Lonnie Brodkin-Schneider
Partner
Montréal
514.871.5449
lbschneider@millerthomsonpouliot.com
Profile
Lonnie Brodkin-Schneider is a Corporate Commercial lawyer with a strong transactional focus, and considerable expertise in intellectual property and trade-mark law, including marketing, advertising, packaging and labeling. She also specializes in pharmaceutical and food and beverage regulatory issues, advising companies in these areas and leading transactions in these industries. In addition, she focuses on language laws, advising domestic and international companies on issues relating to the Charter of the French Language. Ms. Brodkin-Schneider regularly leads and coordinates teams for international acquisitions and reorganization projects.
As a Partner in the firm’s Montréal office, Ms. Brodkin-Schneider advises domestic and multi-national corporations on a range of transactional, regulatory, IP and franchise issues. In addition, she has acted as a director of the subsidiaries of a number of these corporations.
Ms. Brodkin-Schneider is a registered Canadian Trade-Mark agent, providing strategic branding advice to clients in a wide variety of industries.
She is a frequent presenter at industry conferences on a variety of topics, including phamaceutical and food and beverage regulatory, advertising, corporate transactions and intellectual property, and is an active member of several professional associations.
Ms. Brodkin-Schneider has given courses and seminars on corporate transactions and intellectual property on behalf of the Canadian Institute, the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and the International Trademark Association. She is the author of the chapter on the Charter of the French Language in Business Laws of Canada: West. 2009. and a contributor to other chapters, notably, the chapter on advertising and marketing.
Ms. Brodkin-Schneider serves her clientele both in French and in English.
Education
- LL.B. and B.C.L., McGill University, 1988
- M.L.S., Indiana University, 1979
- B.A., McGill University, 1977
Directorships
- Member, Executive Committee of the Québec Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, Intellectual Property and Telecommunications
- Member, Emerging Issues Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Past member, Pharmaceutical Subcommittee - Laws and Regulations Committee, INTA
Memberships
- Canadian Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- AIPPI
Published Works
- Author of the chapter on the Charter of the French Language and Co-author of the chapter on Marketing Law, Business Laws of Canada: West, 2009
Industry Expertise
Key Practice Expertise
Areas of Focus
- Charter of the French Language
Year of Call
- Québec Bar, 1989