Continuing Professional DeveloPment event for lawyers from northeastern ontario

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suDbury DistriCt law assoCiation

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11th

7:00pm-10:00pm

Fromage et réseautageFromagerie Elgin

THURSDAY OCTOBER 12th

8:45am-12:00pm

Advocacy Family Law Real Estate

12:00pm-1:15pm

Lunch with the Treasurer of the LSUC

1:30pm-4:45pm

Criminal Law Estates Plaidoirie

6:00pm-12:00am

Dynamic Bar - A Celebration of the Northeastern Ontario BarDynamic Earth

FRIDAY OCTOBER 13th

7:00am-8:30am

Women’s Networking BreakfastLocation to be announced

8:45am-12:00pm

Civil LitigationIndigenous Legal Issues

Practice Transitions

Violence domestique

12:00pm-1:15pm

Lunch with Colleagues

1:30pm-3:45pm

Practice Management Evidence

4:00pm-5:30pm

Young Lawyers’ Mentoring Session

October 11th, 12th & 13th

Holiday Inn, Sudbury

Fees

Before September 23rd: 3 hours session: $140 - 2 hours session: $110After September 23rd: 3 hours session: $160 - 2 hours session: $130

Students articling in Northeastern Ontario can attend sessions free of charge. To register, please contact our coordinator at sudburycolloquium@gmail.com.

social events

Fromage et réseautage Mercredi 11 octobre19h00-22h00

Une soirée conviviale vous attend à la Fromagerie Elgin (5 rue Cedar). Présentée par l’Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario (AJEFO), L’Association du Barreau de l’Ontario (Le Comité des langues officielles), Le Barreau du Haut-Canada, et pratiquO, le Centre de formation professionnelle de la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa. - Gratuit

Lunch with the Treasurer Thursday October 12th Noon-1:15pm

Paul B. Schabas, Law Society Treasurer, will be our guest speaker. Sponsored by Sinclair & Sinclair and Feifel, Broadbent & Gualazzi. - $30

Dynamic Bar Thursday October 12th

6:00pm-midnight

A Celebration of the Northeastern Ontario bar. A fun evening at Dynamic Earth awaits you, with cocktails starting at 6:00pm, dinner at 7:00pm and an after-party with live music starting at 9:30pm. Shuttles will be offered between the Holiday Inn and Dynamic Earth. Cocktails are sponsored by McKellar Structured Settlements. Dinner sponsored by Wallbridge, Wallbridge. After-party sponsored by BICO Risk Management Inc.. - $75

Women’s Networking Breakfast Friday October 13th

7:00am-8:30am

Come join your women colleagues and judges for a light breakfast during this open house. Comments will be made by Justice Gladys Pardu after 7:45am. Although the event is free of charge, registration by October 10th is required. Location to be announched upon registration. Sponsored by Miller Maki LLP. - Free

Lunch with Colleagues Friday October 13th

noon- 1:15pm

A lunch with colleagues will provide the chance to catch up with old and new friends. Sponsored by Orendorff & Associates. - $30

Register at www.colloquiumsudbury.com

Fees & Social Events

advocacy - sponsored by stockwoods llp & 30 Forensic engineeringSubstantive hours: 2hr., 45min. Professionalism hours: 15min.Chaired by: Lisa Belcourt - Ferguson Barristers LLP (Midland)

Best Practices Before Tribunals: Jay Meunier - Girones & Associates (Timmins), Michael Shain - Manitoulin Community Legal Clinic (Little Current), Marni Miller - Zarek Taylor Grossman Hanrahan (Toronto), and Andrew Porter - Lenczner Slaght (Toronto)

Appellate Advocacy: Justice Gladys Pardu - Ontario Court of Appeal (Toronto), Robert Parsons - Office of the Crown Attorney (Timmins), and Joshua Henderson - Zuber & Co. (Toronto)

Expert Witnesses: Justice Gregory Ellies - Superior Court of Justice (North Bay), Dr. Jordi Cisa - Orthopaedic Surgeon (Sudbury), Russell Brownlee - 30 Forensic Engineering (Toronto), Ian Wollach - Collins Barrow (Toronto), Claude Lacroix - Lacroix LawyerslAvocats (Sudbury)

Family lawSubstantive hours: 1hr., 20min. Professionalism hours: 1hr., 40min.Chaired by: Jean Jacques Paquette - Paquette Renzini (Sudbury) & Trevor Kestle - Miller Maki LLP (Sudbury)

Doing Family Law Differently - The Changing Nature of Family and the Resolution of Family Disputes: John-Paul E. Boyd, M.A. LL.B. - Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers Executive Director/Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family (Calgary)

What’s Creeping Into Your Offices: Raymond G. Leclair - Vice-President, Public Affairs - LAWPRO (Toronto)

Counsel, was that comment particularly helpful? Dancing with exclusions and deductions in a settlement conference: A Justice of the Superior Court of Justice and two family lawyers

Advocacy in Judicial Resolution - Reality or Fantasy?: A Justice of the Superior Court of Justice, a justice of the Ontario Court of Justice, and two family lawyers

real estateSubstantive hours: 2hr., 30min. Professionalism hours: 30 min.Chaired by: Bob Yu - Yu Law Office P.C. (Timmins) & Luc Maisonneuve - Maisonneuve & Associates P.C. (Timmins)

