Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience:
- 2007 - Present Marvin J. Huberman
Barrister, Mediator, Arbitrator - 2005 - 2007 Teplitsky, Colson, Barristers
Senior Litigation Counsel - 2002 - 2005 Ogilvy Renault, LLP
Senior Counsel, Litigation Group - 1999 - 2001 Independent Senior Litigation Counsel
Major associations with Lafleur Brown LLP, and Bakerlaw - 1988 - 1999 Morris Rose Ledgett, Barristers & Solicitors
Partner - 1983 - 1988 Huberman, Cristall & Hutchinson, Barristers & Solicitors (Vancouver)
Associate, Litigation Group - 1982 Federal Department of Justice, Province of British Columbia
Articling Student
Education and Affiliations:
- Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, LL.M., Alternative Dispute Resolution (1997)
- University of Toronto (Arbitration Certification 1996)
- Harvard Law School (Mediation Certification 1994)
- University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law, LL.B. (1982)
- Certified as a Specialist in Civil Litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
- Former Vice-Chair of the Commercial Registration Appeal Tribunal
- Instructor at Intensive Trial Advocacy Course, Osgoode Hall Law School
- Instructor at Law Society of Upper Canada, Civil Litigation and Advocacy, Bar Admission Course
- Speaker at numerous conferences on current and evolving legal issues
Accreditations:
- Listed as one of the world’s leading practitioners in the report: Who's Who Legal: Commercial Mediation 2023
- Accredited by the ADR Institute of Canada with the designation Chartered Arbitrator (C. Arb)
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
- Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternate Dispute Resolution (FAIADR)
- Certified as a Construction Adjudicator by the Ontario Dispute Adjudication of Construction Disputes (ODACC)
- Member of the Adjudicator Registry of the Canada Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts (CanDACC).
Awards:
- Recipient of the Corporate America Today - Annual Awards 2020 - Best Specialist in Commercial Litigation & Arbitration of the Year - Canada
- Awarded the 2020 Global Law Experts Awards - Partnership Disputes Mediator of the Year in Canada - 2020
- Awarded the ADRIO Star Award from The ADR Institute of Ontario
- Recipient of the 2017 Corporate International Magazine Global Award: Partnership Disputes Mediator of the Year in Canada
- Awarded The Lawyer International - Global Award - 2017 - Law Firm of the Year – Commercial Arbitration – Canada
- Recipient of the M&A Today - Global Award 2016 - as the Law Firm of the Year - Commercial Arbitration - in Canada
- Recipient of a Dedicated Professional Service Award from the Canadian Bar Association, Ont.
- Awarded First Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do
Professional Activities:
- Deputy Judge of the Small Claims Court, Toronto Region
- Past-President of the ADR Institute of Ontario (ADRIO)
- Former Chair, British - Canada Chamber of Trade and Commerce (BCCTC), Governance Committee
- Former member of the Executive Committee of the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society
- ADR Chambers, Inc.: Mediation/Arbitration panel member
- Chief Justice of Ontario′s Advisory Committee on Professionalism: Founding Member
- Canadian Bar Association: Former Chair, National and Ontario Civil Litigation Sections
- Civil Rules Committee: Former Member for 14 years
- Competition Law and Policy Task Force of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce: Former Member