LITIGATION COUNSEL
Antonin I. Pribetic (Litigation Counsel) born Rijeka, Istra, Republic of Croatia; admitted to bar, 1993, Ontario. Education: York University (B.A., Political Science, with honors, 1987); Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., 1991; LL.M., Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution, 2008). Certified Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Author and Co-Author: "An 'Unconventional Truth': Conflict of Law Issues Arising under the CISG," NORDIC JOURNAL OF COMMERCIAL LAW, Issue 1, April 2009 (forthcoming); "Staking Claims Against Foreign Defendants in Canada: Choice of Law and Jurisdiction Issues Arising from the in personam Exception to the Mocambique Rule for Foreign Immovables" (2009) 35 Adv. Q. 230; "'Winning is Only Half the Battle': Procedural Issues Relating to the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards," in V.V.L. Gayathri (Ed.) INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION- CLAIMS AND COUNTERCLAIMS, (Hyderabad, India: Amicus Books-ICFAI University Press, 2009); "CASE NOTE: Opinion of Advocate General Kokott in Allianz SpA (formerly Riunione Adriatica Di Sicurta SpA) and Others v. West Tankers Inc. (Case C-185/07 delivered on 4 September 2008)," TDM Volume 6, issue #01 - March 2009; "Choice of Law in International Agreements: What Should Parties Watch For? (Canada)," The International Commercial Practitioner, American Bar Association (ABA) 5-6; "All Quiet on the CISG Front: Guiliani v. Invar Manufacturing, the Battle of the Forms, and the Elusive Concept of Terminus Fixus" (2008), 46 C.B.L.J. 430 (Co-Authored with James M. Klotz and Peter Mazzacano); "A Strategic Functionalist Approach to International Commercial Mediation," TDM Volume 5, issue #04 - July 2008; "The Trial Warrior: Applying Sun Tzu's The Art of War to Trial Advocacy" Alberta Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 1017-1035, 2008; "Trial and ErrorBalancing the Scales of Justice through the Doctrines of Stare Decisis and Ex Proprio Motu," OBA Civil Litigation Section Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 811, March 2007; "Cross-border High Anxiety? Offensive and Defensive Strategies in Transnational Litigation: Offensive Strategies," The Globetrotter, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 611, March 2007 (paper presented at the 2007 OBA Annual Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 5 February 2007); "The (CISG) Road Less Traveled": GreCon Dimter Inc. v. J.R. Normand Inc., (2006) 44 Can. Bus. L. J. 92-114; "Bringing Locus into Focus: A Choice-of-Law Methodology for CISG-based Concurrent Contract and Product Liability Claims," in REVIEW OF THE CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS (CISG) 2004-2005, Pace International Law Review (ed.) (München: Sellier European Law Publishers, 2006), pp. 179-223; "The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements," The Globetrotter, OBA International Law Section Newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 2-5, September 2005; "Strangers in a Strange Land": Transnational Litigation, Foreign Judgment Recognition, and Enforcement in Ontario, (2004) 13 J. Transnat'l L. & Pol'y 347-391. Recent Speaking Engagements: Speaker: "Application of the CISG by Default," Presentation at the Third Quadrennial International Conference on Comparative Private International Law, Institute For Private International Law In Africa-University Of Johannesburg, September 9-11, 2009, Johannesburg, South Africa; Speaker: "Application of the CISG by Default," CISG Hot Spots for Commercial Lawyers and Litigators, CLE Program co-sponsored by the CBA Section on International Law and the OBA International Law Section, March 10, 2009, Toronto, Canada; Guest Lecturer: Queen's University Faculty of Law, Commercial Law: The CISG: An Overview, Upper Year Law Course, Course Instructor: Prof. Tanya J. Monestier, November 10, 2008, Kingston, Canada; Sessional Lecturer: "Legal Process Advanced" Course (IFA2902) Fall 2008, Diploma in Investigative & Forensic Accounting (DIFA) Capstone Program, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Ontario; Evaluator/Judge: Diploma in Investigative & Forensic Accounting (DIFA) Capstone Program (2007, 2008), University of Toronto at Mississauga, Ontario; Program Co-Chair: "International Legal Issues for Today's