520 3rd Ave SW, Suite 1900, Centennial Place, East Tower, Calgary, AB
Year called to bar: 2001 (AB)
Patrick Heinsen is BLG's regional group manager of Specialized Litigation (Labour & Employment, Health and Insurance practices). He has been practising for 20 years, primarily in the area of complex insurance defence and has recently been appointed as an adjudicator of Law Society of Alberta complaint hearings. Heinsen's practice spans a broad range of insurance areas with his primary focus on defending professionals. These include claims advanced against architects, engineers, project consultants and locating/surveying professionals. Heinsen has successfully defended manufacturers and distributors respecting product liability claims, insurers, insurance brokers, MGAs, real estate agents, and commercial hosts for many years. He acts for insurers respecting subrogated claims. He has acted for owners, general contractors and subcontractors in uninsured construction disputes, and for a variety of parties in shareholder disputes, estate litigation and intellectual property matters. He has provided coverage opinions for a number of insurers on a variety of policies, including CGL, D&O and EPL, and has assisted insurers in the development of their Canadian policy wordings.
