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 Graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School with a Bachelor of Laws in 1992, called to the Bar of Ontario in 1994, and awarded her Master of Laws degree in Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution in 1998. In 2003 she was appointed by Order in Council to the License Appeal Tribunal (LAT). In 2006 she was appointed to the position of Vice-Chair of LAT.
In June 2005, she left her position as a partner with a full-service law firm in Toronto to co-found Bennett Gastle Professional Corporation. Principal areas of practice include insurance defence litigation, commercial and civil litigation. Insurance defence experience includes disability and life claims; creditor claims; property claims; coverage issues; personal injury and professional negligence.
Commercial litigation experience includes breach of contract disputes; breach of fiduciary obligations; shareholders disputes; commercial real estate disputes; product liability issues; fraudulent conveyances; bankruptcy issues including investigations and tracing of assets; real estate and mortgage claims; collection matters; class actions; land use planning issues before the OMB; and employment related issues.
Experience also includes practicing litigation in-house with a major insurance company and several years with a high technology company overseeing all legal requirements.
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