ABS town hall brings out the skeptics

I have a blog post on the Canadian Lawyer website wherein I recap a town hall meeting that took place here in Ottawa last night over the controversial Alternative Business Structures proposals that the Law Society of Upper Canada is currently contemplating. It was interesting to learn about the topic of ABS and why it's so controversial, and it was an interesting discussion to follow and then distil into a mere 500 words.

An abiding belief in the system

I have a profile piece in the October issue of Canadian Lawyer magazine, my first piece for said publication, and I profiled Senator Mike Duffy's criminal defence lawyer, Donald Bayne, as part of their monthly "Cross Examined" feature. It was a fun and interesting piece to write, and I had great interviews with Bayne and his associates. The only regret was that I wasn't able to get a quote from former premier Dalton McGuinty, who had articled under Bayne. It almost happened, but the timing didn't end up working out until it was too late.