John Murray McIntyre

2026-2027 - Recognized in Health Care Law and Administrative Law, Best Lawyers in Canada

John (he/him) founded McIntyre Health Law in 2022 and then co-founded McIntyre Szabo PC in 2023 after working as a senior associate in the health law group at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, one of the largest law firms in Canada. Before this, John served as a judicial law clerk at the Court of Appeal for Ontario, with Justices MacPherson, Pepall, Benotto and Miller. John has been an adjunct professor for the upper-year Public Health Law course at Queen’s University Faculty of Law the last three years.

John routinely represents and advises clients in the health care sector, including healthcare institutions (hospitals, retirement homes, LTC homes, laboraties, clinics, insurers, regulators, universities and professional associations) as well as allied health and regulated practitioners. His practice focuses on professional regulation and discipline (including defending clients in College complaints, investigations, discipline and fitness to practice matters), medical staff credentialing, mental health law (CCB/ORB), appellate advocacy, OHIP funding challenges, human rights applications, 2SLGBTQ+ advocacy (including fighting for coverage of gender affirming care), as well as general legal, clinical, operational, policy and risk advice. He also provides both external counsel and secondment support to hospitals as needed.

In his more than a decade as lawyer, John has represented clients at all levels of court in Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada and various tribunals, including the Ontario Review Board, Consent and Capacity Board, Health Professions Appeal and Review Board and Landlord Tenant Board. John was counsel on the first virtual hearing in the Divisional Court’s history during an urgent judicial review during the COVID-19 pandemic. See below for his representative cases.