Davies Howe Partners LLP

Mark is a partner and a member of the firm’s municipal law group. His practice involves all aspects of land use planning and development law and he represents both public and private sector clients in the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. Mark regularly appears before the Ontario Municipal Board, municipal councils and other administrative tribunals to advocate on behalf of the firm’s clients.

In addition, Mark has appeared before the Ontario Divisional Court on appeals from the Ontario Municipal Board and at the Ontario Court of Justice defending clients against various municipal prosecutions.

Mark articled with the City of Toronto Legal Department and was a solicitor with the Department’s Planning and Development Law section prior to joining Davies Howe Partners LLP in 2002. He also practised civil litigation with a small downtown Toronto law firm and a legal aid clinic before his “conversion” to municipal law.

Mark studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he was awarded the Robert W. Macaulay Scholarship in Land Use Planning Law, and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2001. Before law school, Mark obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Geography and a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning and Development, both from the University of Toronto. Mark has also written extensively and is a frequent speaker on a variety of municipal law, planning and urban issues.

Mark is a member of the Municipal Law Executive of the Ontario Bar Association and a member of the Program Committee of the Urban Land Institute – Toronto.

In his spare time, Mark enjoys golf, squash, cycling and home improvement projects. He resides in Toronto with his wife, Heather, and their three sons.