About Michael A. van Bodegom

Michael A. van Bodegom is a Waterloo litigator at Duncan, Linton LLP who takes on a broad range of corporate and commercial disputes. Construction cases, municipal litigation, insolvency and employment law are where the work concentrates, and several well-known construction companies in Waterloo Region count on Michael as an adviser.

Public sector clients are a regular part of the practice. Michael acts for and advises municipalities and public boards across Waterloo Region and the rest of Southern Ontario, most often on expropriations, tendering questions and the challenges ratepayers bring against by-laws and municipal resolutions.

Michael was called to the bar in 1997, practised with a Hamilton firm first, and then joined Duncan, Linton in 1999, with an economics degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and a law degree from the University of Toronto already in hand. Today the courtroom side of the job covers every level of Ontario's courts, along with administrative tribunals at the federal, provincial and municipal levels.

Practice areas

Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Construction Law Bankruptcy & Insolvency Employment & Labour Law

Construction disputes and liens

Several established construction companies in Waterloo Region rely on Michael for advice. In 2007 Michael was co-counsel, with Irwin A. Duncan, for Cassidy Industrial Contractors on a construction lien appeal at the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Expropriation and municipal matters

For municipalities and public boards, Michael handles expropriation proceedings and tendering issues and acts in ratepayer challenges to by-laws and municipal resolutions.

Commercial litigation, insolvency and employment

Michael's corporate and commercial litigation reaches into insolvency and employment matters, argued in all levels of the Ontario courts and before federal, provincial and municipal tribunals.

Education & credentials

  • J.D., University of Toronto Law School (1996)
  • Undergraduate degree in economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Called to the bar (1997)

Notable cases

  • Kennedy Electric Ltd. v. Dana Canada Corp., 2007 ONCA 664

    Michael A. van Bodegom and Irwin A. Duncan of Duncan, Linton acted for Cassidy Industrial Contractors Ltd., one of two appellants whose liens against Dana Canada's property arose from an assembly line for Ford truck frames. The court found no error in the trial ruling that the line wasn't an improvement under the Construction Lien Act and dismissed both appeals; the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the leave applications in 2008.

Decisions where Michael A. van Bodegom appeared as counsel, from public court records. Past cases don't predict future results.

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