• Canadian Bar Association (member of numerous sections and Past Chair of the International Law Section)
• Law Society of Upper Canada
• Metro Toronto Lawyers Association

• Avoiding Discriminatory Practices in Employment Interviews
  Sep 10, 2012
• Product Liability
  May 14, 2012
• King v Drabinsky - The Extraterritorial Application of the Canadian Charter: A matter of Time and Place
  May 5, 2009
• Cross-border High Anxiety? Offensive and Defensive Strategies in Transnational Litigation
  Mar 5, 2007

Publications

• “King v Drabinsky - The Extraterritorial Application of the Canadian Charter: A matter of Time and Place”, Canadian International Lawyer, May 2009
• “Cross-border High Anxiety? Offensive and Defensive Strategies in Transnational Litigation”, Co-Author, The Globetrotter, OBA - International Law Section Newsletter, March 2007

Presentations

• “Canadian Product Liability Law”, Canadian German Chamber of Commerce, September 2012
• “Transcending the Ties that Bind: Beyond our Borders”, Program Co-chair, a joint program of the International, Immigration, and Family Law sections of the OBA, December 2010
• “Canada-USA Border Issues: A New Bridge for Old Allies”, Program Co-chair, Ontario Bar Association in Co-operation with the Canadian Bar Association and the American Bar Association, June 2009
• “Cross-border High Anxiety? Offensive and Defensive Strategies in Transnational Litigation”, Co-Presenter, OBA Institute Program, February 2007

• Represented clients before various arbitral tribunals including the representation of a multinational pharmaceutical company in an arbitration involving disputes over a drug co-promotion agreement
• Conducted rogatory commissions on behalf of various foreign courts
• Numerous appearances before labour arbitral tribunals as well as the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal
• Advised numerous multinational corporations on employment and labour matters both on day to day issues as well as those related to acquisitions, reorganizations and divestitures
• Counselled various clients, both bankrupts and creditors, in bankruptcy as well as  Companies Creditors Arrangement Act proceedings

Some notable cases:

• Haser v. Marty (Ontario Court of Appeal):  establishing the sovereign immunity claim of a foreign state public prosecutor and deferring to that foreign state’s court as the convenient forum for any litigation.
• Venditti v. Petriglia (Ontario Court of Appeal): confirming that the affidavit swearing to the truth of the contents of the claim for lien is mandatory and that the failure to include this renders a construction lien invalid.
• Armstrong World Industries Inc. v. Arcand (Ontario Superior Court): dealing with the defence of a take-over bid and the entitlement of a party to reject a bidder’s offer. This case also addresses the proper tests involved in declining mandatory injunctions in take- over bids.
• Coleman v. Bayer Inc. et al (Ontario Superior Court):  pharmaceutical class action case involving a settlement requiring no contribution on behalf of the co-promoter.
• Abus Kg v. Secord Inc. (Ontario Superior Court): recognizing that the benefit of the Ontario limitation period is a juridical advantage that can justify Ontario as a convenient forum.
• Von Teichman v. Canada (Tax Court of Canada): the determination of a genuine business arrangement, allowable farming losses, and the reasonable expectation of profit.
• Henkel Canada Ltd. v. Thermogenics Inc. (Ontario Superior Court): pertaining to the proper pleading of a claim for breach of fiduciary duties.
• I.C.S. Construction Ltd. v. GKN Birwelco Ltd. (Ontario Superior Court): establishing the propriety of responding to examination for discovery undertakings in written form rather than attendance for further oral examination.
• Lane v. Robinson (Ontario Superior Court): dealing with the proper test for the determination of a motion for summary judgement.
• Hortmann v. Alexander (Ontario Superior Court): compelling the passing of accounts by an executor and the proper test for the refusal of compensation to an executor.