Education
University of Toronto (Bachelor of Arts, 1981). York University (Master of Business Administration, 1983). Osgoode Hall Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1987).
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Alan Gahtan
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Worked at Borden & Elliot (Toronto, Ontario) specializing in General Practice. Banking and Finance; Corporate and Commercial including Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Arrangements and Reorganizations, Business Organizations and Competition and Marketing Law. International Business Law (including Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement matters).
Mining and Natural Resources.
Environmental Law; Expropriate Law. Municipal Law; Labour and Employment Law including Pensions and Employee Benefits.
Personal Services including Family Law, Wills, Estates and Trusts. Real Estate Financing, Development and Leasing.
Taxation (including Customs, Anti-dumping, Income and Federal and Provincial Sales Taxes).
Trial and Appellate Litigation before courts and administrative tribunals including Commercial, Criminal, Real Estate, Hospital and Medical Malpractice and Insurance Litigation (including Aviation, Casualty, Fire, Fidelity and Surety, General Liability, Motor Vehicle, Municipal, Professional Negligence, Errors and Omissions, Property and Personal Injury). Computer Technology, Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and Telecommunications. Admitted to the bar, 1991, Ontario.
1996, California.
Participant-Time Faculty Instructor, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1988-1989.
Author: "Computerizing a Corporate Law Department," Technology for Lawyers Conference, May, 1993. "Internet, East-Mail and Electronic Data Interchange for Lawyers," April 1994.
"Gateway to a better e-mail system," Law Times, September 12, 1994. "Internet for Lawyers," Price Waterhouse"s LegalTech, October 1994.
"Automation in a Corporate Law Department," Conference Board of Canada, November 1994.
"Marketing Legal Services on the Internet," Legal Research Network, November 1994. "Marketing Legal Services on the Web," Law Times, December 12, 1994. "Are you and your laptop breaking the law?" Law Times, March 20, 1995.
"The Internet and Online Services," Canadian Institute, March 1995.
"Espionage in the Boardroom," Law Times, April 3, 1995. "Marketing on the Internet," Canadian Institute, May 1995.
"Legal Publishing in an Electronic World," Law Times, May 15, 1995. "Online Marketing," Law Times, June 12, 1995.
"Courtroom 21," Law Times, August 28, 1995.
"Computer Technology Pervades Litigation Bar," Law Times, November 6, 1995. "Multimedia Update," Law Times, November 13, 1995. "Is Internet Commerce Secure?" Law Times, December 4, 1995.
"45 Sites in 45 Minutes," Law Society of Upper Canada"s Technology for Lawyers Conference, April 1996.
"The Digital Lawyer," Conference Board of Canada, November 1996. "The Internet and the Lawyer," Canadian Bar Association, November 1996.
"Law Firm Advertising on the Internet," Law Times, November 1996. "Caveats for Web Developers," Web World, November 1996.
"Computer Technology during Trial" and "Discovery of Electronic Evidence" in The Expert: A Practitioner"s Guide, Carswell, 1996.
Contributing Editor, Information & Technology Law, Carswell. "The Cyberlaw Encyclopedia," World Wide Web. Member: Canadian Bar Association.
Law Society of Upper Canada.
Canadian Society for the Advancement of Legal Technology (Past Director). Computer Law Association.
Toronto Computer Lawyers Group (Secretary, Past Vice-Chair). American Bar Association.
History & Growth: The firm was founded in 1936 by Henry Borden, Queen's Counsel and Beverley V. Elliot, Queen's Counsel, two distinguished members of the Ontario bar, whose service in the firm is recognized in its name.
Today Borden & Elliot is one of the largest law firms in Canada. There are over 200 lawyers practising in our offices in the Scotia Plaza in downtown Toronto and our York Region Office in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
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Membership
Member: Canadian Bar Association. Law Society of Upper Canada. Canadian Society for the Advancement of Legal Technology (Past Director).
Computer Law Association.
Toronto Computer Lawyers Group (Secretary, Past Vice-Chair). American Bar Association.
