Eugene J. Bodnar
Practising in the area of civil litigation, Gene has handled a broad range of commercial, shareholder, insurance, construction, intellectual property, educational/institutional and other litigation matters. He also regularly acts in professional liability matters.
Gene routinely appears in the Alberta courts. He also has handled matters in the courts of Ontario and British Columbia, and has made submissions to the Supreme Court of Canada. Gene has acted as counsel in a number of administrative and regulatory hearings, and has been involved in many arbitrations and mediations.
Gene has significant experience in matters involving fraud and asset recovery, examples of which include the following:
• Misappropriation of confidential information
• Tracing and recovery of stolen funds
• Employee defalcation and embezzlement
• Theft or misuse of intellectual property
• Forgery and other fraudulent financial transactions
• Internet and e-commerce fraud
• Bills of exchange and other banking issues
• Fraudulent preferences and conveyances
Examples of the emergency pre-trial relief Gene has obtained include the following:
• Orders preserving assets and other evidence
• Injunctions preventing the continued use of misappropriated information
• Orders permitting the search of premises and the seizure of assets and other evidence (Anton Piller Orders)
• Injunctions freezing bank accounts and other assets (Mareva Injunctions)
• Orders permitting the discovery of evidence in the possession of third parties (Norwich Orders)
Gene also has acted as a certified sports agent, specializing in the representation of hockey players in Europe and North America.
Gene has been with Macleod Dixon ever since he was an articling student in 1991. He has been a partner of the firm since February 2000.
- University of Toronto, LL.B., 1991
- University of Alberta, B.A. (with distinction), 1988
- Alberta, 1992
- Law Society of Alberta
- Canadian Bar Association
- Calgary Bar Association
- Co-author, "Civil Procedure and Practice: Recent Developments," Alberta Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 2 Sept 2003
- Co-author, "Civil Procedure and Practice: Recent Developments," Alberta Law Review, vol. 37, No. 4, December 1999
