Our History
The firm was founded in 1981 with Stewart Thomson being one of the original partners. A subsequent merger in 1982 with Charles Haskett QC and Mitchell Wolfe helped the firm establish history dating back to 1938 when Mr. Haskett started practicing. Mr. Haskett retired in 1990. Tom Delorey joined the firm in 1984 as an associate and became a partner in 1987. Richard Mahoney joined the firm in 1992 as a partner and brought along with him, Andrew Robinson as an associate. Robert Haas joined us as an associate lawyer in 1993 and Andrew and Robert became partners in 2016.
Stewart, Andrew and Robert, formed the current partnership on January 1st, 2016 as Richard Mahoney retired as a partner on December 31st, 2015 and Tom Delorey became a part time associate lawyer. Tom then retired on December 31st, 2016.
Our Associates
2009
Taiwo Emovon became an Associate Lawyer (called to the Bar in 2007).
2013
Meghan Lemon became an Associate Lawyer (called to the Bar in 2011).
2018
Sean Brennan became an Associate Lawyer (called to the Bar in 2013).
2019
Georgia Kortas became an Associate Lawyer (called to the Bar in 2014).
History of Acquired Practices
As a result of our long standing goodwill and reputation that was built up over many years, a number of distinguished and successful London lawyers entrusted us to take over their practices for various reasons. We continue to benefit from ongoing relationships. Below is a list of the practices acquired and that we are still assisting on:
Larry Dalton
Mr. Dalton left to become the Land Registrar for Middlesex County.
1982
1982
John Whaley
1982
Mr. Whaley became chief legal counsel for Canada Trust.
1982
Mitchell Wolfe
1986
Mr. Wolfe became general counsel for Visa Canada.
1986
Lawrence Ison
1990
Mr. Ison passed away in 1990.
1990
Charles Haskett
1990
Mr. Haskett retired from the practice of law.
1990
Jack Trott
1992
Mr. Trott has moved to the United States.
1992
Peter Gillespie
1995
Mr. Gillespie retired from the practice of law.
1995
Donald Leahy
1995
Mr. Leahy retired from the practice of law.
1995
Brian Morris
2005
Mr. Morris practiced in Glencoe and retired from the practice of law.
2005
William Hagarty
2006
Mr. Hagarty joined the firm as an associate lawyer and retired in 2014.
2006
Russell Leavens
2013
Mr. Leavens retired from the practice of law.
2013
Gregory Johnston
2014
Mr. Johnson retired from the practice of law.
2014
Richard Mahoney
2015
Mr. Mahoney retired from the practice of law.
2015
Ingeborg Slade
2018
Ms. Slade retired from the practice of law.
2018