Jerome H. Stanleigh
Barrister & SolicitorIt is most important for me to enlist the law to help resolve difficulties encountered by clients in the swiftest manner at the least cost. Litigation is a course of last resort and settlement of disputes is the thrust of all energies until such cannot be achieved.
PROVIDING NO NONSENSE LEGAL ADVICE
General practice of law with emphasis on civil litigation. In my initial years of practice in British Columbia, I specialized in criminal law with an aggressive practice in real estate including mortgage financing. This was followed up by eight years of practicing law in Israel where I was called to the Israeli Bar in 1979. In Israel I was involved mainly with start up high technology companies with an emphasis on corporate financing. At present my practice in Ontario has been concentrated on providing medium sized corporations with sales of $1,000,000 to $100,000,000 with general counsel legal advise, including registering private corporations, land titles transfers, mortgage financing, corporate structuring, shareholder agreements, lease agreements, and debt documentation, Seventy-Five Percent (75%) of my practice consists of corporate litigation in including employee fraud, shareholder disputes, directors liability, breaches of contract, professional liability and some personal injury cases. I still do some criminal litigation with domestic assault and Theft Under being the most common charges needing private counsel’s attention. Five percent (5%) of my practice consists of family law disputes.
Education
B.A. St. Mary’s University and University of Western Ontario
LLB University of British Columbia
Licensed to practice law in three separate jurisdictions
(British Columbia, Israel and Ontario)
Private Pilot License
Experience
Criminal Law
Lower Courts cases. Some several hundred appearances including jury trials for Murder, Rape, Criminal Negligence Causing Death, Trafficking, Conspiracy to Traffic, special appointed private Crown Prosecutor, Appearances in the Courts of Appeal and a few Motions for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Real Estate
Transfers, Mortgages, Leases, Discharges, Condos, detached homes, land transactions, sub-division plans, severance, and mortgage financing for private dwellings, commercial properties, Tenant agreements and syndications.
Corporations
Incorporations, Minutes of Shareholders, Directors, Debentures, Shareholders Agreement, Partnership Agreement, Corporate Financing, Roll Over, Debentures, chattel mortgages, and Trust Agreements.
Estates and Wills
Drafting Wills, Probating Estates, Trust Agreements, Power of Attorney, Critical Care Appointments, Mental Incompetence Applications
Civil Litigation
General and Corporate, Family Law matters, Uncontested Divorces, Construction Liens, Lower Court and Appeals Court, Licensing Tribunals, Shareholders and Partnership disputes, Breaches of Contract, Slip and Fall, Professional Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Civil Fraud
Author
The Dance of The Bumblebee - thedanceofhebumblebee.com
Second Book being written: The Light of Night.