Background
Roher, Eric M. was born on August 4, 1954 in Toronto, Ontario.
Roher, Eric M. was born on August 4, 1954 in Toronto, Ontario.
University of Toronto (Bachelor of Arts, 1977). Sorbonne University, Paris, France. Brown University (Master of Arts, 1980).
McGill University (Bachelor of Laws, 1985).
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, 1987, Ontario.
Author: "Treatment of Sickness and Disability of Common Law," with B.W. Earle, 1990 Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Canadian Bar Association.
"Negligence and Liability in a School Contract," Viewpoint, November 1990. "Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy in a School Setting," Viewpoint, May 1991.
"Labour has its work cut out for it: Impact of Free Trade Agreement on Labour," Policy Options, September 1989. Member: Canadian 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.
Member: Canadian Bar Association.