Heenan Blaikie
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-7073-3 (ISBN)
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In 1973, three young lawyers established Heenan Blaikie. It would become one of Canada’s highest-profile law firms, counting former prime ministers, premiers, and Supreme Court justices in its ranks. It was like a family, according to many who worked there. But it was a dysfunctional family. In 2014, the firm’s dramatic collapse became front-page news.
Based on extensive interviews with firm lawyers and legal industry insiders, Heenan Blaikie is the story of a respected law firm that ultimately buckled under weak governance and management. Heenan Blaikie seemed to punch above its weight: bilingual, humane, national with international aspirations. But beneath its unique culture as a kinder, gentler law firm lay workplace bullying, challenges for women and visible minority lawyers, and sexual harassment.
Adam Dodek, an unbiased outsider, situates the firm’s evolution within the context of a changing legal profession and society, producing an account that is gripping from beginning to end.
Adam Dodek is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. Among his numerous publications are In Search of the Ethical Lawyer; The Canadian Constitution, Third Edition, named by the Hill Times as one of the top 100 books on Canadian public policy; and Solicitor-Client Privilege, which won the Walter Owen Book Prize. He is a recipient of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers Prize for Academic Excellence, the Mundell Medal for excellence in legal writing, and the Law Society of Ontario’s Law Society Medal. He is also a director of the Canadian Association for Legal Ethics and the Canadian Legal Information Institute, and a past governor of the Law Commission of Ontario.
Preface
Prologue: What a Party!
Foundations
1 The Handshake: Creating a New Law Firm
2 Building a Law Firm: The First Decade in Montreal
3 The Game Changer: Pierre Trudeau Comes on Board
4 “A Different Kind of Law Firm”: Creating a Unique Culture
5 On the Verge: A Law Firm Seeking to Go Where?
6 Launching Toronto: Moving to the Centre of the Universe
7 Joe Groia: An Outsider among Outsiders
8 Toronto in the 1990s: Building an Office, Building a Brand
9 The Culture Crystallizes: “A Kinder, Gentler Law Firm”
10 Not Torys? Struggling to Define an Identity and a Vision
Erosion
11 The Donaldson Interlude: Everyone Deserves a Second Chance
12 The Lure of Growth: Becoming a National Law Firm
13 The Critical Years: 1993–98
14 The New Millennium: The Culture Begins to Fray
15 A “Hotel for Lawyers”: Law Firm Partnerships
16 “A Family Business”: Governance and Management
17 Bigger than the Firm: Marcel Aubut
18 The Persistence of White Male Power: Women and Diversity in Big Law
19 The End of the Decade: End of the Dream
Collapse
20 The Money Wells Dry Up: Castor Holdings and Atomic Energy
21 We’ll Always Have Paris: International Follies
22 Lawyers, Guns, and Money: African Misadventures
23 Double Trouble: Botched Succession
24 Quicksand and Crisis: Coffee and Kleenex
25 Implosion: The Final Weeks
26 Cleaning Up: When a Law Firm Fails
Conclusion
Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.10.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Law and Society |
| Verlagsort | Vancouver |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 720 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7748-7073-7 / 0774870737 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7748-7073-3 / 9780774870733 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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