Lang Michener is a leader in Canada's legal profession and has been for more than 80 years. Our international firm, with offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Hong Kong, has over 200 dynamic professionals who provide effective, innovative solutions to Canadian and international clients. We have played a major role in shaping Canada's economic and political institutions, and understand the competitive global needs of our country's leading companies and industries. With commitments to excellence, service and value in all that we do, Lang Michener is dedicated to helping all of our clients achieve their business and personal goals.

Statement of Practice

Corporate Practice including Administrative Law, Advertising and Marketing, Agency and Distribution, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business Law, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications and Media, Computers and Software, Construction Law, Copyright, Corporate Law, Debtor and Creditor, Environmental Law, Finance, Franchises and Franchising, Government Procurement, Government Relations, Insolvency, Insurance, Insurance Defence, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Labour and Employment, Leases and Leasing, Litigation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Natural Resources, Patents, Privacy Law, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Technology and Science, Trademarks, Trusts and Estates, Wills.

Address

Suite 300, 50 O'Connor Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 6L2, (City of Ottawa)
Canada

Phone

Phone: 613-232-7171
Fax: 613-231-3191

Website

http://www.langmichener.ca

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For Complete Biographical Data on all Personnel, see Professional Biographies at Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia)

PARTNERS

Jeffrey W. Beedell (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, Ontario. Education: Carleton University (B.A., 1979); York University (M.E.S., 1983); Osgoode Hall (LL.B., 1983). Practice Areas: Supreme Court of Canada Agency; Real Property; Environmental Law.Email: Jeffrey W. Beedell

Andrea R. Camacho (Partner) admitted to bar, 1987, Ontario. Education: McGill University (B.A., 1982); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1985). Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Andrea R. Camacho

David Debenham (Partner) admitted to bar, 1988, Ontario. Education: University of Ottawa (B.A., 1982; M.B.A., 1986; LL.B., 1986; LL.M., 2000); Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.M., Taxation, 2008). Queen's University Law School Moot Court Judge. Recipient, Diploma for Investigative and Forensic Accounting (D.I.F.A), 2006. Certified Forensic Investigator (C.F.I.), 2005. Certified Fraud Examiner (C.F.E), 2003. Certified Management Accountant, 1997. Registered Federal Lobbyist, Construction Legislation. Director at Large, Association of Certified Forensic Investigators of Canada. Appointed Member, Complaints Committee, Society of Certified Management Accountants of Ontario. Member, Steering Committee, Carleton County Law Association to establish a Commercial Court for Ottawa. Former Member, Ottawa-Carleton Landlord - Tenant Bench and Bar Committee. Member: Society of Management Accountants of Canada; American and Canadian (Co-Chair, Construction Law Task Force; Executive Member, National Construction Law Section) Bar Associations; Ontario Bar Association (Secretary, Construction Law Section, 2008-2009; Member, Law Office Management Group; Chairman, Law Practice Management Section; Representative, Ottawa Construction Law Task Force; Construction Law Executive Liaison, Advocacy, Government Relations and Communications Committee); Ontario Trial Lawyers' Association (Co-Chair, Fall 2005 Convention); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation.Email: David Debenham

Norman M. Fera (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, Ontario. Education: Laurentian University of Sudbury (B.A. Hons., 1972); Carleton University (M.A., 1974); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1978). Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate Law; Administrative Law; Collections; Mediation.Email: Norman M. Fera

Martin G. Masse (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Ontario. Education: University of Ottawa (B.Soc.Sc., magna cum laude, 1992); Queen's University (LL.B., 1995). Practice Areas: International Trade; Administrative Law; Competition; Labour Law; Antidumping.Email: Martin G. Masse

Eugene Meehan, Q.C. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, Alberta; 1987, Ontario; 1999, Northwest Territories; 2000, Yukon and Nunavut; 2004, Arizona. Education: Edinburgh University (LL.B., 1975); McGill University (LL.M., 1976; D.C.L., 1984); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1978). Appointed Queen's Counsel, 2000. Author/Co-Author: "Injunctions Practice Guide," "Creditors' Remedies in Ontario, Creditors' Remedies in Alberta, Charter of Rights Annotated, Constitutional Law in a Nutshell,"2nd ed. National President, Canadian Bar Association, 1999-2000. Member: Arbitrators Institute of Canada. Practice Areas: Supreme Court of Canada; Federal Court of Canada; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Cross Border Transactions.Email: Eugene Meehan, Q.C.

Emanuel Montenegrino (Partner) admitted to bar, 1981, Ontario. Education: University of Ottawa (B.Comm., 1977; LL.B., 1979). Practice Areas: Administrative; Municipal; Government Advocacy; Government Relations.Email: Emanuel Montenegrino

Patrick W. Murray (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, Ontario. Education: McGill University (B.A., 1988); University College, Dublin (B.C.L., Honours, 1992); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1994). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Contracts; Real Estate; Finance; Financial Services Law; Business Organization; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Patrick W. Murray

Terry W. Peterman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1973, Ontario. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1968); University of Toronto (LL.B., 1971). Practice Areas: Corporate Commercial Law; Finance; Securities; Business Law.Email: Terry W. Peterman

Ronald S. Petersen (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, Ontario. Education: Concordia University (B.A., 1978); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1981). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Corporate/Commercial; Construction Law.Email: Ronald S. Petersen

