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Ellyn Law LLP Profile |
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| | Location | | Suite 3000, 20 Queen Street West | | Toronto, Ontario M5H 3R3 | | (City of Toronto) | | |
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| Ellyn Law LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Trial and Appellate Practice, Opinions, International Commercial Arbitration and International Law, Mediation, Arbitration, Business and Shareholder Litigation, Estate and Trust Litigation, Employment Law, Judgment Enforcement, Securities Litigation, Insurance Law, Construction Law, Commercial Property and Leasing Litigation, Defamation, Family Law and Divorce, General Business Law, Business Enterprises Law, Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Leasing, Trusts and Estates, Employment Law. | | Year Established: 1973 | Firm Profile:
A boutique firm of experienced litigation lawyers whose senior member is a well-known trial and appellate counsel, mediator and chartered arbitrator and former bar association president. The firm is retained as counsel in complex litigation and arbitration cases by lawyers and other professionals in Canada, United States and Europe. | | Firm Size: 3 | | SENIOR PARTNER | | Igor Ellyn, Q.C., FCIArb. (Senior Partner) born Romania; admitted to bar, 1973, Ontario; 1985, designated Queen's Counsel. Education: Bradley University (B.A., 1968); University of Western Ontario (LL.B., 1971). Recipient, Law Society's Bicentennial Award of Merit, 1997. Senior Toronto litigation counsel who has represented corporate and individual clients at trials, appeals, complex hearings in courts and tribunals, 1973—. Author of more than 100 legal articles and annotations including "Shareholders Remedies in Canada"; "Winning Business Appeals and the Concept of Commercial Reasonableness, 2007"; "Toward A Global Village Approach in the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments," Natl. L.J. 1994; "Providing Just Cause as Employer's Counsel"; "Drafting Pleadings with Mediation in Mind"; "The five Most Significant Decisions of the Courts in 2004-2005"; "Cross-examining the Forensic Accountant." (some of which are online at www.ellynlaw.com). Chair and Speaker at many CLE programs. Chair, International conference of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, Toronto, August 2000. Instructor, Bar Admission Course and Advocacy Coach. Chartered Arbitrator and Mediator. Member: Law Society of Upper Canada; Canadian Bar Association-Ontario (President, 1994-1995); Canadian Bar Association; American Bar Association; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Advocates Society (Harvard Mediation Workshop, 1997); Arbitration Panels of ADR Chambers International; ADR Institute of Ontario Inc.; Better Business Bureau; Association des jurists d'expression française de l'Ontario. (Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Civil Litigation). Special Agencies: Canadian Jewish Congress; United Jewish Appeal of Toronto. Languages: French, Romanian, Hebrew, German, Yiddish and some Italian. Practice Areas: Trial and Appellate Practice; Business Litigation; Complex Litigation; Employment Litigation; Arbitration; Mediation; International Dispute Resolution; Professional Malpractice; Debtor and Creditor; Marital Property Law; General Business Law; Business Enterprises Law; Banking; Finance; Commercial Leasing; Trusts and Estates; Employment Law. Email: Igor Ellyn, Q.C., FCIArb. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Orie H. Niedzviecki (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Maryland; 1997, District of Columbia; 1999, Ontario. Education: University of Toronto (B.S.C., 1991); George Washington University (J.D., 1996). Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Construction Law; Employment Litigation; International Collections. Email: Orie H. Niedzviecki | | Evelyn Perez Youssoufian (Member) admitted to bar, 2005, Ontario. Education: York University (B.A., Hons., 2001); University of Windsor (LL.B., 2004); University of Detroit Mercy School of Law (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. |
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