D'Arcy McGoey is a founding partner in Thomas Gold Pettingill LLP.
Areas of Practice & Experience:
D’Arcy McGoey is an experienced trial lawyer whose practice includes representing insurers and policyholders in high value disputes over coverage for a wide array of claims. D’Arcy’s success has taken place in arbitration, trial and appellate courts throughout Ontario. He attracts clients involved in disputes associated with considerable economic or reputation consequence.
Since 1995 D’Arcy has been involved in leading cases interpreting the Priority Dispute rules, the Loss Transfer Rules and the Workers' Compensation interface provisions of the SABS and has had many leading decisions reported in these areas. D’Arcy’s other engagements by insurers are usually in the defence of catastrophic brain injury, spinal cord injury and serious orthopaedic injury claims.
When acting for individual plaintiffs in personal injury claims D’Arcy’s aim is to fight hard to obtain full compensation for loss of income and earning capacity, pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life. If a client has suffered a debilitating injury he also assists clients and their family members to obtain full and proper entitlement.
D'Arcy’s extensive courtroom experience at both the Superior Court and Court of Appeal levels has been the subject matter of favourable comment from clients, opposing counsel and judges at all court levels:
- "This appeal was ably argued.” (Osborne J.A. of the Ontario Court of Appeal)
- "I thank counsel for their help. I must also mention the unrelenting civility they displayed. It was a pleasure to see and experience and a model for others. This is what it must have been like in the golden age of Ontario advocacy (Robinette, Sedgwick, Arnup, Williston, Martin, Maloney, etc.) when counsel fought hard but did not fight.” (Quinn J. of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice)
- "I have been very fortunate to have had two very competent and courteous counsel argue this arbitration.” (Arbitrator Drew Hudson, Q.C., former Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice)
- "Thank you very much for all that you've done. From the first moment I spoke with you I felt very much at ease and confident in your abilities. I feel that you have given more than 100% of your effort for my case, and I cannot say thank you enough! I could not have asked for a better lawyer...”(Tara Beacham, Client)
- "This matter has been argued in an able and helpful manner, and I am obliged to both Mr. McGoey and Mr. Brown". (MacDonnell J. of the Ontaro Superior Court of Justice).
- "I thank counsel for their able arguments and the efficiency with which this matter was addressed" (priority arbitrator Shari L. Novick)
Notable achievements include:
- Numerous successful priority loss transfer and Workers’ Compensation arbitration and appeal decisions.
- Negotiation of a $1.5 million settlement involving a severely injured minor.
- Successful priority defence in a $1 million arbitration involving a paraplegic.
- Negotiation of a multimillion dollar structured settlement in a case involving a brain-injured quadriplegic plaintiff.
- Many successful trial and appeal decisions.
D'Arcy is the father of 3 very active young boys.
Click here for a list of some of D'Arcy's recent and notable decisions.
Education:
- LL.B., University of Western Ontario, 1990
- B.A. Hons., York University, 1987
- Called to the Bar in Ontario, 1992
Associations:
- The Advocates’ Society
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Medical-Legal Society
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