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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.Joseph Obagi is a partner with the Ottawa law firm of Connolly Obagi LLP, which he founded together with Thomas P. Connolly in 2008 with the purpose of focusing their respective practices on personal injury law, medical malpractice and disability law. Joseph is a graduate of York University's Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1995. In 2006, he was certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Civil Litigation. He practices primarily in the Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal for Ontario, although he has also acted as lead counsel in arbitration and administrative proceedings. Joseph's outstanding contribution as a litigator earned him the Regional Senior Justice Award in 2004, an award sponsored and presented by the County of Carleton Law Association. He was the award's inaugural recipient. Joseph has been a guest lecturer at numerous CLE conferences, including those hosted by the National Judicial Institute, the Law Society of Ontario, the Advocates’ Society and the Ontario Trial Lawyers’ Association. He was also a guest lecturer for the Law Society's Special Lectures Series on Personal Injury Law. In 2017, Joseph was awarded the Jerusalem Cross by the Roman Catholic Greek-Melchite Bishop in Canada.
Justice Robert Smith graduated from Queen’s University in 1977, called to the Bar in 1979 and appointed to the Superior Court in Ottawa in 2002. He co-authored the Costs Compendium Update for the East Region of Ontario published in 2010 and 2012, has written many costs decisions and spoken on Costs at the County of Carleton Law Association Montebello Conference and This Hour Has 22 Judges. He is designated as one of the Class Action Judges for the East Region and member of the Commercial Panel. He was successful counsel on a lengthy class action during the 10 years before appointment, which included a 16-month trial, over 30 defendants and appeals. He practiced in areas of commercial law, civil litigation and some family and criminal law in previous years and was elected to the executive of both the County and District Law President’s Association and the Ontario Bar Association for many years, as well as involvement with other legal and charitable organizations.
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