Validation & Corrections - Planning Act Errors: Sidney Troister - Torkin Manes LLP (Toronto)

Commercial Title Insurance Endorsements: Wayne Lipton - Stewart Title Guarantee Company (Toronto)

Tax Traps of Interest to Real Estate Lawyers: Rock Lapalme - Collins Barrow (Sudbury)

This organization has been approved as an Accredited Provider of Professionalism Content by the Law Society of Upper Canada

SessionsThursday October 12th

8:45am - noon

SessionsThursday October 12th

1:30pm - 4:45pm

Coffee breaks on Thursday are sponsored by Evans Bragagnolo and Sullivan LLP

criminal lawSubstantive hours: 2hr. Professionalism hours: 1hr.Chaired by: Stephanie Baker & Lindsay Santerre - Office of the Crown Attorney (Sudbury)

Abuse of Process v. Zealous Advocacy: Joseph Groia - Groia & Company, Bencher LSUC (Toronto), Susan Stothart - Office of the Crown Attorney (Sudbury), and David Humphrey - Greenspan, Humphrey and Weinstein (Toronto)

Impaired Update: Justice John P. Condon - Ontario Court of Justice (Sault Ste Marie), Robert Parsons - Office of the Crown Attorney (Timmins), and Michael Venturi - Weaver Simmons LLP (Sudbury)

The Greenspan Top 10: Brian Greenspan - Greenspan, Humphrey and Weinstein (Toronto), and Julianna Greenspan - Greenspan Partners LLP (Toronto)

estatesSubstantive hours: 1hr., 30min. Professionalism hours: 1hr., 30min.Chaired by: Guy Desmarais

Assisted Dying and Directives: Sophie Mageau - Desmarais Keenan LLP (Sudbury)

Litigation Update: Lise Poratto-Mason - Mason Poratto-Mason (Sudbury)

Family Law Update: Jerome Gardner (Sudbury)

Practice Points: Ian Sinclair - Sinclair & Sinclair (Sudbury)

Adventures and Misadventures - the Owls: David Innes - Desmarais Keenan LLP (Sudbury), Mac Sinclair - Sinclair & Sinclair (Sudbury), Richard Pharand (Sudbury), and Ken Alexander (Timmins)

rédaction juridique et plaidoirie - présenté par pratiquo et l’ajeFoHeure sur le droit de fond: 0 h Heures de professionalisme: 3 hAnimée par: Alain Roussy, professeur à la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa et directeur du Centre de formation professionnelle continue pratiquO et Andrée-Anne Martel, directrice générale de l’Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario (AJEFO)

Description de l’atelier : Cet atelier vise à perfectionner les aptitudes de rédaction et de plaidoirie des juristes francophones et francophiles et représente aussi une occasion de réseautage parmi les membres de la communauté juridique d’expression française. Dans le cadre de cet atelier, les participantes et participants effectueront des exercices pratiques de rédaction juridique et de plaidoirie en plénière ainsi qu’en petits groupes de travail divisés selon l’expérience des participantes et des participants. Les exercices pratiques et interactifs se feront entièrement en français.

SessionsFriday October 13th

8:45am - noon

Coffee breaks on Friday are sponsored by Weaver Simmons LLP

civil litigation - sponsored by mckellar structured settlementsSubstantive hours: 2hr. Professionalism hours: 1hr.Chaired by: Justice Lucille Shaw - Superior Court of Justice (Brampton)

Top 10 Civil Cases: Brian DeLorenzi - O’Neill DeLorenzi Mendes (Sault Ste Marie)

Top 5 Issues in Estates Litigation: Melanie Yach - Aird & Berlis LLP (Toronto)

Contingency Fees and Referrals - Where are we now and where are we going?: Roger Chown - Carroll Heyd Chown LLP (Barrie), and Susan Gunter - Dutton Brock LLP (Toronto)

The Future of Civil Jury Trials: Thomas Orendorff - Orendorff & Associates (Sudbury), and Howard Lightle - Weaver Simmons LLP (Sudbury)

Best Practices in Mediation: Kathleen MacDonald - MacDonald Mediation Inc. (Guelph)

How to Handle Multi-Party Mediations: Kathleen MacDonald - MacDonald Mediation Inc. (Guelph), Melanie Yach - Aird & Berlis LLP (Toronto), and Susan Gunter - Dutton Brock LLP (Toronto)

Best Practices for Motions Advocacy: Justice Lucille Shaw - Superior Court of Justice (Brampton)

indigenous legal issuesSubstantive hours: 1hr., 30min. Professionalism hours: 1hr., 30min.Chaired by: Justice Patricia Hennessy - Superior Court of Justice (Sudbury)

Consultation on The Advocates’ Society’s Guide to Indigenous Litigation: Brad Berg - Blakes LLP and Lead on the project (Toronto), and Jocelyn Formsma - Nahwegahbow Corbiere (Rama)

