Everett L. Bunnell, Q.C.
During his 30 years of litigation experience, Everett has been involved in a number of claims involving the oil and gas industry, ranging from environmental liability claims, pipeline/refinery contamination problems, and drilling, production and processing issues.
Everett’s extensive experience includes product liability claims on behalf of insurers, as both defence counsel and subrogation counsel. Other insurance experience involves professional errors and omission claims and business interruption losses. He is also experienced in issues involving various environmental issues and disputes concerning claims in respect of land and water advanced by native groups in Alberta.
Everett joined Macleod Dixon as a partner in January 2001. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1988.
LEXPERT Legal Directory identifies Everett as a leading lawyer in the areas of product liability and corporate commercial litigation law.
- Jesus College, Oxford University, student, 1969
- Queen's University, LL.B., 1967
- Carleton University, B.A., 1964
- Nunavut, 1999
- Northwest Territories, 1975
- British Columbia, 1974
- Alberta, 1968
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Law Society of Alberta, Bencher, 1995 – ongoing
- Chair, Conduct Committee of Law Society of Alberta
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Calgary Bar Association
- Member, International Jurists Association
- Member, Medical Legal Society
- Member, Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society
- Member, BC Bar Association
- Member, NWT Bar Association
- Member, Nunavut Bar Association
- University of Alberta, sessional lecturer, various courses
- Alberta Bar Admission Course, lecturer, various courses
- Legal Education Society of Alberta, various seminars
- A subrogation recovery of multi-million dollar losses to gas processing plant resulting from adjacent plant fire
- Defence of various Product Liability Cases, examples: battery fire tubes, motorcycle tires, ill rubber roll coverings, electrical power relay switch, drilling blast joint, labour table steel stirrup
- Defence of various health care professionals' malpractice claims
- Representation of British Columbia in the Court of Appeal in Reference Case concerning the constitutionality of the Goods and Services Tax
- Defence of negligence claims against various other professional groups
- A multi-million dollar subrogation recovery for OSB mill losses resulting from a railway caused forest fire
- Resolution of environmental claims resulting from gold mine's sodium cyanide spill
- Defence of claims against private highway maintenance contractor
- Defence of claims based on marine insurance policies
- Defence of life and disability claims
- Defence of Alberta with respect to various First Nation land, water and treaty related claims
- Designated as a "Best Lawyer in Canada", 2007
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Past President of the Belgravia Community League
- Past President of the McKernan Cubs and Scouts organization
- Soccer Coach
- Director, Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival
- Member, Youth Singers of Calgary
- Past Director, Bow Waters Canoe Club
