The firm is proud to announce that Marcia Oliver has been awarded the Joel Kuchar Award for Professionalism and Civility. This annual award is given to two lawyers chosen by members of the legal profession, who have “consistently demonstrated exemplary commitment to the ideals of professionalism and civility in the practice of law.” We at the firm always recognized those qualities in our partner, but it is gratifying when that recognition of Marcia’s outstanding character comes from our peers at the Ontario Bar Association. The formal presentation of the awards to Marcia and the other recipient lawyer Lee Akazaki will take place next week at the OBA’s Annual Awards Gala in Toronto.

Congratulations Marcia – We’re proud of you!

Marcia Oliver recently co-chaired the Ontario Bar Association’s Institute 2018 which ran in Toronto during the week of February 6th. There were over 30 Continuing Professional Development programs being run concurrently through the week for lawyers to learn and sharpen their skills. At the firm we are proud of Marcia’s commitment to supporting our community of fellow lawyers through her participation in this important educational institute.

Marcia was also be a guest speaker in the Construction & Infrastructure Section – “Advanced Issues for Handling Construction Claims”. This is an area where, by experience she has become a subject matter expert, handling construction claims for large general contractors. Her particular topic during this Section of the Institute was “Non-Lien Construction Project Payment Remedies”.

On October 6, 2016, Angelo D’Ascanio will be co-chairing, and Kyle MacLean will be be speaking at, a joint Ontario Bar Association and Middlesex Law Association continuing professional development program titled “What’s Trending in Commercial Litigation?”.  Kyle will be reviewing potential changes to the Construction Lien Act as a result of Ontario’s recently published expert review report.

For more details see the program agenda on the Middlesex Law Association’s website.