macgregor@dicksonlawyers.com

Professional Experience

Mary practises in Estate and personal tax planning, with a focus on Wills, Estates, Trusts, Family Business Planning, Personal Tax Planning, Estate Litigation, and Estate Mediation.

Mary is the 2005-2006 President of the Estate Planning Council of Toronto, and the past chair of the Certification of Estate Specialist Programme of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Mary is the co-author of O’Brien’s Encyclopedia of Forms (Division V, Wills and Trusts, Vol.1) with Jennifer Pfuetzner, and Wills and Powers of Attorney, First Interview to Final Report (third edition).

Mary was a lecturer and instructor at the Bar Admission Course for many years and also lectures for many organizations such as the Canadian Bar Association, the Law Society, Osgoode Hall Law School Continuing Legal Education Programmes, The University of Toronto Law School, The Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners, and The Advocates’ Society.

Mary also lectures on a voluntary basis for community groups such as the local Associations for Community Living, and the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation, and has volunteered for C.L.A.S.P., the 519 Clinic, the Kidney Foundation , the Salvation Army and similar charities.

Mary conducts estate mediation through the Centre for Estate Mediation®.



Practice areas


Estate Litigation
Estate Mediation
Estate Administration
Family Business Planning
Personal Planning including Wills, Powers of Attorney, Trusts, Mental Incompetency, Native Land Claim Trusts
Personal Tax Planning

Professional Associations


American College of Trust Estate Counsel
Education Committee, Trust Companies Institute
Estate Planning Council of Toronto
Law Society of Upper Canada
Ontario Bar Association
Toronto Lawyers Association
Trusts and Estates Section, Ontario Bar Association
Past Chair of the Certification of Estates Specialists Programme

Education and Year of Call

Member of the Ontario Bar
LL.B., University of Saskatchewan
B.A., University of Saskatchewan
   
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