Indigenous Peoples Court for Sudbury Manitoulin: Norman Beauvais - Aboriginal Court Worker N’Swakamok (Sudbury), and Lora Mackie - Wikwemikong Justice Committee (Wikwemikong)

Truth and Reconciliation Commission - What it means for lawyers: Kimberly Murray - Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Indigenous Justice Division (Toronto), and Jocelyn Formsma - Nahwegahbow Corbiere (Rama)

practice transitionsSubstantive hours: 1hr., 30min. Professionalism hours: 1hr., 30min.Chaired by: Lisa Barazzutti - Barazzutti Strybos Barristers & Solicitors (Timmins)

Transitioning a New Lawyer into the Fold: Andre Bacchus - Law Practice Program Ryerson University (Toronto)

Coach and Advisor Network from the LSUC: Stephen Ahad - Counsel, Coach and Advisor Network (Toronto)

Succession Planning for Lawyers: Jonathon Kappy - Hull & Hull (Toronto)

SessionsFriday October 13th

1:30pm - 3:45pm

Visit www.colloquiumsudbury.com to reserve your room at the Holiday Inn

violence domestique - vendredi de 8h45 à midiHeure sur le droit de fond: 1hr., 30min. Heures de professionalisme: 1hr., 30min. Animée par: Paul Mongenais - Perras Mongenais (Kapuskasing), et Louise Huneault - Aide Jurique de l’Ontario (Sudbury)

Enjeux majeurs de la violence domestique: L’honorable Robin Tremblay - Cour supérieur de justice (Cochrane), Julie Boudreau - Centre Passerelle pour femmes du Nord de l’Ontario (Timmins), Gaëtane Pharand - Centre Victoria pour femmes (Sudbury), et Julie Lefebvre - Bureau du procureur général (Sudbury)

Composer avec une personne en crise grave: Répartiteur du 911 (conférencier à confirmer)

Mieux profiter de LAO Law: Elizabeth Ramsden et Geoff Allen - LAO Law

Demeurer sain d’esprit dans un domaine difficile: Conférencier à confirmer

evidenceSubstantive hours: 1hr., 20min. Professionalism hours: 40min.Chaired by: Erin Lainevool - Erin J. Lainevool, Barrister & Solicitor (North Bay)

Hearsay, Privilege, and Other Tentacles of Evidence: Justice Gegory Ellies - Superior Court of Justice (North Bay), Terry Waltenbury - Paquette & Paquette (Val Caron), and Paul Larsh - Office of the Crown Attorney (North Bay)

Evidence Law Update: Erin Lainevool - Erin J. Lainevool, Barrister & Solicitor (North Bay)

practice managementSubstantive hours: 0hr. Professionalism hours: 2hr.Chaired by: Geoffrey Larmer - Larmer Stickland P.C. (North Bay)

Mitigating Personal Financial Risk: Speakers will be speaking from their specific areas about how personal financial risk impacts a lawyer’s personal and professional practice and the tools and strategies that can be used to minimize these risks and forge a more healthy legal practice.

Speakers: Ray Leclair - LawPRO (Toronto), Doron Gold - Homewood Health (Toronto), Lois Warren - Lois Warren & Associates (Richmond Hill), and Stephen Pauwels - BICO Risk Management Inc. (Toronto)

SessionsFriday October 13th

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Save the Date - Colloquium 2018October 11th - 12th, 2018

young lawyers’ mentoring session - sponsored by the advocates’ societySubstantive hours: 0hr. Professionalism hours: 2hr.Chaired by: Meaghan Boisvert - Miller Maki LLP (Sudbury) & James Ross - Orendorff & Associates (Sudbury)

Fireside chat with Justice Lucille Show: Join Justice Lucille Shaw for a chat about the joys and tribula-tions of law practice. Before her appointment to the Superior Court of Justice in May 2017, Justice Shaw practiced law for 24 years in Sudbury, as an associate and then a partner at Miller Maki LLP.

thank you

Colloquium 2017 was made possible with a huge amount of cooperation and hard work from many people and organizations. They deserve recognition and our collective appreciation:

Organizing Commitee: Erin Cullin - Wallbridge, Wallbridge (Chair), Justice Lucille Shaw (Superior Court of Justice - Brampton), Justice Patricia Hennessy (Superior Court of Justice - Sudbury), and Alex Caza (Miller Maki LLP).

Session Chairs: Session chairs begin early in the year putting together a program responsive to the needs of the Northeastern Ontario Bar. A special thank you to Graham Jenner who assisted in the accreditation process and to Stephanie Baker who organized Dynamic Bar: A Celebration of the Northeastern Ontario Bar.

Speakers: We thank our local and “imported” speakers. Their expertise and scholarship are at the core of the event.

Special thanks to our Guest speaker: Paul B. Schabas, Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada

Sponsors: Contributions by firms, companies and organizations listed on the back make it possible to offer this high level program at a reasonable cost. Please recognize them with your patronage.

Noémi C. Paquette provided administrative and logistical support. The support and assistance of the Sudbury District Law Association is also greatly appreciated.

Thank You to Our Sponsors

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Sinclair & Sinclair

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The Cochrane Law Association

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Sudbury District Law Association