MCDOUGALL GAULEY - Key Persons
Aaron has been a regular lecturer and presenter at various continuing legal education programs. In 2002 he was presented with a Saskatchewan Legal Education Society volunteer award. In 2011 he was the Si Halyk, Q.C. Visiting Scholar in Advocacy at the University of Saskatchewan. He received the Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers Association Outstanding Lawyer Award in 2017. He also is an Advocacy Advisor for the Supreme Court of Canada Advocacy Institute.
Aaron Fox was called to the Saskatchewan Bar in 1978. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997 and inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2001. He has been recognized by "Best Lawyers" in the Criminal Defence area since 2006. His primary areas of practice are criminal law, professional discipline, and regulatory defence. He is Chair of the McDougall Gauley Defence Team.
Job Titles:
- Honorary Member
- Honourary Member
Brendan Bernakevitch is a corporate/commercial partner in the firm's Regina office. Brendan maintains a broad corporate practice, and has experience with working with small and large businesses with respect to corporate governance, financing, transactional work, restructuring and general corporate strategy.
Over the next ten years, it's estimated that 70% of businesses currently in operation will go through a transition or sale. In any transition, there are the usual considerations that must be taken into account; such as the type of sale, tax consequences, price, working with employees and key management. Legal and financial experts are willing and...
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of the Insurance Law Team
Chantelle is a member of the Insurance Law Team with a practice that focuses on the defence of medical malpractice claims involving hospitals and health regions, professional liability, commercial and construction claims.
Dave served as a member of the McDougall Gauley LLP Executive Committee from 1975-2012, when he was appointed co-chair of the firm. He was appointed senior counsel January 2017.
Dave McKeague provides advice in mergers and acquisitions, corporate organizations and business structures, corporate reorganizations, commercial real estate developments, commercial financing and secured transactions, private placements, and public offerings of securities. He has advised many institutions on restructuring initiatives and high-net worth clients on corporate and estate planning.
Gord Kuski's practice focuses on civil litigation in all areas of law including class actions, corporate and commercial litigation, and commercial insurance litigation. He has been involved as counsel in a majority of the major civil disputes in Saskatchewan over the past several years.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of McDougall Gauley 's Executive Committee
Heather is a member of McDougall Gauley's Executive Committee.
Heather Laing, K.C. is the chair of McDougall Gauley's Insurance Law Team. Heather focuses on defending complex and large loss claims involving property damage, construction, and professional liability.
Joe Dierker has retired. Please direct any inquiries to Nancy Hopkins, K.C. at 306-665-5440 or nhopkins@mcdougallgauley.com.
Ken Ready is an experienced lawyer, having practised law in Saskatchewan since 1976. He became a partner in the firm McDougall Ready Wakeling in 1984 (now McDougall Gauley LLP) and named a Queen's Counsel in 1994.
Lindsay Hart (Wacholtz) is a partner in our Regina office with a civil litigation practice, focused on family law and estate litigation. Lindsay is a Qualified Arbitrator and Collaborative Law Lawyer. She has appeared in all levels of Court. She is also a member of the firm's Executive Committee.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Chairman of the Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan
Michael has been named by Best Lawyers Canada as "Lawyer of the Year- Regina" 10 times in the fields of Banking & Finance Law, Insolvency & Financial Restructuring Law, and Banking & Finance Law.
Michael is a senior commercial and insolvency lawyer whose forty years of practice have included many significant transactions and litigation assignments. He is the Chair of the firm's executive committee.
Nancy Hopkins is a highly experienced business lawyer with emphasis in mergers and acquisitions, complex contracts and corporate governance. Her M&A experience includes transactions with public companies, private equity firms and strategic buyers. She has served on boards of public, Crown, membership and charitable corporations.
Nancy currently serves as a director of a number of corporations. She is a member of the board of the Canada West Foundation. She chairs the board of Arthritis Society Canada. Among her other past board service, Nancy served as a Director on the Board of Governors of the University of Saskatchewan from 2005-2013, serving as the Chair of the Board in the last three years. Nancy also sat on the Board of Cameco Corporation (CCO on the TSX; CCJ on the NYSE) for 24 years, and, in that time, chaired the Compensation Committee, the Audit Committee, and the Governance Committee. She served on the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for 9 years; during part of that board service, she chaired the Governance Committee. She served on the Board of Capital Markets Implementation Authority, to work toward a national securities regulator for Canada.
Job Titles:
- Professional Section Chairman / Allocations Committee
Rex Beaton has retired. Please direct any inquiries to Scott Wickenden at 306-665-5428 or swickenden@mcdougallgauley.com.
Bob Kennedy's practise is focused on civil litigation and arbitration, including complex corporate and commercial disputes. He acts as a litigation counsel in the Saskatoon office offering his experience and knowledge to other members of McDougall Gauley's litigation team.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Co - Chair of Our Labour
Scott is the co-chair of our Labour and Employment Team. He assists businesses, non profit organizations, and individuals with all of their labour and employment questions. His files include wrongful dismissals, human rights claims, workplace harassment, occupational health and safety matters, employment standards complaints, arbitrations, and collective bargaining.
Scott has been a guest lecturer at the Edwards School of Business and at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law. He has also presented at Innovation Place and done many CLE presentations in the past.
William J. (Bill) Shaw maintains a practice in the areas of commercial and residential finance, real estate, and banking and finance, including banking and credit union law, corporate law, governance, and tax planning and implementation. He regularly acts for individuals, small businesses, large corporations and institutions.
Bill Shaw maintains a commercial and residential finance, and real estate practice. He also works in the areas of banking and finance, including banking and credit union law, corporate law, governance, and tax planning and implementation. Bill has acted for a broad variety of clients including individuals, small businesses, large corporations and institutions.
Bill has been a member of condominium consultation groups providing information and feedback to Information Services Corporation and Saskatchewan Justice. He is a long-time member of the Board of Directors of the Saskatoon and Region Home Builders' Association. Bill was also involved in the development and preparation of iterations of the Credit Union Act and Co-operative Associations Act. He participated in regulatory hearings when the Public Utilities Review Board was operating.
Bill has volunteered for over three decades locally, nationally and internationally in the sport of water polo. In 2005, the Aquatic Federation of Canada placed Bill on the President's Honour Roll and in 2008 he was awarded the Paragon Award for Water Polo at the International Swimming Hall of Fame.