About David

David Marr is a partner at Marr Finlayson LLP whose practice focuses on insurance and construction law, with an emphasis on professional liability matters involving architects, engineers, land surveyors, accountants, health care providers, and real estate and insurance agents. He also handles property, casualty, medical, and product liability claims, builders' risk, surety, and personal injury and wrongful dismissal matters, and has appeared at all court levels including the Supreme Court of Canada. He served as a part-time judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba from 1977 to 1998 and acts as an arbitrator in insurance, commercial, construction, and labour disputes. He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1969 after graduating from the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law in 1968, and has been recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada for construction law, corporate and commercial law, litigation, insurance law, personal injury litigation, and product liability law.

Education & credentials

Law school
University of Manitoba Faculty of Law

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