Marc McLaren-Caux

Pamela is a tax partner who focuses her practice on taxation, estate and trust planning, tax dispute resolution and voluntary disclosures of unpaid taxes. She regularly advises individuals and family enterprises on estate planning, including complex situations involving multi-jurisdictional assets or beneficiaries, philanthropy and gift planning. Pamela also advises both Canadian and international clients on taxation issues relating to establishing and operating business and investment struct...

Bruce Sevigny is a recognized leader in the Ontario labour and employment law field, having practised exclusively in this area for more than twenty-five years. Bruce regularly advises both employer and employee clients on a wide range of labour and employment law issues, including wrongful dismissal litigation, employment contract issues, federal and provincial labour board proceedings (including union certification and decertification applications), human rights complaints, labour arbitratio...

Howard is widely recognized as a leading appellate lawyer, known for his precise and creative advocacy. With over 20 years of experience, Howard is a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law and a partner at AGP LLP in Ottawa. His practice is devoted to criminal appeals and complex trials, and he has argued more than 150 appeals, including seven appearances before the Supreme Court of Canada. At the trial level, he has successfully defended clients charged with murder, large-scale drug traffickin...

Alice Weatherston is an associate lawyer at Nelligan Law, and a member of our Family Law practice group. Alice regularly represents her clients in court at conferences, motions and trials. She also represents her clients, or helps them prepare themselves, to attend out of court dispute resolution processes such as mediation or arbitration. Alice also enjoys drafting or providing legal advice to people entering into marriage contracts or cohabitation agreements and is particularly interested i...

Stéphane Caron is a partner in the firm's Ottawa office, practising in the intellectual property law department with an emphasis on copyright, trademarks and intellectual property litigation. Stéphane has extensive experience advising in contentious and non-contentious matters involving the management, protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in Canada and internationally. He represents clients before the Federal Court of Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of J...

David is currently focusing his practice on mediating and investigating employment, workplace and sports disputes, areas of law in which he has significant experience. In the past, David has provided advice and representation to both employers and employees with respect to workplace issues of all kinds, including employment litigation, employment standards complaints, human rights proceedings, and occupational health and safety matters. He has also assisted employers in developing and impleme...

Michael is a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law and a partner at Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP . Michael’s laid-back charm disarms the toughest witnesses and has an irresistible effect on judges and juries alike. Michael has developed a broad-ranging criminal litigation practice, and has appeared before all levels of court. He has defended cases ranging from simple assaults to large drug projects, to complex murders, and has had particular success before juries. Michael has bee...

Barbara’s practice includes all areas of real estate law and estate planning and administration. She has experience in executing complex real estate, development and commercially driven projects. She also provided advice to a wide variety of institutions in the financial services sector, as well as municipalities, in real estate and financing transactions. In addition, Barbara has been involved in public-private partnership projects working together with teams of lenders, developers, mu...

Lynn practises in all aspects of labour and employment and human rights law, on behalf of management. After graduating from the University of Toronto Law School (JD, 1975), he practised for 11 years with a national law firm, before co-founding Emond Harnden in 1987. His practice encompasses the representation of both public and private sector clients with a focus on education, healthcare and technology. Lynn has managed a number of landmark cases in the areas of employee absenteeism, employee...

Ian C. Vallance is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Ian C., who practices law in Ottawa, Ontario, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ian C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.