Year in Review Snappers - Potpourri of Case Comments

Kim Patenaude graduated from the French Common Law Program of the University of Ottawa. She is fluently bilingual, providing legal services in French and English in the areas of employment law, labour law, and human rights law. Kim provides practical advice and representation to individual clients on issues such as wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, severance packages, employment contracts, long term disability benefit claims, WSIB/Workers’ compensation, discrimination, harassment, and accommodation. Kim has acted in matters before federal and provincial courts, boards, tribunals, and arbitrators on behalf of public and private sector unions, and individual employees.

Kathleen Robichaud is a sole practitioner practicing in Manotick, Ontario. She has a business degree from the University of Ottawa obtained in 1994. She earned her law degree at Queens University, graduating in 1997. She articled at Perley-Robertson Hill & McDougall in Ottawa. She was called to the Ontario bar in 1999 and is a Lawyer member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Shortly after articling, Kathleen moved to Toronto and practiced there until returning to the Ottawa area and settling in Manotick in July of 2010. She has worked primarily as a sole practitioner throughout her years of practice. Kathleen is a member of the County of Carleton Law Association. She is co-chair of the organizing Committee for the East Region Solicitors Conference. She is also Past-Chair of the Sole, Small and General Practice Section of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) and Past-Chair of the Pro Bono Sub Committee of the OBA. She is the Vice-Chair for the for the Solo, Small Firm and General Practice forum of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) and an East Region Representative of Council for the OBA. Kathleen has been a member of the Discipline Committee of the Professional Engineers of Ontario since 2013 and presides over professional conduct hearings as part of panel of adjudicators. Kathleen’s practice includes Corporate Law, Real Estate including development work and Wills and Estates.

Gurvir and his co-counsel Anders Hoenisch received Best Factum honours in the 2017 Nelligan O’Brien Payne Moot Court Competition at the University of Ottawa. Raised in Vancouver, Gurvir worked in student affairs prior to starting his JD in September 2017. The Nelligan Moot and first year of law school have nurtured his interest in legal research and the areas of commercial and public law. Gurvir is currently in training at a community legal clinic in Vancouver and unfortunately could not attend the conference this year. He thanks the CCLA and its members for the invitation and their support of the JD program at the University of Ottawa.