Practice Areas - Trial and Appellate Practice
- Business Litigation
- Complex Litigation
- Employment Litigation
- Arbitration
- Mediation
- International Dispute Resolution
- Professional Malpractice
- Libel, Slander and Defamation
| - Debtor and Creditor
- Marital Property Law
- General Business Law
- Business Enterprises Law
- Banking
- Finance
- Commercial Leasing
- Trusts and Estates
- Employment Law
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| University | Bradley University, B.A., 1968 |
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| Law School | University of Western Ontario, LL.B., 1971 |
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| Admitted | 1973, Ontario; 1985, designated Queen's Counsel |
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| Memberships | Law Society of Upper Canada; Canadian Bar Association-Ontario (President, 1994-1995); Canadian Bar Association; American Bar Association; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Advocates Society (Harvard Mediation Workshop, 1997); Arbitration Panels of ADR Chambers International; ADR Institute of Ontario Inc.; Better Business Bureau; Association des jurists d'expression française de l'Ontario. |
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| Special Agencies | Canadian Jewish Congress (Hon. Legal Counsel, Ontario Region); United Jewish Appeal of Toronto. |
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| Languages | French, Romanian, Hebrew, German and Yiddish |
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| Born | Romania |
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| Biography | Recipient, Law Society's Bicentennial Award of Merit, 1997. Senior Toronto litigation counsel who has represented corporate and individual clients at trials, appeals, complex hearings in courts and tribunals, 1973—. Author of more than 100 legal articles and annotations including "Shareholders Remedies in Canada"; "Winning Business Appeals and the Concept of Commercial Reasonableness, 2007"; "Toward A Global Village Approach in the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments," Natl. L.J. 1994; "Providing Just Cause as Employer's Counsel"; "Drafting Pleadings with Mediation in Mind"; "The five Most Significant Decisions of the Courts in 2004-2005"; "Cross-examining the Forensic Accountant." (some of which are online at www.ellynlaw.com). Chair and Speaker at many CLE programs. Chair, International conference of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, Toronto, August 2000. Instructor, Bar Admission Course and Advocacy Coach. Chartered Arbitrator and Mediator. (Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Civil Litigation)
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| ISLN | 907607609 |
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Canadian Litigants Battle over Scope of Arbitration Clauses Seeking Juridical AdvantagesIgor Ellyn, May 16, 2012, previously published by The Lawyers Weekly (It is an adaptation of an article published in this Canadian legal newspaper in April 2009 ) on April 2009 In Canadian courts, arbitration agreements are broadly interpreted and if a dispute could arguably fall within the scope of an arbitration clause, the court should refer the parties to arbitration. At the very least, the court should permit the arbitrator to determine whether the claim falls...
Developments in the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Canada - 2009Igor Ellyn,Evelyn Perez Youssoufian, May 16, 2012, previously published by Juris Publishing, Huntington, NY (This article is adapted from the Canada chapter of Enforcement of Money Judgments, which was written by the authors in collaboration with J-P Sheppard, J. Hansen and J. Feingold (Quebec only).) on Ontario 2009 Courts in Ontario, Canada, where more than one-third of Canada’s population resides, are very receptive to the enforcement of final and conclusive foreign money judgments is subject to certain statutory exceptions and procedural requirements. Since the 1990s, Canadian courts have recognized...
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