Mary MacGregor

Mary MacGregor 250-828-1871 mary.macgregor @ mmlc.ca
Senior Assistant: Marion Wyse 250-828-6676 marion.wyse @ mmlc.ca
Secretary: Debbie Walton 250-828-1657 deb.walton @ mmlc.ca
Secretary: Sandra Keller 250-828-1881 sandra.keller @ mmlc.ca
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Practice Areas

• business law
• land law and developer for resource sector and livestock industry clients
• wills and estate planning

Biography

Mary has worked in B.C.’s beef cattle industry all her life, and has a family background in agriculture. Her practice is primarily corporate–commercial law, with a focus on clients in the resource and service sectors of the Interior—ranching, timber, mining, tourism, and the businesses that serve those sectors.

Mary has practiced law in Merritt and Kamloops since 1977, including operating a law firm branch office, and acting as managing partner of a Kamloops law firm. She started her own firm in 1995.

Professional Activities

• 1997 to 2001 — Member, Canadian Bar Association B.C. Branch Provincial Judicial Advisory Committee
• Speaker for Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia Wills and Estates Seminar
• British Columbia Institute of Agrologists, Retired Member

Government Appointments

• 2001 to 2004 — British Columbia Lottery Corporation director
• 2001 — British Columbia Fiscal Review Panel member
• 1992 to 1994 — Fraser Basin Management Board member
• 1986 to 1992 — British Columbia Farm Debt Review Board member

Volunteer Work

• 2008 to present — BC Institute of Agrologists Conduct and Discipline Committee member, Chair for one year
• 2008 to present — Thompson Rivers University Law School Advisory Committee member
• 1998 to 2003 — Vancouver Foundation Environmental Advisory Committee member
• 1997 to 1999 — Canadian Cattlemen’s Association director; Co–Chair of Environment and Animal Care Committee
• 1970 to 2000 — British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association—Chair or member, Land Stewardship Committee; Chair, Aboriginal Affairs Committee; Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee Member; Chair, Taxation and Credit Committee; Chair, Ad Hoc Organizational Restructuring Committee; Director (1995 to 2000)

Education

LL.B., University of British Columbia, 1976

B.Sc. (Agr), University of British Columbia, 1970

Place and Year of Call

British Columbia, 1977

Publications

From 1989 to 2000, Mary has written several articles each year primarily for Beef in B.C., the magazine of the British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association, and articles and speeches for other publications and organizations. Many of these articles are posted on this website.