PARTNERS
Donald S. Affleck, Q.C. (Partner) born Welland, Ontario, 1939; admitted to bar, 1966, Ontario. Education: University of Toronto (B.A. Hon., 1961; LL.B., 1964). Author, "Canadian Competition Law," looseleaf, 2 Volumes, Carswell, 1989. Frequent Lecturer, Canadian, Ontario and American Bar Associations. Counsel, Standing Committee of House of Commons on Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs, 1988. Chief Counsel, Federal Royal Commission on Newspapers, 1980-1982. Member of NAFTA Panel (Softwood Lumber). Chairman, Disciplinary Tribunal, University of Toronto, 1990-2000 and President, Law Alumni Association, University of Toronto, 1973-1982. Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Civil Litigation. Member: Canadian Bar Association (Member, Executive National Competition Law Section, 1999); The Advocates' Society. (Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Civil Litigation). Reported Cases: Queen v. Colgate-Palmolive; Josephs v. Canada Trust; Queen v. T. Eaton Company; Cottrell v. Director of Investigation and Research; Re Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada. Practice Areas: Competition Law (Antitrust); Competition Bureau Investigations; Anti-Competitive Conduct; Mergers; Marketing Practices & Telemarketing; Estate Litigation; Products Liability; Administrative Law; General Litigation.Email: Donald S. Affleck, Q.C.
Peter R. Greene (Partner) born Arnprior, Ontario, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, Ontario. Education: Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario; Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire, Scotland; Dalhousie University (B.A., 1974; D.P.A., 1975; LL.B., 1978). Author: numerous articles including "'Know Your Client Rule' Takes on New Importance," (Insight); "Claims by Investment Houses," (CBAO); "Compliance Issues," (The Investment Centre); "Avoiding Construction Claims & Disputes - Construction Contract Interpretation Disputes," (Institute for International Research); "It's Not Just the Exchange Rate or the Spelling, The Substantial Differences Between Canada and the US in Handling of Cheque (Check) Fraud Claims, Implications for Insurers," (TIPS-ABA, 2005); "Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds - Avoiding the Pitfalls of the Surety's Defenses to a Bond Claim," (Lorman, 2007). Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Civil Litigation. Member: Ontario, Canadian and American (Associate Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; Member of The Advocates' Society; The Toronto Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; The American Securities Industry Association-Compliance and Legal Division; N.S.C.P. (Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Civil Litigation). Practice Areas: Securities; Stock Brokerage; Insurance; Construction and Banking Litigation; Libel, Slander and Passing Off Litigation; Occupational Health and Safety Act Defenses and Inquests; Intellectual Property; Partnership Litigation; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Surety; Fidelity Defense; Class Action Defense; Senior Trial; Appellate Counsel.Email: Peter R. Greene
Harry W. McMurtry (Partner) born Toronto, Ontario, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Ontario. Education: Queen's University (B.Sc., Hon., 1985; LL.B., 1989). Author: "Group Life Insurance and the Succession Law Reform Act: Unfair Treatment"; "Priority of Debts in Estate Administration"; "The Will to Find Solicitors' Negligence: The Pitfalls of Estate Planning"; "The New Federal Privacy Legislation: Impact On Insurance Defence Litigation"; "Document Destruction: It Can Spoil Your Case." Instructor at the Bar Admission Course. Lecturer at St. Lawrence College in Kingston for five years. Member: Canadian Bar Association; The Advocates' Society. Reported Cases: Goodman v. Scorta Capital Inc., [2004] O.J.No. 4447 (C.A.); P.D. v. Allen, [2004] O.J. No. 3042 (Sup. Ct.); B.L. v. R.A.G., [2003' O.J.No. 5230 (Sup. Ct.); Harding v. First Associates Investments Inc., [2003] O.J. No. 3220 (Sup.Ct.); Abbott v. Collins (2003), 64 O.R.(3d) 789, 227 D.L.R. (4th) 617 (C.A.); St. Martin v. Chapleau Forest Products Lts., [2003] O.J. No. 225 (C.A.). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate & Securities Litigation; Civil Litigation; Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice; Government Liability; Negligence; Insurance Law; Defamation Law; Employment Law; Estate Litigation; Construction Litigation; Defamation; Class Actions; Charter of Rights; Sexual Abuse.Email: Harry W. McMurtry