Michael S. Rankin (Partner) admitted to bar, 1987, Ontario. Education: Concordia University (B.A., 1982); McGill University (LL.B., 1985). Practice Areas: Family Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Michael S. Rankin

Charles Saikaley (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, Ontario. Education: University of Ottawa (B.A., Admin. (Hons.), 1979; LL.B., 1982). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Business Law.Email: Charles Saikaley

Barbara J. Sinclair (Partner) admitted to bar, 1987, Ontario. Education: Carleton University (B.A., 1982); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1985). Practice Areas: International Trade; Business Law; Municipal; Real Property.Email: Barbara J. Sinclair

Martin Thompson (Partner) admitted to bar, 2003, Ontario. Education: University of Ottawa (B.Soc. Sc., 1999; LL.B., 2002). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense Litigation.Email: Martin Thompson

COUNSEL

C.J. Michael Flavell, Q.C. (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1966, Ontario. Education: Bishop's University (B.A., 1961); McGill University (B.C.L., 1964); Harvard University (LL.M., 1965). Practice Areas: International Trade; Antidumping; Customs Law; Competition; Aboriginal Law; Government Relations; Administrative Law.Email: C.J. Michael Flavell, Q.C.

John G.M. Hooper, Q.C. (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1957, Ontario. Education: University of Toronto (B.A., 1951); Osgoode Hall (LL.B., 1957). Member: Canadian Association of University Solicitors; Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. Practice Areas: Trademarks; Wills and Estates.Email: John G.M. Hooper, Q.C.

Morris M. Kertzer (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1954, Ontario and Alberta. Education: University of Toronto (LL.B., 1952); Carleton University (B.A., 1953). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Civil Litigation; Bankruptcy; Insolvency.Email: Morris M. Kertzer

Geoffrey C. Kubrick (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1988, Ontario. Education: Carleton University (M.A., Economics, 1979); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1986). Practice Areas: International Trade; Antidumping; Countervailing Duties; NAFTA; World Trade Organization; Corporate Law; Commercial Law.Email: Geoffrey C. Kubrick

Pierre Richard, Q.C. (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1973, Ontario. Education: University of Ottawa (B.Comm., 1967; LL.B., 1970); Harvard University (LL.M., 1971). Chair: La Cité Collégiale, 2000; The Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario, 2004; Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc., 2004. Practice Areas: Business; Government Advocacy; Health Law.

ASSOCIATES

Judith Atwood (Associate) admitted to bar, 2009, Ontario. Education: University of Detroit Mercy (B.Sc., Business Administration, summa cum laude, 2005); University of Windsor (LL.B., 2008). Member: Canadian Bar Association; Ontario Bar Association.Email: Judith Atwood

Corinne Brule (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Ontario. Education: University of Western Ontario (B.I.B., 2007); Carleton University (Bachelor of International Business, 2001). Practice Areas: International Trade.Email: Corinne Brule

Keith Cameron (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Ontario and Québec. Education: Mount Royal College, Alberta (Diploma, Honours, Social Work, 1994); University of Lethbridge, Alberta (B.A., Political Science, Honours, 1997); McGill University National Law Program (B.C.L., with distinction, 2002; LL.B., 2002; Diplôme de l'Office de la Langue Française, 2006). Practice Areas: International Trade; Business Law; Government Relations.Email: Keith Cameron

Ruba El-Sayegh (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Ontario. Education: University of Ottawa (B.S., Honours Biochemistry, cum laude, 2003; LL.B., Common Law, 2006). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Ruba El-Sayegh

Jodi Fleishman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Ontario. Education: Queen's University (B.A., Psychology, Honours with First Class Distinction, 1998); Queen's University Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2001); McGill University Faculty of Law (LL.M., 2005).

Stephen J. Maddex (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; 2008, Ontario. Education: University of Victoria (B.A., 1992); University of Arkansas School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation.

Marie-France Major (Associate) admitted to bar, 1995, Ontario. Education: University of Ottawa (B.Sc.Soc., 1983; LL.B., 1986); Oxford University (B.C.L., Masters of Law, 1987); University of California at Berkeley (J.S.D., Doctorate in Law, 1994). Practice Areas: Supreme Court of Canada; Federal Court of Canada; Constitutional Law.Email: Marie-France Major

Edward A. Pundyk (Associate) admitted to bar, 1992, Ontario. Education: University of Manitoba (B.A., Hons., 1980; B.Comm., Hons., 1984); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1990). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Edward A. Pundyk

Patrick Thompson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Ontario. Education: University of Ottawa (Bachelor in Arts, Major in Communication and Minor in Management and Public Policy, 2001; LL.B., Common law français, 2004). Practice Areas: Labor (Labour) and Employment; Insurance; Litigation; Real Estate.Email: Patrick Thompson

Jennifer Ward (Associate) admitted to bar, 1980, Ontario. Education: McMaster University (B.A., 1975); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1978). Member: Canadian Tax Foundation. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning.Email: Jennifer Ward

Stephanie White (Associate) admitted to bar, 2009, Ontario. Education: Queens' University (B.A., Honours, with Distinction, Political Studies and French Studies, 2005); University of Toronto (Juris Doctor, 2008). Member: Canadian Bar Association; Ontario Bar Association. Languages: English, French, Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Law; Family Law.Email: Stephanie White

All lawyers are members of the Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Upper Canada.