Walsh LLP Celebrates Education Achievements Of Students At Ramacrisna School In Bétim, Brazil

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Ramacrisna’s students would ordinarily have few opportunities for growth and independence, without significant charitable and caring efforts of others who strive to make a difference.

Rotary International, a global service organisation dedicated to “service above self,” is one of the champions for Ramacrisna’s young minds. With Rotary’s assistance, Ramacrisna is thriving and expanding their independence and opportunities for the future.

Walsh LLP’s partner, Benjamin Kormos, is also the President of the Rotary Club of Calgary West. Together with Rotarians in the neighbouring centre of Belo-Horizonte, Brazil, Benjamin leads a project to further advance the education level of students at Ramacrisna School. This Ramacrisna project presently educates the school’s young learners in robotics and automation technology.

Walsh LLP celebrates these efforts, which raise the quality of living for so many! See for yourself what a difference the efforts of those like Benjamin and Rotary is making, in these children’s lives!

Here is a short video on these achievements.  It features the Rotary Club of Belo Horizonte-Liberdade, Ramacrisna, and Rotary Club of Calgary West (Benjamin Kormos).

Walsh LLP Is Pleased To Welcome Kent Jesse And Logan Kachur

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Kent Jesse joins Walsh LLP from another local established law firm.  Kent adds 20 years of experience to Walsh LLP’s team of litigators.  He is a civil litigator, acting for clients in small-to-medium size businesses, to large international businesses.  His practice has an emphasis on commercial litigation (including contractual and shareholder issues, and negligence, fraud, defamation, and other civil cases). Kent’s biography is available here.

=Logan Kachur joins our firm from an established family law firm in Saskatoon.  He brings to our firm a wealth of family law litigation experience, and has represented his clients before the courts with regularity.  Logan’s biography is available here.

Walsh LLP Is Pleased To Announce That Geeta Bharadia, Q.C. Has Joined Our Firm

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Geeta is a senior lawyer with extensive quasi-judicial and mediation experience. Her practice is focused on resolution of all types of disputes through mediation, arbitration, and assisted negotiation. Geeta’s profile is available here.

Family Mediation And Parenting Coordination In Okotoks, Alberta

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Walsh LLP is pleased to announce that Judy Bachmann is now offering her family mediation and parenting coordination services through both our offices in Okotoks and Calgary, Alberta .

Mediation is a positive dispute resolution process for families and separating couples whom are seeking an alternative to a contested and costly court process. In mediation, Judy aims to create a safe and respectful environment such that all involved parties can respectfully and calmly communicate with each other regarding the future of their children and their financial matters.

As both a lawyer and registered psychologist, Judy brings a unique perspective to her work as a mediator. Judy has also worked extensively with families whom are experiencing a high level of conflict where she utilizes a mediation-arbitration process to resolving disputes between parties regarding parenting issues in a process also known as Parenting Coordination.

Judy is both a Registered Family Mediator and Registered Parenting Coordinator and Arbitrator with the Alberta Family Mediation Society and has practiced mediation since 2000.

Walsh At The Supreme Court Of Canada

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Walsh LLP partners (from left to right) Ken McLeod, Eugene Creighton, Q.C., and Gary Befus after appearing before the Supreme Court of Canada. Walsh lawyers were successful in a landmark ruling pertaining to solicitor-client privilege and the powers of the Privacy Commissioner.

Walsh LLP Pleased To Sponsor Educational Initiative And Mayors Showcase

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Walsh LLP is pleased to have been given the opportunity to participate in the 2013 Mayor’s Showcase & Celebration of Citizenship, hosted by the Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation (CEPF). We are pleased that our contribution permitted even more students to attend this excellent educational initiative.

Walsh LLP’s guests at the event are pictured here with Mayor Nenshi.

Walsh LLP In The Community

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Walsh LLP is committed to contributing to its community by providing more than just legal services.

Over the years, we have connected with our community through annual food drives, adopt-a-family programs and community scholarships. We are committed to doing more.

