Jessica Ragan Szabo

2016-2017 - Legal Consultant, International Criminal Court (The Hague, Netherlands )

Prior to starting McIntyre Szabo PC, Jessica (she/her) worked at Legal Counsel at Ontario Health, a Crown Agency of the Government of Ontario. She was exposed to and provided advice on a wide array of legal and risk issues including corporate, digital, privacy, clinical, litigation and mental health issues. This in-house corporate work was a natural complement to her previous role as an associate in the Health Law Group (Specialized Disputes) at Borden Ladner Gervais and Legal Counsel at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Jessica also has experience in human rights and international criminal law, after working as a Legal Consultant on the successful defence team of Mr. Jean-Pierre Bemba, at the International Criminal Court.

Jessica represents and advises clients in the health care sector, including health care organizations (big, small, acute, sub-acute, community) and individual practitioners. She is especially passionate about mental health law, human rights applications and providing pro-active risk management advice to health care organizations. Jessica provides day-to-day corporate, research and privacy advice to clients, including reviewing data sharing, service and payment agreements and drafting policies, while also having experience in medical staff credentialing and civil litigation files (including sexual assault and medical malpractice).

Jessica has regularly appeared before the Consent and Capacity Board and the Ontario Review Board for civil and forensic mental health hearings respectively. She has also appeared before the Landlord Tenant Tribunal and the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. In civil litigation and appellate matters, Jessica has appeared before the Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal for Ontario.