Heenan Blaikie
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| Heenan Blaikie LLP | |
|---|---|
| Type | Limited Liability Partnership |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Headquarters | Montreal |
| Industry | Law Firm |
| Products | Legal advice |
| Website | http://www.heenanblaikie.com |
Heenan Blaikie LLP is a full service Canadian law firm. It practices in the areas of business, labour and employment, litigation, taxation, entertainment law and intellectual property law. The firm was founded in 1973 by Roy Heenan, Donald Johnston, and Peter Blaikie. The firm now has approximately 430 lawyers with offices in Montréal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, and Trois-Rivières.
At the international level, Heenan Blaikie is counsel to the Canadian Employers Council, an organisation that represents Canadian employers at the International Labour Organization (ILO). Heenan Blaikie is also the Canadian member of the National Workers' Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN), an organization of independent law firms in the United States and Canada with an established workers' compensation practice and experience in defending employers and insurance companies in workers' compensation and related actions.
[edit] Notable Lawyers
- The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, P.C., Q.C., former Prime Minister of Canada
- The Honourable Donald Johnston, P.C., Q.C., a co-founder of the firm, former Secretary-General of the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Pierre Marc Johnson, FRSC, former Premier of the Province of Québec
- André Bureau, O.C., former Chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and current Chair of Astral Media
- The Honourable John W. Morden, former Associate Chief Justice of Ontario
[edit] Past Lawyers
- The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada

