal and at Coroner’s Inquests. He has also defended municipal and police agencies in class actions.

Kevin is an elected member of BLG’s Partnership Board, the firm’s governing body. He is also the Regional Group Manager of BLG’s Toronto Insurance and Tort Liability Group.

Languages

English

Memberships

  • Member, The Advocates’ Society
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Civil Litigation Section

Education

  • LLB, University of Western Ontario, 1989
  • BA in History, University of Western Ontario, 1985 (King’s College)

Bar Admission

  • Ontario, 1991

Personal

  • Board member, Catholic Charities of Archdiocese of Toronto 2009-2017 (President 2015-2016)

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Insurance

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP’s thriving insurance litigation group handles the full range of insurance defence claims, with a focus on national insurance programs for domestic and international insurers. The team also impresses with its public sector expertise, where it routinely acts as defence counsel to municipalities, school boards and hospitals. Toronto-based Rebecca Bush leads the insurance and tort liability group nationally and is recommended for her record in public authority litigation and tort litigation for large institutional clients. The group also includes Ottawa-based Larry Elliot, who focuses on civil litigation; Toronto-based Kevin McGivney, who frequently defends police services and municipalities; transactional and regulatory insurance specialist Donna Spagnolo; and specialized disputes head Graham Walker.

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