Kenneth A. Dekker (Partner) born Kentville, Nova Scotia, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Ontario. Education: University of Kings College (B.A., 1992); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1996). Member: Canadian and American Bar Associations; The Advocates' Society; The Law Society of Upper Canada. Reported Cases: Caneast Foods Ltd. V. Lombard General Insurance Co. (2008), 91 O.R. (3d) 438 (C.A.); Jedfro Investments (U.S.A.) Ltd. v. Jacyk, [2003] 3 S.C.R. 679; Nesbitt Burns Inc. v. Canada Trustco Mortgage Co. (2000) 131 O.A.C. 85 (Ont. C.A.); Lockwood v. Nesbitt Burns Inc. (2000) O.J. No. 2857 (S.C.J.); Webster v. Wendt (2000) O.J. No. 622 (SCJ). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Employment Law; Securities; Securities Litigation; Intellectual Property.Email: Kenneth A. Dekker
W. Michael G. Osborne (Partner) born Ottawa, Ontario, 1965; admitted to bar, 1998, Ontario. Education: University of Saskatchewan (B.A. Hon. (Phil.), 1988); University of Toronto (M.A., 1991); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1996). Law Clerk to Mr. Justice Sopinka, Supreme Court of Canada, 1996-1997. Member: Canadian Bar Association; Advocates' Society; American Bar Association; Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario. Reported Cases: Royal Bank of Canada v. Société Générale (Canada), [2005] O.J. No. 4950; 3Com Corp. v. Zorin International Corp. [2004] O.J. No. 1767; Canada (Commissioner of Competition) v. Air Canada (2003), 26 C.P.R. (4th) 476. Languages: English and French. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Administrative Law; Competition Law; Anti-trust; Constitutional Law; Employment Law.Email: W. Michael G. Osborne
ASSOCIATES
Meredith L. Hayward (Associate) born Brigden, Ontario, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Ontario. Education: Queen's University (B.A., 1993); University of Windsor (LL.B., 1996). Law Clerk, Ontario Court of Appeal, 1996-1997. Member: Canadian Bar Association; Advocates' Society; Women's Law Association of Ontario. Reported Cases: R. v Sharpe, 175 D.L.R. 4th 1, 1999; R. v. Sharpe (2001) 1 S.C.R. 45; Ontario Realty Corp. v. P. Gabriele & Sons Ltd. (2000), 50 O.R. (3rd) 539. Languages: English. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Professional Negligence; Employment Law; Securities Litigation; Administrative Law.Email: Meredith L. Hayward
Sandra Monardo (Associate) born Ontario, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Ontario. Education: University of Toronto (B.A., 2000); University of Windsor (LL.B., 2004). Member: Canadian Bar Association; Advocates' Society. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Corporate & Securities Litigation; Professional Negligence; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Administrative Law; Competition.Email: Sandra Monardo
G.L. Sonny Ingram (Associate) born Etobicoke, Ontario, 1975; admitted to bar, 2006, Ontario. Education: University of Western Ontario (B.A., 1999); McMaster University (B.A., 2002); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 2005). Member: Canadian Bar Association; Advocates' Society. Practice Areas: Competition Law; Civil Litigation; Administrative Law; Employment Law; Corporate and Commercial Law.Email: G.L. Sonny Ingram
Michael I. Binetti (Associate) born North York, Ontario, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Ontario. Education: York University (B.A., Hons., 2002); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 2005). Member: Ontario and Canadian Bar Associations; Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario; Advocates' Society; The Thomas More Lawyers' Guild of Toronto. Languages: English, French, Italian. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Civil Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Law; Employment Law; Competition Law; Anti-trust.Email: Michael I. Binetti
Michelle E. Booth (Associate) born Carbondale, Illinois; admitted to bar, 2007, Ontario. Education: York University (B.A., Hons., 1996); University of Windsor (M.A., 2002; LL.B., 2006). Member: Canadian Bar Association; Advocates' Society; Women's Law Association of Ontario. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Professional Negligence & Discipline; Corporate & Commercial Law; Insurance Law; Tort Law; Commercial Litigation; Administrative Law; Competition; Class Actions.Email: Michelle E. Booth
