B.A. LL.B.
Telephone: (905) 688-4500
ext: 780
Facsimile: (905) 688-0015
E-Mail: jemirynech@chownlaw.com
Areas of Practice
Corporate/Commercial
Real Estate
Estate Planning/Wills
Charitable Corporations/Foundations
Director/Office Liability
Joint Ventures/Land Development
Franchising/Licensing
Commercial Tenancies
Education
1984 - BA (Economics), University of Western Ontario
1986 - Awarded the Carswell Company Prize for highest standing in Commercial Law at the University of Western Ontario
1987 - LL.B., University of Western Ontario
1989 - Call to Ontario Bar
Background
1987-1988 - Articles of Clerkship: Campbell , Godfrey & Lewtas, Toronto
1989 to present - Barrister and Solicitor: Chown, Cairns LLP (Senior Partner, former Chairman of both the Resource and the Development Committees, and former member of the Management Committee)
Professional Activities and Organizations
1986-1987 - Vice-President - U.W.O. - International Law and Business Association
1991-1992 - National Legal Counsel - Canadian Jr. Chamber of Commerce
1991-1994 - Head Coach of Rowing - Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School
1990-1999 - Past-President/Director - St.Catharines Rowing Club
1994-1997 - Vice-President/Director - St.Catharines General Hospital Foundation
1999 - Secretary of the World Rowing Festival Committee
1998-2000 - Vice Chair and Governor - Grey Gables School , Board of Governors
2001-2002 - Director - Ontario Rowing Association
2003 - 2006 - Honourary Counsel - Ontario Rowing Association
2006 - SCRC Prsident's Award for outstanding services to the sport of rowing.
2009 - 2010 Director and secretary - St. Catharines Rowing Alumni Association.
Past Director - Geographic Analysis and Information Network Inc. (Niagara-based digitized mapping company)
Past St.Catharines Riding Association Director, Scrutineer and Candidate Counsel
Corporate Counsel - to various Niagara-based charities and non-profit corporations including The John Howard Society of Niagara, The John Howard Society of Metropolitan Toronto, The Niagara Ina Grafton Gage Loaves and Fishes Foundation, The Niagara Region Environmental Action Committee, Niagara Children's Services Committee, The Prevent Challenge Foundation of Niagara, St.Catharines Senior Citizen's Residences Inc., and Sound of Faith Broadcasting.
Member:
- Canadian Bar Association 1989-1995
- Lincoln County Law Association 1989 to present
- St.Catharines Chamber of Commerce 1989 to present
- Niagara Estate Planning Council 1994-1996
- 1994- 1997 Instructor - Corporate Law at Niagara College
- 2001-2010 CYO Hockey Coach
- 2009 - Recipient - CSSRA Liftime Achievement Award
- Married 1990 and father of three children
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