Cynthia A. MacDougall

Mark practices municipal , land use planning and development law. His experience includes appearances before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (formerly the OMB) in matters concerning Growth Plan Conformity, Official Plan and Zoning Amendments, Site Plan Approval and Development Charges. He is also experienced in the negotiation and preparation of development agreements and condominium documents and drafting of municipal regulatory by-laws. Mark articled with Loopstra Nixon LLP and joined th...

Aaron Murray is one of the founding partners of Leone Murray LLP. He handles a wide variety of personal injury and civil litigation cases. Aaron has trial experience in jury and non-jury settings. He has successfully argued numerous Divisional and Superior Court matters. This has included the conduct of long and document intensive jury trials, resulting in successful results for his clients. Aaron handles a full variety of personal injury and civil litigation claims for his clients and he con...

Kathleen Ritchie is a partner in Gowling WLG's Toronto office and serves on the firm’s Board of Trustees. She is the past head of the Toronto office's Business Law Department and past leader of the firm's Corporate Finance, M&A and Private Equity Group. She practises securities and corporate law, and has over 25 years of experience at the firm advising on public and private M&A and corporate finance transactions, as well as securities regulatory and corporate governance matters....

Dianne Jozefacki is a labour and employment lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. She advises employers on a wide range of labour and employment matters, with a particular emphasis on energy sector and school board matters and employment litigation. Dianne appears as counsel on a variety of labour and employment disputes, including wrongful dismissal and defamation claims, grievances and human rights proceedings. She has represented clients in trials, appeals, tribunal hearings and l...

Kristine founded Fern Law in 2023 and brings over 20 years of experience to her practice. She focuses on trusts and estate litigation as well as estate planning and the intersection of these two areas with family law. Kristine delivers effective and creative advice on estate matters, dependant support claims, power of attorney disputes and guardianship applications. In family law matters, Kristine focuses on elderly persons with capacity issues that may require advice and representation. Kris...

Alex has a broad practice in all areas of family law, including high conflict parenting issues and complex financial matters. She is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers with experience in jurisdictional issues and Hague convention cases. Alex is focused on resolutions. She is a strategic litigator, who has successfully represented clients at all levels of court in Ontario. Wherever possible, she strives to resolve family conflicts out of court through negotiation and alter...

David’s practice focuses on municipal, land use planning and environmental law. He provides legal advice to municipalities, developers, businesses and private individuals on a range of matters including land use applications, appeals and agreements under the Planning Act, municipal powers and procedures, expropriations, aggregate extraction proposals, infrastructure projects, environmental issues and construction disputes. As an advocate for his clients, David has appeared before a vari...

Tina Woodside-Shaw is a partner and Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP’s General Counsel, with responsibility for the firm’s legal affairs and risk management, including client relationship management, conflicts, governance and compliance matters. One of Canada's leading corporate and securities lawyers, for more than 35 years Tina has delivered strategic, pragmatic advice to clients on their complex corporate finance, M&A and corporate governance matters. She is known for her strong bu...

Joel Cormier earned his LL.B. from Queen’s University in 2005 and was called to the Ontario bar in 2006. Joel’s areas of expertise include subrogation, insurance defence, construction and personal injury litigation. Joel has considerable experience representing clients at trial and on appeal.

Howard’s practice focuses on estate litigation, in-person and online mediation and arbitration of estates disputes, and all aspects of estate planning and administration. In addition to a busy estate litigation and mediation practice, Howard advises on wills and powers of attorney to middle and high net-worth individuals. Howard is passionate about the law. He has been Adjunct Professor of the Estates and Estate Litigation courses at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto since 1992, and ha...