Meet Norman
Norman MacDonald is a lawyer with over twenty years experience in a wide range of areas of the law including, tax litigation and dispute resolution, international business, business law, employment law, intellectual property and criminal law. Norman’s main areas of practice are tax litigation and dispute resolution, employment law and intellectual property. He regularly represents clients in tax disputes with government tax authorities before the courts. Norman has an admirable rate of success in representing his clients as counsel on appeals, trials, motions and discoveries before various courts and tribunals and in mediations and negotiations.
Norman has extensive international business law experience. From 1996 to 2002 he worked in corporate counsel positions in Europe with international companies including, BBC Worldwide and Ericsson. While working in Finland he developed a particular expertise in doing business in Russia and the former Soviet Union countries. Norman has represented clients on international business disputes and international commercial arbitration. He advises clients on the enforcement of foreign judgments in Canada. Prior to going overseas, Norman was in private practice in Toronto where he acted for clients in establishing offshore international business corporations (“IBCs”) and other asset protection structures. When he returned to Canada he took up a full-time position as a Professor at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology in Toronto where he taught International Business Law and Canadian Business Law. He returned to private practice in 2006. He continued his interest in teaching as an adjunct Professor at George Brown College where he taught Employment Law and Human Rights until 2010.
Norman MacDonald is also a registered Trade-mark Agent with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
The types of cases that Norm has successfully represented clients on.
Successfully represented the plaintiff on a defamation case.
Have represented clients on international commercial arbitrations.
Have advised clients on enforcing foreign judgments in Canada.
Successfully sued a firm of chartered accountants that gave wrong tax advice to a client.
successfully defended large and complex products liability and negligence claims.
Have successfully negotiated payment plans with the CRA and Ministry of Revenue.
Why Retain Norman MacDonald Over Other Lawyers?
Every law firm claims to have the most knowledge, the most skill, and the best lawyer for the job; but how do you know these claims are true? In many cases, law firms will fail to provide solid, factual evidence to prove that their services are exemplary, and oftentimes their success statistics will be vague. In other cases, firms will promise to have excellent service and reasonable rates, when in reality they pass their case to a student or junior and charge you excessively by the hour. But with the Law Offices of Norman MacDonald, there are three things that set us apart from other firms: Our firm has saved our clients millions of dollars, each case is handled personally by Mr. MacDonald himself, and we offer fixed fees instead of hourly rates
Three Reasons to Choose Norman MacDonald
Our History
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1990-1988
Education
Law Society of Upper Canada
Bar Admission Course London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England Master of Laws (LL.M.)
International Business Transactions
International Finance
Intellectual Property
Information Technology Law -
2007
BAR ADMISSIONS
Law Society of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Bar Admission Course, 1987
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Juris Doctor (J.D.), 1986
Alberta - 2007
Ontario - 1990
Manitoba - 1988 -
2024
Experience
More recently, Norman MacDonald practised law in Bermuda for 6 years, where he served as the acting Solicitor-General of Bermuda and Senior Crown Counsel. While there he successfully litigated tax and customs cases on behalf of the Government of Bermuda.
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2018
Affiliations and Memberships
Law Society of Upper Canada
Law Society of Alberta
Law Society of Manitoba Ontario Bar Association / Canadian
Bar Association, Member of the Tax Law Section
Canadian Tax Foundation, Member
Trademark Agent, Canadian
Intellectual Property Office -
2019
Volunteer and Community Involvement
Former director, Liberal Party of Canada
Former Director, Canadian Opera Volunteer Committee (now called Arias)
Ontario Pro Bono Law Association
Free Consultation
Free Consultation
Trust & Happy
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1825
Completed Works
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532
Satisfied Clients
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69
Winning Awards
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27