Lawyer Profile

Biography

For the past 25 years, Catherine has practised in civil litigation and more particularly, in the areas of construction law, commercial litigation, employment, and equine law. She is founding partner of True Law legal services and a leading practitioner in construction and equine legal fields. She participates on a number of boards as well as lectures extensively and publishes on a variety of legal issues. Prior to founding True Law, Catherine was counsel at GSNH LLP and before that, Willson Lewis LLP, a boutique civil litigation firm in the Liberty Village. Civil Litigation Catherine was an executive member of the Civil Litigation Section of the Ontario Bar Association for many years where she tackled issues important to justice and organized and participated in many educational conferences. She is also a member of the Advocates’ Society and publishes and writes on issues of civil litigation. She was a legal expert for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business providing advice through the internet member service “Ask the Experts”. Construction Law As an active member of the Toronto Construction Association (“TCA”), she founded and organized the “Lunch Time Sizzler” seminar series providing educational seminars to industry members. She is a member of the Board and past Chair of the Environmental Committee. Catherine publishes articles in the Construction Law Reports and other national publications on issues relevant to construction law. She is recognized as a leading practitioner in Ontario working with owners, developers, project managers, general contractors, sub contractors and architects in both large and small projects. Employment Law Catherine was a longstanding board member of the Executive Advancement Resource Network (“EARN”), an employment resource network for mid to senior level business managers in career transition. She has spoken at the Survivability Conference for Mature Workers in Toronto on employment issues and was a regular speaker at the Cannexus National Career Development Conference in Ottawa. Catherine has also lectured extensively and published for national and other publications on issues of employment law. She is a regular contributor to the Coaching Association of Canada communications on issues of employment law. Her clients consist of large and small businesses, and individuals going through career transitions. Catherine’s services include, but are not limited to: employment contracts and consulting agreements wrongful dismissal conflicts in the workplace termination packages work place assessments (Bill 168) Equine Law Catherine recently published the first Canadian book on equine law entitled Canadian Equine Law available at Self-Counsel Press and on Amazon. In addition to the book, there are downloadable industry forms for purchase such as boarding agreements, bills of sale, breeding agreements, waivers, etc. Catherine is an industry member of the Ontario Equestrian Federation. She was the legal representative for the Horse Racing Alliance of Canada, a national lobby group fighting for tax reform. Her work has been published through the horse racing industry and highlighted in newspaper articles. She is an Honorary Governor of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (“RAWF”), Chair of the Risk Management Committee and a former member of the Finance Committee of the RAWF. Catherine publishes extensively in HorseSport Magazine on issues of equine law She has given conferences across Canada on equine law for Equine Canada, the Ontario Equestrian Federation, the American Association for Justice and the Jockey Club of Canada. Her clients come from many horse related industries including sport horses, thoroughbred and standard bred racing, breeding, and other horse related businesses and activities. She advises on contracts, syndicates, litigation, disputes, and tax issues related to horses.