Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public
Toronto, Canada Area
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public
Toronto, Canada Area
Barrister & Solicitor licenced to practice law in Ontario since 1975
General Practice of law
Focus on Wills, Estates, Charity and Not for Profit Law
Other services include Real Estate, Corporate law, Uncontested family matters
Wills and Estate practice
(Law Practice industry)
May 1975 — Present (34 years 3 months)
Wills, Estates, Not for Profit incorporations; Charity appliations; Business incorporations; Uncontested Family law, Real Estate
Author, Editor in Chief: "Cohabition: the law in Canada".
(Publishing industry)
September 1978 — November 1991 (13 years 3 months)
PUBLISHER, LAW GROUP, GENERAL PRACTICE: 1990 – 1992
* Directed business unit, with staff of fifteen employees and over 300 publications
MANAGING EDITOR: 1985 – 1990
* Administered 37 volume, loose-leaf continuing service, legal encyclopedia, (C.E.D. Ont. 3rd), directing supplementation programme, negotiating with authors and freelancers, monitoring style of articles
* Managed contract editorial staff and researchers
* Developed, budgeted, contracted, scheduled and published loose-leaf and monograph publications
SENIOR LEGAL EDITOR: 1980 – 1985; LEGAL EDITOR: 1978 – 1980
LL.M. , Master of Laws , 2007 — 2008
Research Paper: Charitable Trusts:Defining “Religion” in a Multi-Cultural Canada
LL.B. , Law , 1970 — 1973
B.A. , English literature , 1965 — 1968
Current positions: Member, Executive of Charities and Not-for-Profit Section, Ontario Bar Association; Director and Chair of Fundraising Committee, Soroptimist Toronto.
Past positions: Chair, General Practice Section, Canadian Bar Association – Ontario;
Vice Chair, General Practice Conference, Canadian Bar Association; Chair, Research & Policy Analysis, Canadian Bar Association – Ontario; President, Scandinavian Canadian Business Association; President, Mental Health Program Services of Metropolitan Toronto; Member, Board of Directors, Children's Aid Society of Grey County; Member, Executive of Swedish Women’s Education Association – Toronto; Volunteer, Toronto Distress Centre.