J. Mark Jackson, KC is focused on health law litigation, hospital-physician relationships, post-graduate medical education matters, and generally advising health care organizations on policy and contract issues. He is engaged in a broad range of health care-related issues on behalf of public and private sector clients in Alberta, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories. Mark's practice is divided between representing health care organizations facing complex medical malpractice claims and supporting medical leadership in their designated roles under medical staff Bylaws and Rules.

Mark’s health care clients include health authorities, medical leadership, active treatment hospitals, long-term care facilities and other health care providers. He regularly represents clients in medical malpractice litigation, hearings, inquests, appeals and fatality inquiries and provides advice on quality assurance and clinical issues, policies, standards of care and risk management. Known for his technical depth and skilled questioning, Mark has assisted clients before the Alberta Court of King’s Bench, the Alberta Court of Appeal, the Ontario Superior Court, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, and the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal. He also handles cases in Judicial Dispute Resolution proceedings, arbitrations, hearings, and mediation. Mark is involved in drafting and updating medical staff bylaws and rules, advising on hospital-physician relationships, and representing medical leadership in administrative hearings and before statutory appeal bodies.

For 23 years Mark has worked closely with health care organizations, medical leadership, and health care staff, including representing their interests in hearings, at trial and on appeal. Mark is also a frequent lecturer on risk management issues, documentation, and best practices using practical examples that arise in actual litigation. 

Mark carefully monitors health care reform, medical malpractice law and health care legislation on a provincial and federal level, offering advice and guidance to clients impacted by developments. He also provides clinical policy and practice opinions to health care clients to assist with operational issues. 

Value to Clients

"I listen conscientiously to my clients' interests. This results in a more creative work product, better-prepared witnesses, and more accurate legal advising.” 

Outside the Office

Mark enjoys painting when he is away from the office. He also collects original comic book art.