Background
Robert Howe was born on December 3, 1947, in Saint Catharines, Ontario. His professional life developed in Toronto, Ontario, within the legal and commercial environment of Canada's largest city.
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Robert Howe is a Canadian lawyer who practiced in Toronto as a partner of Aird & Berlis. Called to the Ontario bar in 1976, he developed a broad civil practice encompassing corporate finance and securities, banking, commercial law, taxation, insolvency, real estate, natural resources, municipal law, estate planning, probate, and litigation.
Education
Howe studied at St. Bonaventure University in Saint Bonaventure, New York, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude. Founded in 1858, the university grew from a Catholic college established through the cooperation of the Franciscan Order and remains associated with the Franciscan tradition of education.
He subsequently studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto and received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1974. Founded in 1889, Osgoode Hall Law School is one of Canada's oldest law schools and has long combined professional legal training with research and public service. Howe was admitted to the Ontario bar in 1976.
Career
Howe practiced law in Toronto as a partner of Aird & Berlis, a Canadian firm serving business and institutional clients in a wide range of legal matters. His practice included general civil work, corporate finance and securities, banking and commercial financing, corporate and commercial law, taxation, bankruptcy and insolvency, real estate, natural resources, municipal law, estate planning, probate, and litigation.
His career was shaped by the Ontario legal profession's broad barrister-and-solicitor tradition, in which lawyers may advise clients on transactions while also representing them in disputes. His admission to the Ontario bar in 1976 marked the beginning of his professional legal practice.
Membership
Howe was associated with the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association, and The Advocates' Society. The Law Society of Upper Canada, now known as the Law Society of Ontario, regulates lawyers and paralegals in Ontario; the Canadian Bar Association is a national professional association for the legal profession; and The Advocates' Society promotes advocacy skills and professional standards among Canadian litigators.
