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Etienne has experience in dealing with a wide range of legal issues and has appeared on numerous occasions before administrative tribunals, the courts of Ontario and the Federal Court of Canada. Etienne also routinely provides advice and representation on governance, negotiations, strategy and corporate/commercial matters. Etienne offers general legal services and advice on the following areas: ABORIGINAL… Read More »Guest Speaker: Etienne Esquega

Committed to working with people and communities that have been historically impeded from accessing legal services.Legal Counsel with experience in both private and public law settings. Solid experience in civil litigation; tort, contract, and Aboriginal Law.Currently working as legal counsel to the Assistant Deputy Attorney General of the Indigenous Justice Division at the Ministry of… Read More »Guest Speaker: Rolando Aguilera

Dan Albas, Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Central Okanagan – Similkameen – Nicola, is currently the Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change. Before entering public life, Dan was the owner of Kick City Martial Arts, responsible for training hundreds of men, women and youth to bring out their best. Dan  is… Read More »Guest Speaker: MP Dan Albas

Lisa K. Lang currently serves as the General Counsel for Kentucky State University, a role she has had for three years. Lisa first began her career as a lawyer working as an associate attorney specializing in insurance defense for a law firm in Louisville, Kentucky. She left that firm in 2008 to work for the… Read More »Guest Speaker: Lisa Lang

Sheref Sabawy is the Ontario PC Member of Provincial Parliament for Mississauga-Erin Mills.   A long-time community activist and volunteer, Sheref has lived in Mississauga with his wife Mary, and his two sons for over 20 years.   Sheref has more than 30 years of experience working in the IT sector as both an entrepreneur and as a professor at George Brown and Centennial… Read More »Guest Speaker: MPP Sheref Sabawy

Devrup is an experienced Lawyer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Relationship Management, Open Source Licensing, Software Licensing, and Legal Contract Review. Strong legal professional with a Master of Laws - LLM focused in IP Commercialization, Advanced Contracts and ADR (Mediation & Principled Negotiation)… Read More »Guest Speaker: Devra Mitrup

A Paralegal since 2012, Doug is an E-Learning CPD Instructor at LearnFormula (CPD for Law). Doug has beeninvolved with OPA since 2013 serving on the Government and LSO (Law Society of Ontario) Relations, Events(Paralegal Cup), and Communications (Today's Paralegal Newsletter) committees. Doug brings over a decade ofexperience with Ontario Small Claims Court and Paralegal experience… Read More »Guest Speaker: Doug Taylor

Liran is passionate and driven to make the Canadian bar as diverse and welcoming as it can be. Over the past eight years, he has assisted immigrant lawyers fulfill their aspirations by preparing them for recertification for the Canadian bar. To date, he has worked with over 2000 lawyers from over 60 countries.Liran has a… Read More »Guest Speaker: Liran Kandin

As a Toronto-based legal affairs writer and editor, Julius draws extensively from my 17 years as a practicing trial lawyer, as well as his 25 years as a legal affairs journalist. With over 200 appearances in the Ontario Court of Appeal and regular mandates in the Supreme Court of Canada, and his time as a… Read More »Guest Speaker: Julius Melnitzer

As a global social media trainer, Lucy loves and enjoys helping businesses globally achieve the same career growth that she achieved growing my businesses online. She has a background as a former High School Teacher, former Senior Manager in the Banking Industry, and many years in sales and marketing and business ownership. If you are… Read More »Guest Speaker: Lucy Jeffrey