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Mary Jane is an arbitrator and mediator of commercial disputes including  directors and officers, CGL, complex property, R&W, crime, cyber and professional liability insurance claims, disputes between primary and excess insurers, lawyers professional negligence claims, product liability, insurance broker negligence and other complex commercial matters.  She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and received advanced mediation training at Harvard. 

She retired as a coverage counsel and commercial litigator on December 31, 2023 and now works exclusively as an arbitrator and mediator.  With over 40 years of commercial litigation and arbitration experience, she has counselled or acted as coverage counsel for major public companies and financial institutions (TSX, NYSE, NASDAQ), private companies, crown corporations, their boards and senior executives in connection with director and officer indemnification and insurance issues, regulatory and criminal investigations and proceedings, product liability, CGL, R&W, fidelity, crime, and cyber insurance claims and financial institution bonds.  She has also acted generally in litigation and arbitrations involving shareholder and partnership disputes,  misrepresentation and breach of warranty claims, securities and other investment products and class actions. Her prior experience  includes several engagements as Canadian coverage counsel in connection with Canadian and cross-border securities class actions and regulatory investigations.  She has also been retained by insurers for opinions and advice on coverage issues and claims handling concerns. Her insurance related mediation and arbitration appointments are by both policyholders and insurance carriers as well as brokers.

She frequently publishes papers,  lectures and participates in continuing legal education programs dealing with commercial insurance, executive protection and alternative dispute resolution issues.