J. Murray Davison, Q.C.

Phone Number: (416) 366-9607
E-mail: jmdavison@pmlaw.com

Law Clerk: Bill Irwin
Phone Number:  (416) 643-3302
Jr. Law Clerk/Legal Assistant: Melissa Snow
                                             Phone Number:  (416) 643-3331

  Education:  B.A., B.Ph. - University of Ottawa (1964)
                       LL.B. - University of Toronto (1967)
                       Admitted to the Bar in 1969

Murray is a partner at Paterson, MacDougall LLP. His practice involves the defence of municipalities, school boards, police forces and their respective employees, as well as aviation and environmental litigation.

Murray has lectured at the University of Western Ontario (Faculty of Law), the Ontario Traffic Conference at the Ontario Police College and at Ontario Good Roads Association programs across Ontario. His appearances as a guest speaker include the Canadian Bar Association Annual Institute of Continuing Education, The Canadian Institute’s Annual Provincial/Municipal Government Liability Symposium, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the International Municipal Lawyers Association Annual Conference, the Society of Public Insurance Administrators of Ontario, the Canadian Risk and Insurance Managers Society, the International Municipal Signal Association, the International Insurance Society, the Ontario School Boards’ Insurance Exchange and numerous insurance brokers’ associations. Murray co-authored The Law of Municipal Liability in Canada and was contributing editor of Butterworths Municipal Liability Risk Management Newsletter.

Member: He is a Past Director of the Advocates’ Society, a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, the Metropolitan Lawyers Association and the International Municipal Lawyers Association. Murray enjoys skiing and is a licensed commercial pilot.

Practice Areas: Aviation Law, Insurance, Municipal Liability