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'''Gavin MacKenzie''' is a Canadian lawyer and former Treasurer of the [[Law Society of Upper Canada]].<ref name="Levy">{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/mortgagefraud/article/144232--mpp-calls-for-fraud-check|title=MPP calls for fraud check|last=Levy|first=Harold|author2=Benzie, Robert|date=14 April 2006|work=[[Toronto Star]]|accessdate=7 September 2010}}</ref> He works as a lawyer and partner at MacKenzie Barristers, a boutique litigation firm in Toronto, Ontario that he co-founded with his daughter, Brooke.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201606135460/inside-story/monday-june-13-2016|title=Father-daughter duo launch startup|last=|first=|date=June 13, 2016|website=Law Times|publisher=|access-date=June 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618140037/http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201606135460/inside-story/monday-june-13-2016|archive-date=June 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> MacKenzie's practice focuses primarily on civil appeals and professional liability litigation.<ref>MacKenzie Barristers, "What we do", retrieved June 17, 2016, online: http://www.mackenziebarristers.com/#!our-work/h71jz.</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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MacKenzie grew up in [[Woodstock, Ontario]]. He attended the [[University of Western Ontario]], studying journalism and political science, and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]]. degree in 1972. He graduated from [[Osgoode Hall Law School]] in 1975.<br />
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==Legal career==<br />
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MacKenzie was called to the [[Bar of Ontario]] in 1977.<br />
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MacKenzie has worked for a variety of large firms in Toronto, practising civil litigation. In 1993, he published ''Lawyers and Ethics: Professional Responsibility and Discipline''. He has written columns for The Law Times ("The Profession") and the Canadian Bar Association's National Magazine ("Conduct Becoming").<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationalmagazine.ca/Members/gavinbrooke.aspx |title=National &#124; National Magazine |access-date=2016-06-17 |archive-date=2016-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604112439/http://www.nationalmagazine.ca/Members/gavinbrooke.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has also taught at Osgoode Hall Law School as an adjunct professor, teaching legal ethics and professional responsibility.<br />
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MacKenzie was an elected [[bencher]] of the Law Society from 1995 to 2008. He has also been honoured by induction as a Fellow for the [[American College of Trial Lawyers]]. He has served as chair of the Ontario Law Association's Library Co. Inc., and has chaired the Law Society's Professional Regulation Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. In February, 2006, he was elected [[Treasurer]], the highest position in the society, which he held until June, 2008.<ref name="treasurer-list">[http://www.lsuc.on.ca/with.aspx?id=421 The Law Society of Upper Canada, List of Law Society Treasurers]</ref> He presented a third option to address the issue of [[articling]] as a requirement to become a [[lawyer]] in [[Ontario]].<ref>[http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/1165/mackenzies-helpful-contribution-to-articling-debate.html/ Canadian Lawyer Magazine, by Glenn Kauth, November 21, 2012]</ref><br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
In 2010, MacKenzie was awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Laws]] degree from the Law Society of Upper Canada.<br />
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