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Kathleen McDormand
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Canada
- Phone613.787.3556
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Work Department
Dispute Resolution: Ontario
Position
Partner and Lead, Team North
Career
Kathleen is the regional group manager for the Ottawa Disputes Group (commercial litigation and construction). She practises as a commercial litigator and an estate litigator.
She is experienced in all aspects of estate and incapacity litigation (guardianship applications, applications seeking removal of trustees, applications to pass accounts, will challenges, etc.). Kathleen has acted as counsel for trustees and for beneficiaries. She has extensive mediation experience, both as counsel and as mediator in estates matters.
As the lead of BLG's Team North, Kathleen works with a team of lawyers from across the country who practice in all areas of law and are familiar with the unique needs of Northern-based clients. Kathleen also has expertise in disputes for matters in Nunavut and has several Nunavut-based clients.
Languages
English
Memberships
Member, Steering Committee, Cambridge Forum for Senior Estates & Trusts Practitioners – 2nd Generation
Member, Awards Committee, County of Carleton Law Association
Trustee, Board of Trustees, Booth University College
Member, Law Society of Ontario
Member, Canadian Bar Association and Ontario Bar Association
Member, OBA Trusts and Estates Law Section Executive
Member, Law Society of Nunavut
Member, County of Carleton Law Association
Member, Society of Trust and Estates Practitioner
Education
Workplace Mental Health Leadership Certificate, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, 2018
Program on Negotiation: Mediating Disputes Course, Harvard Law School Executive Program, June 2018
Accelerated Leadership Program, Harvard Law School, March 2018
Business Leadership for Women Lawyers Program, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2016
TEP,
LLB, University of Ottawa, 2001
B.Soc.Sci. (Hons.), University of Ottawa, 1998
Bar Admission
Nunavut, 2010
Ontario, 2002
Personal
Youth Programs Coordinator, Salvation Army Ottawa Citadel
Past Chair, Board of Governors, Ottawa Grace Manor
Past Member, Camp Quality Eastern Ontario (camp for children living with cancer)
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