Sam is a litigator with a broad range of litigation experience gained over 20 years of representing clients involved in contractual disputes, shareholder disagreements, and construction lien matters. Sam also has an active tax litigation practice, representing corporations, individual tax payers and corporate officers and directors facing claims of negligence and alleged wrongdoing.
Sam has devoted his career to advocating for his clients and defending their interests before the Ontario Courts. He understands that clients require responsive solutions and effective strategies to explore early and cost effective resolutions of a dispute whenever possible. However, experience has taught him that not all disputes can be easily or quickly resolved, particularly when passions run high and former business partners or competitors let their emotions govern their actions. When facing situations of this nature, clients value and depend on Sam’s confidence, instincts and judgment. Sam’s approach to litigation has made him a trusted advisor to a devoted network of clients and referral sources who will seek his counsel and advice at the earliest stages of a dispute or disagreement.
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Thought leadership
- Guest Lecturer, Osgoode Hall Law School, “Forensic Accounting and the Law”
- Instructor, the University of Toronto (Diploma in Investigative & Forensic Accounting)
Community involvement
- GTHL, Certified Coach, Boys Minor Hockey
- Humber River Hospital Patient Representative
Professional memberships
- Law Society of Upper Canada
- The Advocates Society
- The Ontario Bar Association
- The Canadian Bar Association
- The Canadian Tax Foundation
Bar admissions & education
- Ontario Bar, 1997
- LL.M., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2001
- LL.B., University of Ottawa, 1995
- B.A., York University, 1992
- In Depth Tax Program (Personal and Corporate Taxation, International Taxation and Transfer Pricing), Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, 1990