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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

* Provide legal and strategic advice to the Board of Directors, CEO and senior staff.* Manage team of in-house lawyers in order to produce timely and high quality legal advice.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

* Participated in FINTRAC’s first ever private sector interchange.* Provided strategic insight and advice to FINTRAC on the Canadian real estate sector.* Research and developed innovative tools for improving compliance in the real estate with respect to Canada’s anti-money laundering legislation.

200 Catherine Street, Ottawa, On

* Manage and provide litigation support, when necessary, to external counsel.* Review, negotiate and draft all contracts for CREA including, but not limited to, technology contracts and licensing agreements relating to REALTOR.ca, one of Canada’s most popular real estate websites.* Advise CEO and General Counsel on corporate issues relating to the governance and operation of CREA as a federal not-for-profit corporation.* Advise CREA staff on issues pertaining to the development of new technology products.* Provide opinions to Real Estate Boards and Associations across Canada on issues pertaining to federal legislation, including: the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, Canada’s Anti-Spam law, the National Do-Not-Call List, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

Ottawa

* Advised DND/CF on military Air and Space matters.* Advised the Surgeon General and other members of the Canadian Forces Health Services on a variety of legal issues, with a focus on Health, Administrative, Constitutional, and Access to Information and Privacy Law.* Reviewed, negotiated and drafted domestic and international binding and non-legally binding agreements and arrangements on behalf of DND/CF.* Taught medico-legal concepts to nurses, physician assistants, physicians and other health care practitioners in the Canadian Forces Health Services.

* Provided strategic advice on key files and issues to the Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Fair Business Practices Branch.* Reviewed the content and style of all documents (e.g. legal, public relations, human resource-related, etc.) requiring sign-off by the Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Fair Business Practices Branch.* Assisted in the day-to-day operation of the Fair Business Practices Branch, helping to oversee 120 full-time employees across Canada.

* Researched and analyzed legal and non-legal issues in support of numerous Bills proposing amendments to the Competition Act (For example, during the 2nd session 40th Parliament: Bill C-10, Bill C-27, Bill C-46).* Prepared supporting documentation for proposed amendments to the Competition Act including: MCs; clause-by-clause documents; international benchmarking; speeches for the Minister of Industry; background rationale documents; question and answer documents; stakeholder charts and analysis; Treasury Board submissions.* Liaised with other Government partners on a regular basis to ensure Bureau’s interests were taken into account.

Ottawa, Canada Area

* Analysed counsels' submissions for strengths, weaknesses and omissions.* Researched and drafted bench memorandums on a variety of legal topics including: Immigration Law, Intellectual Property, Constitutional Law, Federal Civil Procedure and Administrative Law.* Edited Judgments for style, content, grammar and punctuation.

Suite 1420, 99 Bank Street, Ottawa, On

* Researched law and drafted memorandums, opinions, and facta for Partners and Associates on variety of legal topics including: Employment Law, Public Law, International and Trade Law, and Intellectual Property. * Drafted notices of motion, motion records, affidavits, letters of service, and settlement conference briefs as required by the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure.* Coordinated time to efficiently handle and finish work assignments from multiple principals while independently managing multiple small claims files.

Ll.B, Laws

Graduated with Distinction

B.S.C., Computer Science

Graduated with Highest Honours Minor in Economics