Halifax associate Michelle Chai has written an article for the July 2015 issue of Touchstones, the Canadian Bar Association’s Equality Committee newsletter, titled, Putting the new generation of lawyers under the magnifying glass. Within this piece, Michelle discusses…

Halifax partner Scott Campbell joins approximately 2,500 other corporate and insurance defense lawyers as a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (“IADC”). As noted on the IADC website, “IADC membership is comprised of the world’s leading corporate…

In the July 2015 edition of Canadian Lawyer, Halifax partner Richard Niedermayer, TEP, is featured in donalee Moulton’s piece, All in the family. This article outlines some ways that lawyers can ensure the family members of their…

Maurice Chiasson, QC, has been invited to become a member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada (“IIC”). This organization aims to promote excellence and thought leadership within the areas of commercial insolvency and restructuring policy and practice…

For the second year in a row, Charlottetown partner Tracey Clements, QC, is listed as one of Benchmark Litigation‘s Top 25 Women in Litigation in Canada. Tracey is one of only two Atlantic Canadian lawyers to be recognized…

Originally published on the HR Law blog, BCCA clarifies McKinley: “contextual approach” and prior discipline, by partner Lisa Gallivan and associate Alison Strachan, has and will be reproduced in a variety of LexisNexis Canada Inc. publications, including The Ultimate HR…

Saint John partner, James LeMesurier, QC, was interviewed for the Telegraph-Journal article, Outside workers’ 14.5 per cent raise likely sets bar for other city union negotiations: councilor. Within this article, James discusses how the increase in outside…

Paul Harquail, ACIArb, has been elected Eastern vice-president of the Canadian Maritime Law Association (“CMLA”) board of directors, as well as the chair of its Federal Court Act and Rules Committee. Paul has been involved with the…

The 2015 Canadian Legal Lexpert™ Directory lists 75 Stewart McKelvey lawyers who have been recognized by their peers as being leading practitioners in their fields. Lexpert™ conducts an annual peer review survey to determine its national listing,…

Halifax partner Level Chan will speak at the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists Halifax chapter networking and pension education session, Monday, June 22. Level will begin his presentation at 8:20 a.m. and will review the new…