Our Memberships

Our Professionals are members of the following organizations:

• Advocates’ Society
• Alberta Bar Association
• American Bar Association - Environmental Litigation Subsection
• American Bar Association - Forum On The Construction Industry
• American Bar Association - Tort and Insurance Practice Section (Surety and Fidelity)
• American Trial Lawyers’ Association (ATLA)
• Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada (Chartered Arbitrator)
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Toronto Chapter
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientist of British Columbia
• Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia, Registration and Software Engineering Task Forces
• Association of Professional Engineers of Saskatchewan
• Ballet British Columbia - Board of Directors
• British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre (Mediator and Arbitrator)
• Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) - Government Affairs Committee
• Calgary Bar Association
• Calgary Construction Association
• Canadian Bar Association
• Canadian Bar Association - Aboriginal Law Section
• Canadian Bar Association - Civil Litigation Sub-Section
• Canadian Bar Association - Construction Law Section, Québec Division
• Canadian Bar Association - Construction Law Sub-Section, British Columbia Branch
• Canadian Bar Association - Construction Sub-Section, Executive Committee
• Canadian Bar Association - Environmental Law Sub-Section
• Canadian Bar Association - Insolvency Sub-Section
• Canadian Bar Association - Maritime Law Association, Vancouver Branch
• Canadian Bar Association - Sales and Commodity Tax Section, Customs Committee
• Canadian Bar Association - Saskatchewan Construction Law Sub-Section
• Canadian Bar Association - Subcommittee of the British Columbia Branch Limited Liability Partnerships
• Canadian Bar Association - Young Lawyers Sub-Section
• Canadian Bar Association of Ontario
• Canadian College of Construction Lawyers
• Canadian Council on Public-Private Partnerships (Affiliate)
• Canadian Defence Lawyers
• Canadian Football League Players’ Association
• Canadian Journal of Insurance Law (Federated Press) – Editorial Board
• Canadian Maritime Law Association
• Canadian Surety Association (Affiliate)
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - London, England
• Citizen Advocacy (Ottawa) – Board of Directors
• Construction Institute, Professional Development Committee
• Construction Specifications Canada, Vancouver Section
• County of Carleton Law Association
• CREW Calgary
• Defense Research Institute
• Government Relations Institute of Canada
• Habitat for Humanity
• Insurance Institute of Ontario
• International Academy of Mediators
• International Bar Association
• Junior Bar Association of Montréal
• Law Society of British Columbia
• Law Society of Upper Canada - Construction Law Specialty Committee
• Lawyers' Club
• Le Réseau HEC Montréal
• Maritime Arbitrators of Canada
• Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers Association
• Ontario Bar Association - Civil Litigation Sub-Section
• Ontario Bar Association - Construction Law Sub-Section
• Ontario Bar Association - Insurance Law Sub-Section
• Ontario Society of Professional Engineers
• Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation – Director
• Plimsoll Club
• Professional Engineers of Ontario
• Professional Liability and Discipline Quarterly (Federated Press) – Editorial Board
• Project ORBIS Canada - Board of Directors
• Québec Bar Association
• Québec Institute of Mediation and Arbitration
• Richmond Therapeutic Equestrian Society (Vancouver) – Board of Directors
• Royal Vancouver Yacht Club
• Sally Letson Foundation – Board of Directors
• Saskatchewan Law Society
• Scenic Acres Community Association (Calgary)
• Simons Foundation
• Surety Association of Canada, British Columbia Regional Committee
• Toronto Board of Trade
• Toronto Construction Association
• Women’s Law Association
• Youth Committee of the Fondation de l'Hôpital Ste-Justine

Calgary Office
	John D. Blair Direct tel.: (403) 232-9723 Fax: (403) 266-1395  Email: jblair@blgcanada.com   Member, Law Society of Alberta. Member of the Canadian Bar Association and Calgary Bar Association. Community Liaison Committee Member, Scenic Acres Community Association.
