Waivers of liability for high-risk activities / The new “neighbour principles”

After graduating from law school in 1994, Robert was called to the bar of Ontario in 1996. In October 1996, Robert joined the law firm of Merovitz Potechin LLP and was made a partner in September 2005. Robert’s primary areas of practice are bankruptcy and insolvency and collection where he has represented numerous financial institutions, creditors, trustees in bankruptcy and debtors. Robert has written and co-written several articles on insolvency law for use in legal seminars and has spoken at various insolvency seminars. Robert is also very actively involved in the community. At the age of 32, Robert became the youngest president of the Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association of Ottawa (CIBPA). As president of CIBPA, Robert presided over the creation of the CIBPA Ottawa Scholarship Program. In addition to being a member of CIBPA, Robert was an executive member of the Ontario Bar Association Young Lawyers’ Division (the YLD) and was on the executive of the OBA’s Insolvency section. In his role as an executive on the YLD, Robert was responsible for spearheading the development of the YLD’s racial tolerance mock trial program for grade 6 students in Ottawa. From 2004 to 2008, Robert was on the Board of Directors for Villa Marconi Long Term Care Centre. He last served as its Vice President. Robert is currently on the Board of Directors of the Children’s Aid Foundation of Ottawa and he is also actively involved in his children’s lives, coaching them in both hockey and soccer for the past several years.