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Derrick S. Pagenkopf
Associate • Calgary
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Derrick S. Pagenkopf
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Derrick Pagenkopf is an associate in Gowlings’ Calgary office, practising in the area of general civil litigation with an emphasis on insurance and corporate-commercial litigation. He has a particular interest in insurance coverage disputes.
Derrick has experience in construction litigation matters, including defence of architects, engineers, surveyors and other trades and professions, and has acted in large loss multi-party insurance coverage disputes. He provides advice with respect to indemnification and insurance of directors and officers and acts on behalf of shareholders with respect to misrepresentation and inter-shareholder disputes as well as disputes between shareholders and directors. He has appeared before the Courts of Queen's Bench of Alberta and Saskatchewan and the Provincial Court of Alberta.
Derrick is committed to finding practical resolutions to legal disputes and has experience in management and creative resolution of claims involving difficult and unrepresented parties. He is experienced in various forms of mediation and dispute resolution including multi-party claims and Judicial Dispute Resolution.
Prior to practising law, Derrick spent 13 years in private and public healthcare, in both direct-care and administrative positions.
Derrick has acted in coverage matters in large-loss energy related claims ($15 - $100 million) and in multi-party insurance disputes for both primary and excess carriers. His experience includes coverage disputes involving commercial general liability insurance, boiler and machinery insurance, property insurance, automobile insurance, course-of-construction insurance, and project liability and professional liability policies. Derrick has also acted in large loss fire claims.
Derrick has presented papers and seminars on duties of directors and officers, corporate disclosure obligations and insurance coverage matters. He has provided presentations on reducing risk of construction claims. Derrick has lectured on the pre-trial discovery process at the Alberta Bar Admission course. |
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