Paul LeVay Personal: Born: Languages: Kapuskasing, Ontario, April 10, 1961, Married, 2 children French and English (written and spoken) Professional Experience: 1991 - Present Partner, Stockwoods LLP (2008-present: Managing Partner) Advocacy before various Courts and tribunals in the areas of corporate and commercial law, securities law, professional negligence and discipline cases and employment law matters. 1990-1991 Associate lawyer, Stockwood, Blair, Spies & Ashby 1988-1989 Associate lawyer, Miller, Thomson Commercial and Administrative Litigation 1988 Called to the Ontario Bar 1985-1986 Articling Student, Miller Thomson Sedgwick Lewis & Healy Education: 1995 Certificate, Harvard Mediation Workshop 1988 Diplôme d études approfondies (international law) Université Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, France 1987-1988 Bar Admission Course, Law Society of Upper Canada 1985 LL.B. Osgoode Hall Law School 1980-1982 Completed two years of B.A. program in international relations at the University of Toronto Awards and Professional Distinctions: 1996 Certified as Specialist in Civil Litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada 1985 Rowell prize in International Law, Osgoode Hall Law School
2 2009 Lexpert/AmLaw Leading 500 lawyers in Canada Commercial Litigation 2010 present Lexpert/AmLaw Leading 500 lawyers in Canada Commercial Litigation and Securities Litigation Professional Associations and Activities: Managing Editor, The Advocates Society Journal (1995-2005) Contributing Editor, Corporate Litigation, a Federated Press publication Contributing Editor, Toronto Law Journal Director, The Advocates Society (2009-present) Co-Chair, The Advocates Society Securities Litigation Practice Group Director and Vice-President, Association des juristes d'expression française de l'ontario (2008- present) Co-Chair, Bench and Bar Committee appointed by Attorney-General of Ontario to make recommendations with respect to certain issues regarding French language rights before Ontario Courts (2009-present) Member, Ontario Court (General Division), Commercial List Users Committee (1999-2002) Instructor in Advocacy Queens University Law School and The Advocates Society Member, The Advocates Society, Canadian Bar Association, Toronto Lawyers Association, Association des juristes d expression française de l Ontario Publications and Speaking Engagements: Speaker, Ontario Ministry of Health Worskshop for Persons appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council pursuant to the Regulated Health Professions Act, February 24, 1995 All or Nothing? Applying Contributory Negligence Principles to Breach of Contract, The Advocates Society Journal, Vol. 14, No. 3, Winter 1995 Speaker, An Unintimidating Look at the Commercial List, CBAO, Continuing Legal Education, May 1, 1996 Drafting Effective Standstill Agreements, Commercial Litigation, a Federated Press publication, Vol. III, No. 3 (1996) Drafting to Encourage the Making and Acceptance of Reasonable Offers (with Jinwon Kim), Commercial Litigation, a Federated Press publication, Vol. IV, No. 1 (1997) - 2 -
3 Co-Chair The Commercial List: Knowing The Court And How To Use It, CBAO, Continuing Legal Education, September 16, 1997 Speaker, Protecting the Confidentiality of Business Information A Canadian Perspective for Senior Management Conference, Federated Press, October 27, 1998 Speaker, (with Michelle Fuerst) Getting the Client at Surviving and Thriving: The Inside Scoop, CBAO Young Lawyers Division Conference, November 14, 1998. Co-Chair Employment Terminations Best Practices, an annual Federated Press conference, 1998, 1999, and 2000 Speaker, Misappropriation of Personality, CBAO Annual Injunction Conference, Continuing Legal Education, June 14, 1999 Speaker, What is an Abuse of Process in a Civil Case and What Can You Do About It, Law Society of Upper Canada First Annual Civil Litigation Forum, November 16, 2000 Directors and Officers Personal Liability Revisited, Corporate Litigation, a Federated Press publication, Volume IV, number 2, 2000 Speaker, Duty to Warn Clients about Compliance Investigations, Rogue Brokers: Current Issues in Liability for Investment Fraud and Malpractice, Canadian Bar Association, May 29, 2002 Speaker, Liability of Directors and Officers in Connection with Public Offerings, New Developments in Directors and Officers Liability, Law Society of Upper Canada, December 3, 2002 Speaker, Discrediting your Witness, Advocates Society Courthouse Series, February 13, 2003 Speaker, Litige Civil (Civil Litigation), 24 th annual convention of the Association des juristes d expression française de l Ontario, June 20, 2003 Directors Liability to Creditors Limited: Case Comment on Peoples Department Stores, Corporate Litigation, Volume VI, number 3, 2003 Speaker (with Johanna Superina, OSC Enforcement Counsel), The Ontario Securities Commission Hearing Process, Advanced Securities Litigation, Osgoode Professional Development Program, September 26, 2003 Speaker (with Kelly McKinnon, OSC and Alex Popovic, IDA), Current Developments in Securities Law, Regulation and Enforcement, Corporate Crime and Accountability in Canada 2003, Osgoode Professional Development Program, December 5, 2003 Speaker, Civil Rules of Practice Update Panel, Symposium 2004: Legal Developments and 25 th Anniversary Celebration of French Laws in Ontario, Law Society of Upper Canada, March 26, 2004-3 -
