MEMBERS OF FIRM
Eric P. Polten (Member) born Vienna, Austria, 1941; admitted to bar, 1974, Ontario. Education: University of Toronto (B.A., Philosophy, 1964); Stanford University and University of Toronto (Phil.M., Philosophy, 1968); University of Toronto (LL.B., 1972). Member: Law Society of Upper Canada; Canadian Bar Association; Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers' Association; Advocates' Society; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; German-Canadian Lawyers Association (Founding President); German Lawyers Association; International Bar Association. Languages: English and German. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Property Litigation; Employment Litigation; Administrative Litigation; Estates; International Litigation.Email: Eric P. Polten
J. Gardner Hodder (Member) born Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, June 2, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Ontario. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1980); University of Toronto (LL.B., 1983). Certified as a Specialist in Civil Litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada. Recipient, First Trial Counsel to win a Class Action in Ontario. Author: "Profiting from Tortious Use of Property: A Reply to the Lost Bargain Theory," U.T. Fac.L.Rev. 105 (1984). Member: Canadian Bar Association, Law Society of Upper Canada; Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers' Association; Advocates' Society; Ontario Trial Lawyers Association; International Newtwork of Boutique Law Firms. Reported Cases: Lo Faso v. Kelton & Ferracuti Consultants Limited, [2004] O.J. No. 4966 (C.A.) Ontario (Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, Director) v. NRS Mississauga Inc. (2003), 64 O.R. (3d) 97 (C.A.) Fox Estate v. Stelmaszyk (2003), 65 O.R. (3d) 846 (C.A.) Ward-Price v. Mariners Haven Inc. (2002), 36 C.P.C. (5th) 189 (Ont.Sup.Ct.) Ross v. Christian and Timbers, Inc. (2002), 18 C.C.E.L. (3d) 165 (Ont. Sup. Ct.) Downtown Eatery (1993) Ltd. v. Ontario (2001), 54 O.R. (3d) 161 (C.A.) Ward-Price v. Mariners Haven Inc. (2001), 199 D.L.R. (4th) 68 (Ont. C.A.), 57 O.R. (3d) 410 (C.A.) Duncan (Litigation guardian of) v. Neptunia Corp. (2001), 58 O.R. (3d) 754 (S.C Albrecht v. Sokol (2001), 42 R.P.R. (3d) 101 (Ont. Sup. Ct.) G.K. v. D.K. (1999), 38 C.P.C. (4th) 83 (Ont. C. A.) affirming (1997) 35 O.T.C. 319 (Gen. Div.) Xerox Canada Ltd. v. Ontario (Director of Employment Standards) (1999), 47 C.C.E.L. (2d) 199 (Ont. Div. Ct.) Szecket v. Huang (1998), 42 O.R. (3d) 400 (C.A.) Windisman v. Toronto College Park Ltd. (1996), 28 O.R. (3d) 29 (Gen.Div.) Windisman v. Toronto College Park Ltd. (1996), 3 C.P.C. (4th) 369 (Ont.Gen.Div.) Geo. Cluthe Manufacturing Co. v. ZTW Properties Inc. (1995), 23 O.R. (3d) 70 (Div.Ct.). Languages: English. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Banking Litigation; Trust Litigation; Defamation; Real Property; Estate Litigation; Shareholders Disputes.Email: J. Gardner Hodder
ASSOCIATES
Gerhard M. Schertzer (Associate) admitted to bar, 1990, Ontario. Education: University of Windsor (B.A., Political Science, 1985; LL.B., 1988). Member: Law Society of Upper Canada. Languages: English and German. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; International Law.Email: Gerhard M. Schertzer
Guillermo Schible (Associate) born Louisiana, USA, May 19, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Ontario. Education: York University (B.A., Political Science, 2001); Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., 2004). Member: Ontario Bar Association (Executive Member of the Civil Litigation, Young Lawyers and Main CLE Committees); Advocates' Society; Hispanic Ontario Lawyers Association (Vice President). Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation; Officer-Director Liability; Shareholder Disputes; Employment Litigation.Email: Guillermo Schible
Robert A. Rastorp (Associate) born Toronto, Ontario, May 20, 1975; admitted to bar, 2008, Ontario. Education: Queen's University (B.A.H., 1997); Columbia University (M.A., 1998); University of Toronto, Faculty of Law (J.D., 2003); University of Toronto, School of Graduate Studies (LL.M., 2004). Dean's List, Honours, 2001-2002. Canada Graduate Scholar (Master's), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2003-2004. Recipient: Honours Standing, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, 2001-2002. Dean's Special Award for General Proficiency, 1994; Leonard Feigman Q.C. Prize in Evidence, 2002; Norman Levy Prize in Jurisprudence, 2003. Author: "Theoretical Rationales for the WTO Safeguard Regime (ISBN 0612954455 97806612954458), 2004. Member: Ontario Bar Association (Member: Sections on: Litigation; Alternate Dispute Resolution; Young Lawyers); The Advocate's Society (Intermediate Member). Languages: English, Spanish, French and German. Practice Areas: Litigation; Private International.Email: Robert A. Rastorp
Yan Wang (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Ontario. Education: University of Western Ontario (B.Sc., 2000; LL.B., 2007); University of Waterloo (M.Math., 2004). Member: Law Society of Upper Canada; Ontario Bar Association; Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers. Languages: English and Mandarin. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Prosecution; Information Technology Litigation; Class Proceeding.Email: Yan Wang