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News
12/14/2007 We are pleased to announce that several members of our firm have been chosen directly by our peers to be published in the 2008 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as leading practitioners.

Congratulations to the following lawyers:
2/11/2008 Linda Rothstein Receives "Award of Distinction" From The Toronto Lawyers Association

The Toronto Lawyers Association has announced that Linda will be a recipient of its Award of Distinction. The Award recognizes and celebrates her outstanding advocacy, her commitment to social justice issues, her contribution to both the legal profession and the broader community and the mentoring of young lawyers. To her many friends and colleagues, Linda is a role model for women advocates who must juggle the pressure of family and professional obligations.

We are enormously proud of Linda’s accomplishments and are pleased that the Toronto Lawyers Association has recognized her many accomplishments and bestowed this honour upon her.

We extend our congratulations to the Honourable Peter Cory who is also a recipient of this prestigious award.
6/6/2008 Linda Rothstein featured in Canadian Lawyer magazine: View the article.



 
2/4/2009 Margaret Waddell will be speaking at The Advocates' Society Skills Certificate Program on Discovery Techniques on Feb 4, 2009

2/27/2009 Chris Paliare has been admitted as a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a London England based organization. He is now available to do International arbitrations.
3/17/2009 Andrew Lokan has been named one of LawDay's top 12 leading lawyers in Canada in the practice area of Charter and Consitutional Law for the 2009. Please click here to view the listing.
6/10/2009 Rob Centa was a co-director of Civil Advocacy Before Trial: Essentials for New Litigators, two-day intensive seminar offered by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Summer Institute for Executive Education, provides new lawyers in their first five years of practice with essential substantive and strategic advice on how to be better advocates. Linda Rothstein, Richard Stephenson, and Gordon Capern also participated in the seminar.
9/18/2009 At the Supreme Court of Canada, Richard Stephenson, Danny Kastner and Jodi Martin successfully represented the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), acting in support of the Consumers Association of Canada and the National Anti-Poverty Organization in Bell Canada v. Bell Aliant Regional Communications. The court agreed with PIAC's position that telecommunications service providers had overcharged telephone customers in the amount of approximately $300 million. The court ordered the amount rebated to customers.
10/20/2009 Don Eady will be speaking on "Improving the Adjudication of Labour Board Disputes" at Lancaster House's Canadian Labour Law Conference on Tuesday October 20, 2009
11/4/2009 Don Eady will be speaking as part of a "Round Table with the Pros" on Applications for Certification at the OBA's "Labour Law 101: Hot Issues and Practical Guidance in Today's Labour Law Environment" on Wednesday November 4, 2009.
12/2/2009 Chris Paliare was listed in the Lexpert 2009 Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada. Chris was recognized in the fields of Corporate Commercial, Class Action & Securities Litigation.



Rob Centa was listed among the Canadian Litigation Lawyers to Watch in the Lexpert 2009 Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada.
2/24/2010

Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP has been listed as one of the top Dispute Resolution firms in Ontario by the Chambers Global Guide 2010. Since 1990, Chambers has published the world’s leading guides to the legal profession and has built a reputation for in-depth, objective research.



The guide describes our firm as having “an especially tight focus on administrative and public law, but also excels in areas ranging from corporate disputes and general commercial cases to class actions and labour.”   The guide describes the lawyers at Paliare Roland as "superb, organised, intelligent, and enormously efficient." 



Clients quoted in the guide say of our lawyers that Chris Paliare is “a fearless litigator [that] is willing to fight if he needs to, but also able to get good results in a non-litigious manner." Linda Rothstein is "a well-rounded litigator and a rising star" that has handled a number of tough, high-profile cases and "deserves every ounce of reputation she has." Robert Centa is a younger lawyer who is already seen as "a next generation superstar who will be a leader."

3/9/2010 Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein is proud to be chosen as one of the top 10 boutique litigation firms by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. We were recognized for our work on major insolvencies such as Nortel Networks, Stelco and Air Canada as well our counsel in the Goudge Inquiry, the Toronto Computer Leasing Inquiry and the Walkerton Inquiry.



To read the article, please click here.

Events
2/11/2010 Megan Shortreed will be speaking at the Advocates' Society Toronto Court House Series on "Tackling the Tough Case: The Critical Motion: Adding a Key Party After Expiry of the Limitation Period"
2/16/2010 Nini Jones will be speaking at the OBA's Institute 2010 Labour and Employment Law program being held on Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Nini will be discussing major decisions of interest in labour and employment law, on a panel entitled "Major Caselaw Developments in 2009".
2/23/2010 Megan Shortreed will be speaking at the Advocates' Society program "Preparing Winning Court Documents", on the topic of Preparing Effective Pleadings.
2/23/2010 Chris Paliare will be a speaker at the Law Society of Upper Canada's Six-Minute Administrative Lawyer conference on “Asking the Fundamental Question: Does the Decision-Maker Have Jurisdiction to Grant My Wish?” taking place on February 23, 2010 in Toronto.
3/1/2010 Nini Jones will again be co-chairing the PAO Police Employment in 2010, a two-day conference focussed on all aspects of police employment and labour relations, held on March 1 and 2, 2010 in Toronto.
3/4/2010 Megan Shortreed will be a skills instructor at the Advocates' Society civil litigation workshop "Cross-examination: Winning Techniques Used by Skilled Cross-examiners".
3/12/2010 Margaret Waddell will be a speaker at the OBA Seminar "Your First Civil Trial", being held on Friday, March 12, 2010, speaking on Use of Discovery Transcripts at Trial and Handling Objections.
3/27/2010 Megan Shortreed will be a coach at the Advocates' Society civil litigation skills certificate program "Do a Trial!".
4/8/2010 Margaret Waddell will be speaking on the topic of Trial Preparation - the 90 day checklist at The Advocates Society Program "Trial from A to Z" on April 8, 2010.
4/28/2010 On April 28, 2010, Rob Centa will co-chair "Pre-Trial Motions for Counsel New to Civil Litigation", a continuing legal education seminar put on by the Law Society of Upper Canada. Megan Shortreed will be speaking on drafting effective motion materials.
4/28/2010 Megan Shortreed will be a presenter at the Law Society's CLE program "Pre-Trial Motions For Counsel New to Civil Litigation", on the topic of Drafting Effective Materials.
4/29/2010 Margaret Waddell will be a panellist at the Osgoode Class Action Symposium speaking on the topic of "The Top 10 Canadian Class Actions Decisions of the Past Year."