4 Speaker Dealing with the Ontario Securities Commission During the Investigative Process, Dealing with the OSC in Enforcement Proceedings, Osgoode Professional Development Program, February 16, 2005 Speaker Enforcement of Settlements, Negotiating, Drafting and Enforcing Settlements, Law Society of Upper Canada, Continuing Legal Education, March 7, 2005 Speaker Conducting the Internal Investigation, Regulatory Investigations, Effectively Managing Your Client s Exposure, Osgoode Professional Development Program, June 13, 2005 Modérateur Droits des Affaires Effets de la mondialisation 26e congrès annuel de l Association des juristes d expression française de l Ontario, Paris, France, 1 juillet, 2005 Speaker, The Five Most Noteworthy Health Disciplines Appellate Decisions in 2005 Ontario Bar Association Annual Institute of Continuing Legal Education: Lawyers in Health Care: An Adminstrative Law Update, January 23, 2006 Speaker La rationalisation du systeme de justice civile 27 e congres annuel de l Association des juristes d expression francaise de l Ontario, Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville Ontario, June 23, 2006 Speaker (with Brian Greenspan, paper co-authored with Owen Rees) «The New Criminal Implications of Insider Trading» at Crime and the Corporation, Osgoode Professional Development Program, September 30, 2006 Speaker Special Issues in Examination in Chief Effective Examination in Chief, Advocates Society, February 14, 2007 Speaker Special Issues and Exhibits Evidence for Litigators, Advocates Society, January 30, 2008 Speaker The Oppression Remedy A Complicated Application Made Simple Ontario Bar Association Annual Institute of Continuing Legal Education: Current Issues in Civil Litigation: Keys to Victory, February 4, 2008 Speaker Client/Advisor Disputes Guidance from the Courts Investment Management Consultants Association 2008 Canadian Consultants Conference, June 5, 2008 Speaker Anton Piller Orders and Norwich Pharmacal Orders The Urgent Hearing, Law Society of Upper Canada, October 7, 2008 Speaker and co-author, Effectively Challenging the Conduct of the Investigation Prosecuting and Defending Professional Discipline Cases, Osgoode Professional Development Program, December 9, 2008 Speaker Client/Advisor Disputes Guidance from the Courts and Regulators Investment Management Consultants Association 2009 Canadian Consultants Conference, June 1, 2009-4 -
5 Speaker Case Analysis at Civil Advocacy before Trial: Essentials for New Litigators, Summer Institute for Executive Legal Education, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, June 11, 2009 Speaker Protecting/Pursuing the Assets of Owner-Managers and Closely Held Companies at Setting Up/Knocking Down Asset Protection Structures, Osgoode Professional Development Program, June 16, 2009 Speaker and co-author, The Paper Chase: Documentary Requests and Production Prosecuting and Defending Professional Discipline Cases, Osgoode Professional Development Program, December 3, 2009 Speaker Advocacy during the Investigation at The Real Battleground in Securities Litigation: Advocacy Outside the Hearing Room, The Advocates Society, April 22, 2010 Speaker Case Analysis at Civil Advocacy before Trial: Essentials for New Litigators, Summer Institute for Executive Legal Education, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, June 17, 2010 Modérateur Droit de la sécurité nationale 31e congrès annuel de l Association des juristes d expression française de l Ontario, Strasbourg, France, 3 juillet, 2010 Speaker Understanding Your Client s Position at Powerful Pleadings, The Law Society of Upper Canada, November 29, 2010 Speaker Cross-examinations: Strategies for Success, The Advocates Society, January 27, 2011 Speaker and co-author, Documentary Requests and Production Prosecuting and Defending Professional Discipline Cases, Osgoode Professional Development Program, February 16, 2011 Speaker, Contentieux civil -1) Comité consultatif de la magistrature et du barreau sur les services en français; et 2) Mis à jour en droit administratif 32 e congrès annuel de l Association des juristes d expression française de l Ontario, Ottawa, 24 juin, 2011 Speaker, The Twelve-Minute Civil Litigator 2011, Effect of Regulatory Settlements on Civil Liability What you need to know before you settle, Law Society of Upper Canada, September 22 and December 2, 2011 Speaker, Comité consultatif de la magistrature et du barreau sur les services en français, First Annual Northeastern Ontario Law Conference, October 21, 2011-5 -