	Stefan J. Gruszka Direct tel.: (403) 232-9518 Fax: (403) 266-1395  Email: sgruszka@blgcanada.com Member, Canadian Bar Association, Construction Sub-Section. Member, Calgary Bar Association. Member, Canadian Bar Association, Young Lawyers and Civil Litigation sub-sections.
	Patricia L. Morrison Direct tel.: (403) 232-9472 Fax: (403) 266-1395  Email: pmorrison@blgcanada.com Member, Canadian Bar Association, Construction Sub-Section. Member, Calgary Bar Association. Director and Member, Calgary Construction Association. Member and Committee Chair, CREW Calgary.
	Jeffrey D. Vallis, Q.C. Direct tel.: (403) 232-9404 Fax: (403) 266-1395  Email: jvallis@blgcanada.com 1984-1994: Member, Legislative Review Committee, a joint committee of the Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Alberta. Member, Canadian Bar Association and Calgary Bar Association.
Montréal Office
	Daniel Ayotte Direct tel.: (514) 954-3138 Fax: (514) 954-1905  Email: dayotte@blgcanada.com Co-founder of the Construction Law Section of the Québec Division of the Canadian Bar Association. Governor of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. Member of the Québec and Canadian Bars Associations.
	Jacques Brien Direct tel.: (514) 954-3137 Fax: (514) 954-1905  Email: jbrien@blgcanada.com Member of the Québec Bar since 1959. President of the Junior Bar Association of Montréal, from 1967 to 1968. Counsellor of the Montréal Bar and past member of the Québec Bar Council, from 1968 to 1969. Member of the Canadian Bar Association since 1959 : Chairman of the Editorial Board of “The National”, 1977 to 1979 Chairman of the National Conference, 1980 Chairman of the Communications Committee, 1980 to 1982. Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators (conferred on May 1, 2001). Member of the Québec Institute of Mediation and Arbitration. Member of our Montréal office's Advisory Committee. Former Chairman of our Montréal office's Insurance Committee. Former Head of our Montréal office's Construction Law and Product Liability Groups. Member of the American Trial Lawyers' Association (ATLA).
	Daniel Gendron Direct tel.: (514) 954-2577 Fax: (514) 954-1905  Email: dgendron@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association. Member of the Junior Bar Association of Montréal. Member, Youth Committee of the Fondation de l'Hôpital Ste-Justine.
	Simon Grégoire Direct tel.: (514) 954-3151 Fax: (514) 954-1905  Email: sgregoire@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association. Member of the Québec Bar.
	Yvan Houle Direct tel.: (514) 954-3146 Fax: (514) 954-1905  Email: yhoule@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association. Member of the Construction Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. Member of the Canadian Maritime Law Association. Member of the Maritime Arbitrators of Canada. Member of our Montréal office's Conflicts Committee.
	Patrice Morin Direct tel.: (514) 954-3104 Fax: (514) 954-1905  Email: pmorin@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association. Member of the Construction Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. Member of the Junior Bar Association.
	John G. Murphy Direct tel.: (514) 954-3155 Fax: (514) 954-1905  Email: jmurphy@blgcanada.com Member of the Construction Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. After serving on the Montréal Office Merger Committee in 1999 and 2000, he became a member of the Montréal Management Committee (2000-2002). As of January 1st, 2004, John was elected to the National Council of BLG and was elected Regional Managing Partner of our Montréal office as of January 1st, 2006.
	Stéphane Pitre Direct tel.: (514) 954-3147 Fax: (514) 954-1905  Email: spitre@blgcanada.com Member of the Construction Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. Vice President, Member Services of Le Réseau HEC Montréal.
Ottawa Office
	Jane M. Bachynski Direct tel.: (613) 787-3533 Fax: (613) 230-8842  Email: jbachynski@blgcanada.com Member: Law Society of Upper Canada, Canadian Bar Association, Canadian Bar Association of Ontario, County of Carleton Law Association, Advocates' Society and the Women's Law Association. Executive Member (1994-1997) and Co-Chair (1995-1997) of the Young Lawyers' Division (Eastern Reion) of the Canadian Bar Association of Ontario. Employee Campaign Co-Ordinator, United Way/Centraide Ottawa-Carleton (1995 - 1997). Member, Leadership Giving Committee, United Way/Centraide Ottawa-Carleton (2000). Cabinet Member, Professional Division Chair, United Way/Centraide Ottawa (2001 - 2004). Cabinet Member, Leadership Giving Committee Co-Chair, United Way/Centraide Ottawa (2005). Committee Member, Women's Community Leadership Committee (2004-2005).