This year we partnered with Ryan Russell-Timbrell in his quest to become a full-time staff member for Youth Unlimited. Ryan is a member of StreetLight (a division of Youth Unlimited), a mobile drop-in center in downtown Calgary that focuses on assisting street youth aged 12-24. Our firm is proud to support and stand behind Ryan and his vision for turning his mobile cart (equipped with food, drinks, snacks, water bottles, and warm clothing) into a focal point for building relationships and instilling hope in street youth.

We are also an excited partner with Social Venture Partners Calgary. Social Venture Partners is a non-profit organization that focuses on capacity building for existing non-profits and not-for-profit organizations in Calgary. Our firm is pleased to be part of SVP and its program in assisting current investees (the Autism Asperger’s Friendship Society, the ALEX and Two Wheel View), and to participate in Calgary’s first annual SVP “Fast Pitch” Event – an Expo giving local non-profit and not-for-profit organizations an opportunity to compete in for prize money as well as professional services.

Walsh LLP has a longstanding relationship with Treaty 7 First Nations. In addition to recognizing the importance of and supporting spiritual and cultural activities within the community, this year we were able to focus on education and minor activities in those communities. We were honoured to support the Treaty 7 Caregivers Conference and to be invited into schools on the Blood Reserve, to meet with children from grades 1 – 3 and contribute school supplies for just over 300 students. We look forward to participating in high school career fairs and providing support for ongoing career development.

Walsh Law Pleased To Announce Assistance Of Wellspring Calgary And Pro Bono Lawyers Of Alberta (PBLA)

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Walsh LLP is pleased to announce its association with Wellspring Calgary and Pro Bono Lawyers Alberta. Volunteer lawyers from Walsh LLP will be providing free summary legal advice to clients of Wellspring Calgary who are living with cancer.

Volunteer lawyers will support cancer patients with issues related to Long Term Disability (LTD) or employment issues through the delivery of a monthly legal advice clinic and legal information sessions. The clinics will be delivered as an extension of Wellspring’s “Money Matters” program.

Wellspring Calgary is a warm and welcoming community that provides a comprehensive range of support, resources and programs so anyone living with cancer and the people who care about them can improve the quality of their lives.

Walsh LLP is pleased to provide unique avenue for lawyers to volunteer in a pro bono capacity.

Walsh LLP Is Pleased To Announce That Stephen Page And Laura Brown Have Joined Our Firm

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Stephen was called to the Alberta Bar in May of 2015 after completing his articles at a boutique family law firm in Calgary. Stephen has appeared on behalf of his clients in both the Court of Queen’s Bench and the Provincial Court of Alberta. Stephen will be a member of the Family Law practice group at Walsh LLP.

After completing her Commerce Degree in Halifax and working for a few years in that City, Laura attended Law School at Dalhousie University and Articled in Ottawa prior to moving to Calgary. Laura was called to the Alberta Bar in August of 2014 and worked at a boutique family law firm in Calgary prior to joining Walsh LLP. Laura will be a member of the Family Law practice group at Walsh LLP.

Walsh LLP Announces Ray G. Hunt’s Retirement

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It is with mixed emotions that Walsh LLP announces Ray Hunt’s retirement from the practice of law. Walsh LLP and Ray have immensely enjoyed many years of friendship and, with that, Ray’s numerous contributions to firm life, from his obvious care for his colleagues and the profession as a whole, to his regaling stories of firm lore.

Since he joined the Firm in 1978 as an articling student, Ray has been a valued and respected member of Walsh LLP, throughout its history of assisting Albertans with their legal questions and decisions. In his years with the firm, Ray has served as a Special Prosecutor for Justice Canada, has developed a practice in commercial law and matrimonial law, and has appeared in those causes in all levels of court in Alberta.

Ray is known by his colleagues both at Walsh LLP and outside the firm, as a man of integrity, honour, and dignity. In the practice of law, he strove unfailingly to achieve a level of respect for the parties and the process that earned him the admiration of lawyers and students at Walsh LLP, whom Ray enjoyed mentoring and with whom he shared the rich history and banter of Walsh LLP.

Walsh LLP thanks Ray Hunt for his many years of dedication, and wishes him the best of years in his retirement. To mark this special occasion, Walsh LLP is pledging a donation of $2,500 in Ray’s name, to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada (Calgary & Area Chapter), to help the community in which Ray practiced law and dedicated his many years of care and commitment.