Cecilia Hoover (She/Her)
Cecilia is a managing partner in Dolden’s Calgary office and is co-chair of the national construction practice group. Cecilia’s insurance defence practice is mainly focused on construction, coverage and professional liability. Cecilia defends contractors, developers and professionals in complex multi-party construction deficiency disputes.
Cecilia also regularly provides insurers coverage advice and defends coverage actions pertaining to CGL, COC/Builders Risk, Wrap-up, E&O policies, EIL and property policies.
Cecilia has conducted mediations, arbitrations and other complex settlement negotiations with favourable results for her clients and has appeared in trial and appellate Court. Cecilia is the first lawyer in Canada to have successfully argued a summary dismissal of a negligence claim on the basis that an “e-waiver” was enforceable.
Cecilia often provides presentations and learning seminar to insurers on various topics in order to provide a value-added service to the firm’s clients.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Called to Ontario Bar 2006
- Called to Alberta Bar 2011
- Council Member of Alberta branch, Canadian Bar Association Executive Committee
- Member of Canadian Bar Association Insurance, Civil Litigation and Construction sections
Recent Publications
Co-Author: “Electronic Waiver and Release Leads to Dismissal of Action” (Dolden Wallace Folick Newsletter, December 2017)
Representative Court and Hearing Experience
- Quilichini v Wilson’s Greenhouse & Garden Centre Ltd. and Velocity Raceway Ltd., 2017 SKQB 10
- Great American Insurance Company v Ramsoondar, 2016 ABQB 73
- Bafaro v. Dowd, 2008 CanLII 45000 (ON SC)
- Metropolitan Toronto Police Widows and Orphans Fund v. Telus Communications Ltd., 2009 ONCA 111
- Apotex Inc. v. Laboratoires Fournier S.A., 2006 CanLII 38354 (ON SC)
- Allen v. Aspen Group Resources Corporation, 2009 CanLII 67668 (ON SC)
