Mastering Summary Judgment Motions: Practical Tips for Litigation Success
Should you bring a summary judgment motion? How do you oppose a summary judgment motion? If you know when and how to effectively use them, they can be a critical tool for your litigation practice. In this program, you will gain practical tips from leading practitioners on how to prepare for, argue, and oppose a summary judgment motion.
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Toronto Lawyers Association
For more than 135 years, the Toronto Lawyers' Association, located within the Courthouse Library, has represented the interests of lawyers practising in the City of Toronto. The association was founded to support its members in three key areas: Knowledge, Advocacy, and Community. To uphold these pillars, the association offers a year-round mix of online and in-person education programs for lawyers, hosts both free and paid events to foster in-person networking, and submits advocacy pieces on behalf of its members to the Ontario bench and bar, all levels of government, and the broader public.
Litigation lawyer at Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
Matthew Karabus is a partner in the commercial litigation and arbitration group of Gowling WLG's Toronto office. He has a wide range of dispute resolution experience, most regularly in matters involving: Contract disputes, shareholder litigation, banking litigation, and commercial real estate disputes. Administrative law and litigation involving government and regulated industries. Injunctions, fraud claims, and enforcement of foreign judgments. Matthew is also an instructor at Osgoode Hall's Professional Development Program, teaching lawyers advanced civil trial advocacy techniques. He has also served as an instructor at the University of Windsor, teaching legal remedies (injunctions and specific performance).
Commercial litigator at Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP
Partner at Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP, a leading independent litigation firm with experienced and passionate advocates who specialize in complex litigation. His practice includes employment law, insolvency and restructuring, corporate governance, shareholder and oppression remedy disputes, contract litigation, and departing employee and breach of confidence cases. In addition to private arbitrations of business disputes, he appears regularly before the Ontario courts, including the Toronto Commercial List.
