Mark Muir Rodenburg

Mark Rodenburg holds a Bachelor of Mathematics with a minor in Business Administration from the University of Waterloo, as well as a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Western Ontario. When he was called to the bar in 1995 he received the Pensa and Associates prize for the student attaining the highest grades in the Bar Admission Course at London. During his 11 years with SmithValeriote, Mark has argued matters before the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Ontario Divisional Court, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the family division of the Ontario Court of Justice and the Tax Court of Canada. Mark has been the counsel for several successful parties in many cases.

Mark’s Civil Litigation areas of practice include:

• Personal injury matters (Slip and Fall and Motor Vehicle Accidents)
• Corporate Commercial Litigation (Contract disputes and debtor /creditor matters)
• Employment Law
• Bankruptcy and Insolvency
• Family Law
• Estate Litigation

During his spare time Mark enjoys spending time with his family and traveling to concerts to see Bruce Springsteen, Melissa Etheridge, Pearl Jam, Steve Earle, and other performers. He is also actively involved in the community as a Board Member and former Treasurer of the Wellington Law Association and has recently finished six years as a Board Member and Treasurer of the Edward Johnson Music Foundation.

Mark was counsel for one of the successful respondents in Ferrier v. Civiero (2001) 42 R.P.R. (3d) 12, 2001 Carswell Ont 1717, 147 O.A.C. 196, [2001] O.J. No.1883 (Ont. C.A.) wherein the Court of Appeal determined that an execution creditor could not compel the partition and sale of lands partially owned by the debtor. He was also counsel for the successful party in Amherst Crane v. Perring [2002] O.J. No. 2792 (Ont S.C.J.), affirmed at (2004) 241 D.L.R. (4th) 176, 187 O.A.C. 336. [2004] O.J. No. 2558 (Ont. C.A.), leave to appeal denied at 2005 Carswell, Ont 354 [2004] S.C.C.A. 430 (S.C.C.) where the Court of Appeal overturned previous caselaw and decided that monies in a non-insurance RRSP devolve directly to the named beneficiary on the death of the plan holder, do not form part of the estate of the deceased and are not available to creditors.

Email: mrodenburg@smithvaleriote.com
Voice: 519 837 2100 x 275