Business Lawyer: Challenges and Solutions," Ontario Bar Association 2008 Institute of Continuing Legal Education, February 5, 2008, Toronto, Canada; Guest Speaker: OBA International Law Section Program: "International Law - Sea Changes in Canadian Conflict of Laws Practice: An Update," May 30, 2007, Toronto, Canada; Guest Speaker: 2007 OBA Annual Institute of Continuing Legal Education-Special Event, "International Breakfast: Cross-border High Anxiety?: Offensive and Defensive Strategies in Transnational Litigation," February 7, 2007, Toronto, Canada; Guest Lecturer: University of Western Ontario Law School, 402A Commercial Law: "The CISG-An Overview," Upper Year Law Course, Course Instructor: Prof. Jassmine Girgis, October 2, 2006, London, Canada. Member: Law Society of Upper Canada (Member), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Certified Member), Canadian Bar Association/ Ontario Bar Association (CBA International Dispute Resolution Committee (National Section), OBA International Law Section (Vice-Co-Chair),OBA Civil Litigation Section (Member)),Canadian Council of International Law (Member), American Bar Association (Associate Member: Sections of Litigation, International Law and Business Law), American Society of International Law (Member), International Law Association (Member: Canadian Branch), International Bar Association (Member-Public and Professional Interest Division, Legal Practice Division, Corporate Law Section, Dispute Resolution Section, Regional Fora North American Regional Forum. Reported Cases: Langford v. 1734141 Ontario Ltd,. 2008 CanLII 67413 (ON S.C.), 2008 CarswellOnt 7803 (Ont. S.C.J.); Suraleb Inc. v. Production Association "MTW Tractor Works", Republic of Belarus, Court File No. 08-CV-349415PD1-July 9, 2008 (unreported) (Ont. S.C.J.); ATI Technologies ULC v. Henderson Robb Group, [2008] O.J. No. 1017, 41 C.B.R. (5th) 94, 2008 CarswellOnt 1418, 2008 WL 726946, 165 A.C.W.S. (3d) 779, CanLII 11046 (Ont. S.C.J.in Bankruptcy), see also companion decisions: William E. Robb Enterprises Inc. v. ATI Technologies Inc.[2006] O.J. No. 4711; 153 A.C.W.S. (3d) 831(Ont. S.C.J.); ATI Technologies Inc. v. William E. Robb Enterprises Inc. et al. [2006] O.J. No. 3780 (Ont. S.C.J.); Tapscott Village Co-Operative Inc. v. Bullin, 2008 CanLII 4258 (ON S.C.J.); Ivandaev v. Hlembizky [2006] O.J. No. 2689 (Ont. C.A.);Standard Trust Co. (Liquidator of) v. Metropolitan Trust Co. of Canada et al. (2006) 21 E.T.R. (3d) 237; (2006) 40 R.P.R. (4th) 27; (2006) 144 A.C.W.S. (3d) 1130 (Ont. S.C.J.); aff'd [2007] O.J. No. 5002; 2007 ONCA 897; 232 O.A.C. 74; 36 E.T.R. (3d) 209; 62 R.P.R. (4th) 161; 162 A.C.W.S.(3d) 938; 2007 CarswellOnt 8279 (Ont. C.A.); 1162994 Ontario Inc. v. Bakker et al. [2004] O.J. No. 2565 (Ont. C.A.); Canadian Fashion Merchandising Corporation v. CIBC (2000) 106 O.T.C. 317, (2000) 95 A.C.W.S. (3d) 237 (Ont. S.C.J.); Re Drljo (2000) 21 C.B.R. (4th) 259 (Ont. S.C.J.-Bankruptcy Court);Serra v. Paniccia (Ont. S.C.J.-unreported -- per Somers, J.), varied on other grounds, [1999] O.J. No. 4707 (Ont. C.A.); Shaw v. Allstate Insurance Company, [1997] O.I.C.D. No. 86 (O.I.C. per Arbitrator Blackman), aff'd [1998] O.I.C.D. No. 181 (FSCO- Director of Arbitrations, per Susan Naylor, Director's Delegate); Ultramar Canada Inc. v. Mutual Marine Insurance Office [1995] 1 F.C. 341, (1994) 82 F.T.R. (F.C.T.D.). Languages: English and Croatian. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation(25%); Trial Practice(25%); Appellate Practice(10%); Transnational Litigation(20%); Business Torts(10%); Civil Litigation(10%).Email: Antonin I. Pribetic
ASSOCIATES
Taras Kulish (Associate) admitted to bar, 1991, Quebec; 1993, Ontario; 1997, New York. Education: McGill University. Director, Canadian Branch of HOPE Worldwide. Languages: English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Intellectual Property.
Corey Steinberg (Associate) born 1971; admitted to bar, 2001, British Columbia; 2006, Ontario. Education: Queen's University Law School. Presenter, Intellectual Property, Canadian Association of Family Enterprises, 2001. Founder and Administrator, Internet Law Resource Elegalcanada.com. Member: Vancouver and Canadian Bar Associations; Law Society of Upper Canada; Law Society of British Columbia; Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia. Practice Areas: Civil Practice.