Donna N. Wilson (Associate) born Oshawa, Ontario; admitted to bar, 2009, Ontario. Education: University of Western Ontario (B.Sc., Biology, 2005); Queen's University International Study Centre, U.K. (Certificate in Public International Law, 2006); Queen's University (J.D., 2008). Summer Student, Crown Law Office-Civil, 2007. Articles, Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP, 2008-2009. Member: Ontario and Canadian Bar Associations; Advocates' Society. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Competition Law.Email: Donna N. Wilson
David N. Vaillancourt (Associate) born Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; admitted to bar, 2009, Ontario. Education: University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Arts (B.A., Philosophy, Hons., 2004); University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law (LL.B., with distinction, 2008). Summer Law Student, Province of Ontario, Ministry of Government Services, 2007. Articles, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, 2008-2009. Co-Author: "Memorandum Proposing Detailed Amendments to the Ontario Disability Support Program," published online by CLEONet.ca, a community-focused legal database. Member: Ontario and Canadian Bar Associations; Advocates' Society. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Competition Law.Email: David N. Vaillancourt
Jennifer Dyck (Associate) born Brighton, England; admitted to bar, 2009, Ontario. Education: Simon Fraser University (B.A., 2004); Southwestern School of Law, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law (Vancouver Summer Law Program, 2006); University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law (LL.B., English Common Law Program, cum laude, 2008). Assistant Editor, University of Ottawa Law Review. Articling and Summer Student, Torys LLP, 2007-2009. Caseworker, Women's Division, University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic. Member: Ontario and Canadian Bar Associations. Advocates' Society. Languages: English and French. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Competition Law.Email: Jennifer Dyck
OF COUNSEL
David C. Dingwall, P.C., Q.C. (Counsel) born Sydney, Nova Scotia; admitted to bar, 1979, Nova Scotia. Education: St. Francis Xavier College, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (B.Com., 1974); Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (LL.B., 1979). Recipient: Canadian Cancer Society Special Recognition Award, October 1998; Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University College of Cape Breton, September 1997; Connaught Award presented by the Canadian Lung Association, July 1997; World Health Organization Tobacco Award, June 1997; Queen's Counsel, March 1997; Atlantic Jewish Council, Community Service Award, November 1994. Publications: "External Evaluator into the Tobacco Control Activities at the Pan-American Health Organization," Washington, D.C., 2001; "Building a Better Health System for Canadians," Toronto, Canada, April 22, 1997; "Competing in the Growing Network of World Cities: Making the Infrastructure Connections," Melbourne, Australia, November 20-23, 1994. Chairman and CEO: The Darius Group Inc., 2006. Cape Breton University, Shannon School of Business, 2006. President and CEO, Royal Canadian Mint, 2003-2005. Chairman and CEO, Wallding International Inc., 1997-2003. Previous Directorships and Advisory Positions, 1997-2003. Law Practice, 1979 - 1980. Special Advisor, Attorney General, Nova Scotia, 1974-1976. Member of Parliament, 1980-1997. Elected to the Parliament of Canada in 1980, and re-elected in 1984, 1988 and 1993: Minister of Health, Government of Canada; Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Government of Canada; Minister Responsible for the Royal Canadian Mint; Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Minister Responsible for Canada Post Corporation; Minister Responsible for Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. Conflict Resolution Specialist in the fields of corporate commercial, labour, administrative, as well as corporate governance and public policy related issues. Appointed to the Privy Council, November 1993. Member: Canadian Bar Association; The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society; The Cape Breton Barristers' Society; Law Society of Upper Canada. Practice Areas: Conflict Resolution; Corporate Commercial Law; Labor Law; Administrative Law; Corporate Governance; Public Policy; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Commercial Law.Email: David C. Dingwall, P.C., Q.C.