	Janet E. Bradley Direct tel.: (613) 787-3749 Fax: (613) 230-8842  Email: jbradley@blgcanada.com Past chair of the Ottawa and Eastern Ontario Municipal Law and Planning Subsection of the Ontario Section of the Canadian Bar Association. Serves on the Government Affairs Committee of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA). Former full-time member of the Faculty of Law at Osgoode Hall. She has also taught on a part-time basis in the Department of Law at Carleton University. Regular speaker at continuing education programs sponsored by the Canadian Bar Association, the Carleton County Law Association and by private educators. Former board member of two local hospitals and is also on the board of a regional Long Term Care Facility. Active board member of Habitat for Humanity.
	J. Bruce Carr-Harris Direct tel.: (613) 787-3505 Fax: (613) 230-8842  Email: bcarr-harris@blgcanada.com Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. President of The Advocates' Society of Ontario (2001-2002). Editorial Boards of the Professional Liability and Discipline Quarterly (Federated Press) and the Canadian Journal of Insurance Law. Board of Directors of Project ORBIS Canada, a non-profit organization actively engaged in the reduction of blindness in the Third World. Board of Directors of the Sally Letson Foundation.
	John Melia Direct tel.: (613) 787-3517 Fax: (613) 230-8842  Email: jmelia@blgcanada.com John is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Ontario Bar Association, the County of Carleton Law Association and the Advocates' Society.
	Mandy Moore Direct tel.: (613) 787-3500 Fax: (613) 230-8842  Email: mmoore@blgcanada.com Member of the County of Carleton Law Association, the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association of Ontario.
	David Sherriff-Scott Direct tel.: (613) 787-3527 Fax: (613) 230-8842  Email: dsherriff-scott@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association, the County of Carleton Law Association and The Advocates' Society.
	Marta Siemiarczuk Direct tel.: (613) 787-3513 Fax: (613) 787-8842  Email: msiemiarczuk@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Bar Association of Ontario, the County of Carleton Law Association. Member of the Ottawa Office Regional Pro Bono Committee. Marta sits on the Board of Directors for Citizen Advocacy, an organization which provides services to disabled members of the Ottawa community.
	Gerry Stobo Direct tel.: (613) 787-3555 Fax: (613) 230-8842  Email: gstobo@blgcanada.com Co-Chair, Customs Committee, Sales and Commodity Tax Section of the Canadian Bar Association. Past Secretary, Committee on Public Procurement (Committee M4) of the International Bar Association. Past President of the Public Sector Lawyers Conference of the Canadian Bar Association. Founder and Past-Chairman of the Immigration Section of the Canadian Bar Association in southern Alberta. Past Secretary-Treasurer of the National Immigration Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. Director, Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.
Toronto Office
	Matthew R. Alter Direct tel.: (416) 367-6196 Fax: (416) 361-2728  Email: malter@blgcanada.com Current Chair, Law Society of Upper Canada, Construction Law Specialty Committee (2006). Construction Law Section, Ontario Bar Association: Chair (2004-2005) Vice Chair (2002-2004) Secretary (2000-2002) Co-Editor/Editor “Nuts & Bolts” Newsletter (1994-2000). Fellow, Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. Officer, National Construction Law Section, Canadian Bar Association (2005 - present). Member on Division 8 Steering Committee – International Contracting, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry (2006). Member, The Construction Institute, Professional Development Committee (formerly, the Education Committee of the Toronto Construction Association) (1996 - present), Law Society of Upper Canada, Canadian Bar Association, and Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers Association.
