Walsh Family Law Mooters

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Martha McCarthy & Company LLP would like to congratulate the University of Toronto Walsh Family Law Mooters on their spectacular results!Brenna Staats, Jesse Elders, Paloma van Groll and Colleen McKeown represented UofT, with all six Ontario law schools competing. The mooters were unflappable in the face of tough questioning on a very complex problem. When all was said and done, the UofT team nearly swept the competition, winning Best Team, Best Factum for the Respondent (team of Paloma van Groll and Colleen McKeown), and 2nd Place Oralist for Colleen McKeown. In the face of a difficult problem, and a brand-new moot for the school, the team showed its skill and versatility in pulling off an unparalleled performance. The team is truly indebted to its all-star student coaches: Laura Cardiff, Jordan Katz, and Hani Migally; and to Carol Rogerson for her tireless faculty support.Martha McCarthy and Sarah Young of Martha McCarthy & Co. LLP had the pleasure of assisting with coaching the team and are so proud of the team and their success.

Walsh Family Law Mooters

Walsh Family Law Mooters

Martha McCarthy is quoted in The Globe and Mail article “Ontario court grants same-sex divorce”

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Martha McCarthy, LSM

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Each year, the Law Society of Upper Canada awards its top honour — the Law Society Medal — to selected lawyers who have made a significant contribution to the profession. On May 29, 2013, Martha McCarthy received this honour at a special ceremony.The award is given for outstanding service within the profession, whether in the area of practice, in the academic sphere, or in some other professional capacity where the service is in accordance with the highest ideals of the legal profession. It may be awarded for devotion to professional duties over a long term or for a single outstanding act of service.The team at Martha McCarthy & Company LLP congratulate Martha on this tremendous honour.

Martha McCarthy, LSMMedal, Law Society of Upper Canada

Martha McCarthy & Company LLP welcomes Heather Hansen as Partner

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The firm is pleased to announce that Heather Hansen has become a partner. Heather joined the firm upon her call to the bar in 2007. Since then she has developed into a passionate, successful and highly competent lawyer, respected by her colleagues and valued by her clients. Heather brings her creative and energetic attitude to all of her cases and has been assisting with firm management for several years. The firm congratulates her on this logical next step in her career.

Martha McCarthy has been appointed to the War Child Canada Board of Directors.

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War Child Canada is a non-profit organization working with war-affected communities to help children reclaim their childhood through access to education, opportunity and justice. War Child takes an active role in raising public awareness about the impact of war on communities and the shared responsibility to act.For more information, visit www.warchild.ca

Martha McCarthy has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier associations in America.

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The induction ceremony took place recently before an audience of approximately 1,070 persons during the recent 2012 Annual Meeting of the College in New York, New York.Membership in the College cannot exceed one percent of the total lawyer population of any state or province. There are currently approximately 5,838 members in the United States and Canada, including active Fellows, Emeritus Fellows, Judicial Fellows and Honorary Fellows. The College strives to improve and elevate the standards of trial practice, the administration of justice and the ethics of the trial profession. Qualified lawyers are called to Fellowship in the College from all branches of trial practice. The college is thus able to speak with a balanced voice on important issues affecting the legal profession and the administration of justice.

To commemorate this special day, a photograph was taken during the induction ceremony.

Martha McCarthy has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier associations in America.

Martha McCarthy has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier associations in America.

Martha McCarthy was inducted as a Fellow by The American College of Trial Lawyers at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York on October 20th, 2012.

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The American College of Trial Lawyers is composed of the best of the trial bar from the United States and Canada and is widely considered to be the premier professional trial organization in America. Founded in 1950, the College is dedicated to maintaining and improving the standards of trial practice, the administration of justice and the ethics of the profession. Through its Board of Regents, its general committees and its state and province committees, the College engages in a wide variety of activities to further those purposes”

“Fellowship is extended only by invitation, after careful investigation, to those experienced trial lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality”

Martha McCarthy is much deserving of the prestigious honour. All of us at Martha McCarthy & Company LLP extend our congratulations.

Joanna Radbord is featured in the October/November National Magazine, a Canadian Bar Association publication, in the article “The art of intervention”.

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Martha McCarthy is quoted in the “Canadian Lawyer” in “Listening to children’s voices”.

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Martha McCarthy & Company LLP welcomes our new associate, Stephanie Giannandrea

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Martha McCarthy & Company LLP welcomes our new associate, Stephanie Giannandrea. Stephanie graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law obtained a B.A. in Philosophy and Biochemistry from Dalhousie University.