DETAILED PRACTICE AREAS:

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - intellectual property, patents/utility patents, trademarks, industrial designs/design patents, copyrights, domain names, e-commerce, integrated circuit topography, plant breeders rights, packaging and labeling, confidentiality agreements, trade secrets, licensing, marketing, intellectual property litigation, analysis of sample intellectual property law file.

INTERNET AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - domain name registration, domain name disputes, internet agreements, e-commerce transactions, information technology acquisitions, hardware, software and related service acquisition, internet trademark issues, internet copyright issues.

CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL - types of business structures, partnerships and sole proprietorships, incorporations, business names, partnership agreements, shareholder agreements, leasing, franchising, Municipal licensing ,provincial licensing , import/export, contracts, negotiations, charities, associations and non-profit corporations, Business purchases and sales, mergers and acquisitions, government funding, securities, corporate restructuring, creditor proofing, securitization of assets, sample business transactions.

TRUSTS - inter vivos trusts (takes effect before death), testamentary trusts (takes effect on death), related tax law .

BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY - corporate bankruptcy, personal bankruptcy, insolvency and proposals.

TAX LAW - corporate restructuring and rollovers page, personal tax planning page, offshore transaction page, tax arrears page.

IMMIGRATION - Canadian immigration, landed status-investor class, landed status -entrepreneur class, landed status - independent, landed status - sponsored, refugee claims and appeals, humanitarian and compassionate claims and appeals, deportations and departure notices, criminal law matters, citizenship issues, US immigration, work permits, resident alien-green cards, vehicle seizures, criminal record waivers, exclusions and deportation.

ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) - negotiation, mediation, arbitration, litigation, judicial review and appeal, typical areas of alternate dispute resolution.

LITIGATION - general litigation concepts, mediation, arbitration, intellectual property litigation, commercial litigation, franchise litigation, construction litigation, collections, medical negligence, professional negligence, motor vehicle accidents, personal injury.

CONSTRUCTION LAW - construction liens, construction bonds, tenders, contracts, financing, environmental law, labour law, WSIB/WCB, bankruptcy and insolvency, collections, mediation, arbitration, construction litigation.

CONDOMINIUM AND COOPERATIVE LAW - condominium law, cooperative law.

EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR LAW - employment contracts, wrongful dismissal, unionized labour law, employment standards, Ontario human rights act, occupational health and safety, WSIB/WCB.

CRIMINAL LAW - corporate offences; directors liability;. young offenders act, domestic assault, assault, criminal code offenses, provincial offenses act, highway traffic act, charter of rights and freedoms, bail, appeals, pardons, criminal injuries compensation board, copyright act violations, criminal code trademark violations.

FAMILY LAW - divorce, separation agreements, marriage and cohabitation agreements, custody and access, property division, child support, spousal support, exclusive possession of matrimonial home, restraining orders, variation of court orders, adoption, guardianship, foreign divorce opinions, same sex couples, dependents relief act.

REAL ESTATE - residential purchases, residential sales, residential mortgages, residential landlord and tenant matters, commercial landlord and tenant matters, re-zoning and minor variances, land development, condominium, real estate litigation.

WILLS AND ESTATES - wills and codicils, powers of attorney, guardianship applications, estate administration, trusts, estate planning , tax planning, estate litigation.

PERSONAL INJURY - motor vehicle accidents, occupiers liability, medical negligence product liability, general personal