	Daniel A. Boan Direct tel.: (416) 367-6665 Fax: (416) 361-2462  Email: dboan@blgcanada.com Member of the Construction Section of the Canadian Bar Association. Member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Affiliate member of the Canadian Surety Association.
	Peter Braund Direct tel.: (416) 367-6163 Fax: (416) 361-2759  Email: pbraund@blgcanada.com Member Editorial Board of Insurance Law (Federated Press). Member: Ontario Bar Association Construction Law, Civil Litigation and Insurance Law Sub-Sections; Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers Association; The Lawyers' Club; The Advocates' Society; Insurance Institute of Ontario; Canadian Defence Lawyers; Defense Research Institute; Toronto Board of Trade. Former and current director of The Advocates' Society; Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada; Harcourt Park Inc.; Yamaha Motor Canada Ltd.; Sir William Campbell Foundation.
	Denise Bambrough Direct tel.: (416) 367-6008 Fax: (416) 361-2749  Email: dbambrou@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association of Ontario, Construction Law, Litigation and Insurance sections, Advocates Society, and The Lawyers Club.
	Ian J. Houston Direct tel.: (416) 367-6111 Fax: (416) 361-2742  Email: ijhouston@blgcanada.com Member of the Executive Committee of the Construction Section, Canadian Bar Association. Member of the Advocates Society. Member of the Toronto Construction Association. Affiliate member of the Canadian Surety Association. Affiliate member of The Canadian Council on Public-Private Partnerships.
	Reid Lester Direct tel.: (416) 367-6121 Fax: (416) 361-2548  Email: rlester@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association. Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Toronto Chapter. Member of the American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice Section (Surety and Fidelity)).
	James W. MacLellan Direct tel.: (416) 367-6592 Fax: (416) 361-7350  Email: jmaclellan@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association (Ontario Construction Law Section Executive). Member, Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers Association. Affiliate Member through Borden Ladner Gervais LLP of Surety Association of Canada.
	R. Bruce Reynolds Direct tel.: (416) 367-6255 Fax: (416) 361-2741  Email: breynolds@blgcanada.com Member, Construction Law Section, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario); member of the Executive 1986 - 1998; Chair 1992 - 1994. Member, Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Alternate Dispute Resolution in the Construction Industry (1993 - 1994). Fellow and Founding Governor of Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, serving as Program Co-Ordinator 1998 - 1999; Treasurer 1999 – 2000; Secretary 2000 – 2001; Vice President 2001 – 2002 and President 2002 - 2003. Affiliate Member of the Surety Association of Canada. Associate Member, American Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Section, Fidelity Subsection, Vice Chair of the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee (1999 - 2003), and Associate Member of the Forum On The Construction Industry.
	Rocco Ruso Direct tel.: (416) 367-6010 Fax: (416) 361-2456  Email: rruso@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association.
	Richard H. Shaban Direct tel.: (416) 367-6262 Fax: (416) 361-2744  Email: rshaban@blgcanada.com Fellow , Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. Past Member , Construction Law Section Executive, Canadian Bar Association. Affiliate Member of the Surety Association of Canada - 1992 to present. Past Trustee , Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers Association. Member of the International Bar Association. Member of the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships.
	Colleen M. Shannon, LL.M, P. Eng. Direct tel.: (416) 367-6154 Fax: (416) 361-7375  Email: cshannon@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association. Member of The Advocates' Society. Member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario. Member of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.
	Sharon C. Vogel Direct tel.: (416) 367-6148 Fax: (416) 361-7372  Email: svogel@blgcanada.com Member of the Ontario Bar Association, Construction Law Section. Member of the Canadian Bar Association, Construction Law Section and Aboriginal Law Section.
Vancouver Office
	Karen A. Bradley Direct tel.: (604) 640-4049 Fax: (604) 622-5013  Email: kbradley@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association. Director on the Board of Directors of the Richmond Therapeutic Equestrian Society.
	Amy J. Davison Direct tel.: (604) 640-4210 Fax: (604) 622-5005  Email: adavison@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association.
