Meet the outstanding legal team at MPD Law Firm. With a shared commitment to our client’s success, our experienced lawyers are dedicated to serving legal needs with passion and precision.
LL.B., LL.M. | Partner
Phone: 416.366.1700
Email: drees@mpdlawfirm.com
Jens Drees has been a lawyer for over 35 years and is a founding partner of the firm.
Jens consistently achieves positive outcomes for clients by applying a results oriented, cost effective, approach to dispute resolution, promoting the best interest of his clients.
Jens maintains a broad corporate commercial and commercial litigation practice, focused on commercial, corporate commercial, employment and estate matters.
Jens also has extensive experience in wrongful death and personal injury matters.
Jens has a Master’s degree in Dispute Resolution, and has, for over 20 years, served as a private mediator for various legal disputes.
Jens is an expert in Canadian real estate brokerage law, and has represented a prominent international commercial real estate brokerage nationally for over 25 years.
Jens is a director of several private commercial corporations, and provides experienced legal counsel to professionals and businesses in the Golden Horseshoe, including St. Catharine’s, Hamilton, Burlington and the Greater Toronto Area.
For many years, Jens served as a lecturer and seminar leader in various Law Society of Ontario Bar Admission Course programs, and with the Ontario Institute of Law Clerks business law program.
Jens has also served as a lecturer for the Law Society’s Continuing Professional Education in leasing, brokerage law, civil litigation and commercial agreements.
Jens has published papers on commercial real estate brokerage issues, shareholder’s agreements, and commercial reorganizations for various Law Society of Ontario programs.
Called to the Ontario bar 1985
Partner
Phone: 416.366.1700
Email: aniksich@mpdlawfirm.com
Antony Niksich carries on a broad litigation practice with a focus on business, corporate commercial, wrongful death, personal injury, employment, lease, human rights and estate matters.
Antony consistently achieves positive outcomes for clients by taking a cost effective, results oriented, approach to all of his files.
Antony has appeared before the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Divisional Court, the British Columbia Supreme Court and the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench.
Antony has also appeared before numerous tribunals, including the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, the Ontario Labour Relations Board and the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board.
Antony has published papers on commercial leasing for various Law Society of Ontario programs.
Called to the Ontario bar 2002
Counsel
Phone: 416.366.1700
Email: dbellin@mpdlawfirm.com
Danny Bellin practices mainly in the area of civil litigation. As a litigation lawyer, Danny provides a comprehensive range of service in commercial disputes, personal injury and wrongful death cases as well as estate disputes.
When disputes arise, Danny engages his clients in cost effective and results driven dispute resolution process, which may include alternative dispute resolutions or traditional court action when necessary.
Danny was admitted to the Law Society of Ontario in 1989 and is a former member of the New York State Bar. Danny has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court, the Ontario Provincial Court, the Ontario Labour Relations Board and the Federal Court of Canada.
Danny is a member of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, The Canada Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, Law Society of Ontario, and Waterloo Region Law Association. Danny graduated from York university – Schulich School of Business in 1984, and earned his LL.B from the University of Ottawa in 1987.
Danny is fluent in Italian.
Called to the Ontario bar 1989
Associate
Phone: 416.366.1700
Email: mmartin@mpdlawfirm.com
Mary Martin is an attorney practicing estate and real estate law for over forty years.
Mary attended the University of Western Ontario as an undergraduate and later attended University of Toronto as a student of law. She was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1974 and then joined the firm of Geisler, Burgess Macdonald.
Called to the Ontario bar 1974
Counsel
Phone: 416.366.1700
Email: mac@mpdlawfirm.com
John Macdonald is a founding partner with the firm with a general practice of a primarily corporate, estate and commercial nature including entities that race, breed and sell horses. He attended the University of Toronto as an undergraduate and graduated from its law school in 1960 and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1962. He then joined a major law firm in Toronto, and after 10 years of service went on to establish and be a member of his own partnership. He was awarded the distinction of a Queen’s Counsel in 1979.
John was born in Montreal and as a teenager he moved from the Quebec Eastern Townships to Brampton, Ontario – the “capital” of Standardbred breeding in Canada.
He became a Standardbred owner and licensee in 1974. He has been a part owner of successful race horses and stallions. John has first-hand knowledge of horse racing, its regulations and rules.
John remains active as Counsel with the firm advising corporate entities and individuals on corporate, commercial and estate matters including transactions involving the property and casualty insurance business, transportation and syndications.
Called to the Ontario bar 1962
Senior Law Clerk
Phone: 416.366.1700
Email: shaynna@mpdlawfirm.com
Senior Law Clerk at MPD Law Firm and Licensed Paralegal.