Marc Yu

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Marc Yu is an Edmonton-based lawyer focussing in the areas of health, insurance and privacy law. In his health law practice, Marc defends professional and institutional liability claims and his clients include health authorities, hospitals and healthcare workers. Marc also provides advice to territorial governments on policy and legislative drafting in the areas of professional regulation, mental health, public health and healthcare reorganization.

Marc has experience across a number of areas of insurance law including bodily injury, property loss, subrogated claims, and professional liability. In his privacy practice, clients rely on Marc for to provide advice on issues relating to access to information requests, privacy impact assessments, privacy policies and privacy breaches. Marc regularly represents organizations and public bodies before the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.

Marc believes in client education as a key component of a successful relationship and delivers regular educational sessions to clients of the firm, and also through his role as an educator at the University of Alberta.

Clients come to Marc for support on a number of issues, including:

  • Medical-legal experience in the areas of malpractice defence, early dispute resolution of claims, and legislative drafting for a wide number of areas of health and social services.
  • Guidance with developing, improving and implementing company-wide privacy policies and human resource privacy initiatives.
  • Support across a number of components of insurance law, including bodily injury, property loss, subrogated claims, and professional liability.

Qualifications

  • Education
  • Bar Admissions
  • University of Alberta
    Juris Doctor
    2011
  • University of Alberta
    Bachelor of Science with Distinction Medical Laboratory Science
    2007
  • Northwest Territories
    2014
  • Alberta
    2012

Involvement

  • Professional
  • Volunteer Work
  • Canadian Bar Association Alberta
    Privacy Section (North) Executive Member
    2023 - Present
  • Canadian Bar Association, Health Law Section
    Chair
    2018 - 2021
  • University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Clinical Faculty
    Member
    2013 - Present
  • Canadian Bar Association, Health Law Section
    Executive Member
    2012 - 2018
  • Canadian Bar Association Alberta, Health Law Section (North)
    Member
    2011 - Present
  • Canadian Bar Association Law Day
    Chair
    2018 - 2020
  • Provincial Court of Alberta
    Civil Duty Counsel
    2015 - 2018