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Our team is dedicated to providing our clients the best representation for their diverse legal requirements.

When engaging a lawyer to represent your business or personal needs, consider expertise in the area of practice, proven success and proven results.

Your success is directly dependent on the quality of your representative lawyer - here is some key information on our MSMD Team.

Bryan C. McPhadden was called to the Bar in 1988.  His practice is restricted to commercial litigation, including injunctions, contract disputes, wrongful dismissal, shareholders' disputes, directors' liability, insolvency, real estate litigation, estate litigation and class actions.

Bryan has conducted litigation successfully in The Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.

bmcphadden@msmb.ca

Zoran Samac graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1986 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1988.  Zoran completed his articles of clerkship with and, subsequent to his call to the bar, was a lawyer with Sneath, Wilkins.  Zoran's practice focuses on medical malpractice, personal injury, and insurance litigation.  He has prosecuted and defended numerous medical malpractice cases.

Zoran has successfully taken medical malpractice, injury, and insurance case to trial in the Ontario Superior Court of justice.  He has successfully appeared in the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Appeal.

zsamac@msmb.ca

David G. Merner graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1978 and was called to the bar of Ontario in 1980.  David’s practice has focused on civil litigation in the area of torts and commercial litigation allowing him to act for both plaintiffs and defendants. He has been active in insurance defence litigation, including professional errors and omissions, commercial risks, policy interpretations, motor vehicle, products liability, transportation law, environmental claims, occupiers liability and school board liability.

Mr. Merner has appeared as counsel before all levels of the Court in Ontario and has authoured various legal publications on contract and employer liability.  His successful representation of Canada’s largest passenger railway system along with various insurers and provincial government ministries compliment his existing client portfolio.

dmerner@msmb.ca

Calvin Barry was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1988 after graduating with an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School.

He articled with a well known Bay Street law firm and worked as a Highway Traffic Act Prosecutor with the Provincial Prosecutors Office before moving to the position of Assistant Crown Attorney with the Office of the Crown Attorney in 1988. He has appeared as a Criminal Prosecutor at all levels of Trial Courts and has prosecuted numerous homicides and other high profile indictable matters. In October 2004 ,after 16 years as a senior crown attorney he left the  Attorney General's office  to join McPhadden Samac Merner Barry.  His practice is restricted to criminal and regulatory matters. 

Mr. Barry’s community involvement includes having served as chairman of the  Attorney General's  United Way  campaign, fundraiser for the Children’s Wish Foundation, participant in the Metropolitan Toronto Police Torch Run for charity, and  Chairperson of the Sunnybrook Stables Fundraiser for the Canadian Olympic Equestrian Team.  He also served as Chairperson of the 50th Anniversary of Prosecutors, Ontario Crown Attorney’s Association (1996) and as a co-organizer of the Annual Jack Hughes Memorial Crown Attorney’s Baseball Tournament (1991-95).

Mr. Barry is currently a member of the Criminal Lawyer’s Association. He is a past director of the board of the Ontario Crown Attorney’s Association (1990-2000), and, in particular,  worked as Treasurer of the Association (1994-95) and as a member of the Association’s Finance Committee (1996-97). He has also served as a member of the Toronto Mayor’s Task Force on Drugs (1995-98);  a director  of  the Board of Directors of Variety Village; and a director of the Osgoode Hall Alumni Association. 

Areas of Practise:

Criminal Offences:

Defending a broad range of serious criminal cases. Prosecuted over 60 jury trials in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. 

Disciplinary Matters: Advising and representing lawyers, doctors, accountants, stockbrokers and other professionals.

Securities, Environmental ,Taxes  and other Regulatory Matters:             

The full range of criminal and quasi-criminal investigations and prosecutions corporations, other entities and individuals may face, with an emphasis on proactive measures to minimize the risk of charges, including compliance advice, crisis management and coordinated early strategic responses to government investigations, in addition to the defence of prosecutions pursuant to regulatory and criminal statutes. 

cbarry@msmb.ca

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