Meaghan McDermid is a partner at Davies Howe LLP practicing in the areas of land-use planning, municipal and development law. Meaghan assists clients with development matters ranging in size and complexity, including residential, commercial, industrial and institutional projects.  Her experience covers all types of development applications and appeals from complex urban boundary disputes to home additions, and includes Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, Plans of Subdivision, Site Plans, Consents, Minor Variances and other land use and development related issues. She regularly appears before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) (now the Ontario Land Tribunal), the Toronto Local Appeal Body (TLAB),  the Ontario Divisional Court and various municipal Councils and Committees of Adjustment.

Meaghan joined the firm after being called to the bar in 2011. Prior to joining the firm, Meaghan articled with the Environmental Review Tribunal, Environment and Lands Tribunals Ontario.

Meaghan lives in Toronto with her partner and young daughter. She enjoys travelling and visiting her family cottage in her hometown of Huntsville, Ontario.

EDUCATION

• Called to the Ontario Bar, 2011
• Juris Doctor, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, 2010
• Honours Bachelor of Science with distinction, Queen’s University, 2006