	Robert Dawkins Direct tel.: (604) 640-4027 Fax: (604) 622-5801  Email: rdawkins@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association.
	Christopher W. Eagles Direct tel.: (604) 640-4136 Fax: (604) 622-5808  Email: ceagles@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association. Member of the Law Society of British Columbia.
	Noel Z. Golden Direct tel.: (604) 640-4141 Fax: (604) 622-5841  Email: ngolden@blgcanada.com President and Board Chair, Ballet British Columbia (2003 - present). Board of Directors, Ballet British Columbia (2000 – present). Chair (1997 to 2001) and Treasurer (1996 - 1997) Canadian Bar Association Law Practice Management Subsection. Treasurer (1996 - 1998) and Secretary (1995 - 1996) Canadian Bar Association Banking Subsection.
	Dirk Laudan Direct tel.: (604) 640-4154 Fax: (604) 622-5884  Email: dlaudan@blgcanada.com   Member, Government Relations Institute of Canada. Member, Canadian Bar Association. Surety Association of Canada, British Columbia Regional Committee. Registered Trade-mark Agent. Chair, Construction Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch. Member, Defence Research Institute.
	Paul J. Lowry Direct tel.: (604) 640-4212 Fax: (604) 622-5863  Email: plowry@blgcanada.com Member: Canadian Bar Association and Subcommittee of the British Columbia Branch on Limited Liability Partnerships. Member: Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. Director: The Simons Foundation.
	Grant H. Mayovsky Direct tel.: (604) 640-4165 Fax: (604) 622-5939  Email: gmayovsky@blgcanada.com Member of the Canadian Bar Association.
	David L. Miachika, P.Eng Direct tel.: (604) 640-4220 Fax: (604) 622-5891  Email: dmiachika@blgcanada.com Active member of the Law Society of British Columbia and the Construction Law, Civil Litigation and Environmental Law Sub-sections of the Canadian Bar Association. Professional Engineer registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientist of British Columbia (since 1984).
	Christopher J. O'Connor QC, C.Arb., FCIArb. Direct tel.: (604) 640-4125 Fax: (604) 622-5825  Email: coconnor@blgcanada.com Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, England. Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers and a founding Governor of the College. National Litigation Department Leader. Member, BLG's National Council. Accredited the designation Chartered Arbitrator by the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada. Accredited mediator and arbitrator at the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre.
	Blair A. Rebane Direct tel.: (604) 640-4130 Fax: (604) 622-5897  Email: brebane@blgcanada.com Member of the Construction, Civil Litigation and Insolvency Sections of the Canadian Bar Association.
	Douglas R. Sanders, P.Eng. Direct tel.: (604) 640-4128 Fax: (604) 622-5924  Email: dsanders@blgcanada.com Association of Professional Engineers of Saskatchewan, Past Chair, Registration Committee, and Professional Practice Exam Sub-Committee. Canadian Engineering Qualifications Board, Past Member. Emerging Sciences and Technology and Specialization Task Forces, Past Chair. Canadian Engineering International Board, Past Member. Construction Specifications Canada, Past Officer: Legal, Saskatoon Section; Current Officer, Vancouver Section. Canadian Bar Association, Past Chair, Saskatchewan Construction Law Section. British Columbia and Saskatchewan Law Societies. Association of Professional Engineers of B.C., Registration and Software Engineering Task Forces.
	Michael A. Skene Direct tel.: (604) 640-4248 Fax: (604) 622-5848  Email: mskene@blgcanada.com Commercial Litigation Panellist, Inns of Court Program, Law Society of British Columbia (2002- 2006). Regional and Provincial Debating Judge for Independent and Public Schools (1993 - 2005).
	Graham Walker Direct tel.: (604) 640-4045 Fax: (604) 622-5852  Email: gwalker@blgcanada.com Past Co-chair of CBA Environmental Law Subsection (Vancouver). Member, CBA Maritime Law Subsection (Vancouver). Member, Canadian Maritime Law Association (CMLA). Member, Plimsoll Club. American Bar Association, Environmental Litigation Subsection.