Donna MacKenzie
Canada Guide 2025
Band 3 : Healthcare: Contentious
Band 3
About
Provided by Donna MacKenzie
Practice Areas
Donna MacKenzie is a partner in Gowling WLG’s Ottawa office Advocacy Department. Her practice focuses exclusively on medical defence for physicians.
She has also been recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and The Best Lawyers™ in Canada. Donna received the Best Lawyers® 2021 Medical Negligence "Lawyer of the Year" award in Ottawa.
Career
Year of Call: 1993 - Ontario
Personal
Donna is presently on the board of a local charitable educational institution.
Chambers Review
Canada
Donna MacKenzie of Gowling's Ottawa office focuses her practice on professional liability and medical defence work, and frequently assists the CMPA in the defence of claims against its members.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Donna is an amazing GC and she brings high energy to all of her files. She is fantastic to work with."
"Donna is very strong and is great in thinking about strategy. Very responsive, very helpful. Very strong lawyer."
"Donna is the most aware lawyer. Excellent to deal with."
"Donna is terrific. No matter what time of day or night, if I have an emergency with a doctor that needs help, she will get back to me like that."
"Donna is an amazing GC and she brings high energy to all of her files. She is fantastic to work with."
"Donna is very strong and is great in thinking about strategy. Very responsive, very helpful. Very strong lawyer."
"Donna is the most aware lawyer. Excellent to deal with."
"Donna is terrific. No matter what time of day or night, if I have an emergency with a doctor that needs help, she will get back to me like that."
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