Kevin E. Barr
Kevin practices primarily in the areas of civil and commercial litigation. His civil litigation practice is principally in the tort/liability defence and insurance areas. He has considerable experience handling complex tort and products liability claims.
The commercial litigation aspect of Kevin's practice is concentrated in the areas of insolvency, restructuring and secured/unsecured transactions. He regularly advises debtors and creditors with respect to their rights under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Personal Property Security Act and Civil Enforcement Act. He has provided written opinions with respect to the enforceability of security instruments as well as fraudulent preferences and transactions.
Kevin joined Macleod Dixon as an articling student in 1999, became an associate in 2000, and made partner in 2007.
- University of Alberta, LL.B., 1999
- Simon Fraser University, B.A., 1996
- Alberta, 2000
- English
- French
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Member, Calgary Bar Association
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Practitioners (CAIRP)
- Member, Turnaround Management Association
- Member and Treasurer, Canadian Bar Association (Insolvency Subsection)
- Speaker, Construction Liens seminar, Calgary, December 2007
- Speaker, Finding the Facts and Researching the Law, Canadian Defence Lawyers' Boot Camp: Basic Training for New Defence Lawyers, November 2007
- A Review of Whiplash Decisions in Alberta: January 1994 - February 2006
- Co-author, "Civil Procedure and Practice: Recent Developments," Alberta Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 2 Sept 2003
- Class Actions - 03/2002 - Class Actions Litigation - Recent Trends from an Insurance Perspective
