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Stanley Naftolin, K.C., C.S.
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Year of Call
Ontario, 1969; Alberta 1980

Stanley Naftolin, K.C., C.S.

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Stanley’s colleagues and clients often point to his personable approach, his insistence on understanding the details of each and every case before him, and his true enjoyment of interacting with people, as the qualities they respect and value most.

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Stanley is the chair of our Construction Group. He has an enviable track record as one of Canada’s leading construction law authorities. His distinguished expertise in construction law is renowned by his colleagues and valued by the hundreds of clients he has represented.

An authority on a broad spectrum of construction legal matters, clients seek him out with respect to construction liens, delay claims, breach of trust, contract disputes, bonding issues, mortgage priorities, insolvency, and bankruptcy issues.

Frequently requested to act as a mediator and arbitrator in construction disputes, Stanley has built an enviable reputation for his ability to steer complex multi-party disputes to a successful resolution. He is also a respected mentor to young practitioners and to the profession at large.

A Certified Specialist in Construction Law, Stanley lectures regularly, is a noted author who has published widely, and is a founding member of the Construction Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association, a Founding Fellow, Governor, and past President of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, a Chartered Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, as well as a past Chair for the Construction Law Specialty Committee of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Recognition

  • The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory as one of the most frequently recommended construction law practitioners.
  • The International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers
  • The Best Lawyers in Canada under two categories; Construction Law and ADR (Dispute Resolution).
  • LEXPERT’s American Lawyer 500: Leading Practitioners, 2015, 2016 and 2019 as one of the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
  • LEXPERT’s Canadian Lawyer directory as a leading in construction
  • Who’s Who Legal as a highly recommended mediator and construction lawyer in Canada
  • Fellow, Construction Lawyers Society of America
  • Martindale-Hubbell and American Lawyer Media as one of Toronto’s top-rated lawyers.
  • Martindale- Hubbell, highest peer review AV Preeminent Rating for the past seventeen (19) years (click here to watch the video)
Relevant Practices
Arbitration
Construction
Mediation
Year of Call
Ontario, 1969; Alberta 1980

Representative Legal Matters

Publications, Presentation & Media Highlights

Author, Instructor, Lecturer & Panelist

  • Instructor, Bar Admission Course-Law Society of Upper Canada (1970-80)
  • Lecturer and Panellist at Canadian Bar Association-Ontario Continuing Legal Education Programs, Law Society of Upper Canada,
  • Technical University of Nova Scotia
  • Insight
  • The Canadian Institute
  • Toronto Construction Association
  • Hamilton Halton Home Builders Association
  • Hamilton Law Association
  • LexisNexis
  • Council of Ontario Construction Association
  • Construct Canada
  • Lectured extensively to various professional and business groups in the Province of Ontario on Construction Liens, Construction Law, Creditors’ Rights, and Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Author of several articles in “Nuts & Bolts” and The Construction Law Reports. Formerly on the Editorial Board of the Construction Law Reports (Carswell, a Thomson Reuters company)

Seminars

  • OBA Panelist – Multi-Party Dispute Resolution – 2018
  • Osgoode Hall Law School panel member 2016, York University, Osgoode Professional Development Certificate in Construction Law Practice Gems: Construction Lien Essentials – Making Sure you Lien the Right Land
  • Osgoode Hall Law School lecturer 2015 and 2016, York University, Osgoode Professional Development Certificate in Construction Law Arbitrating the Construction Dispute.
  • Osgoode Hall Law School lecturer 2011-2013, York University, Osgoode Professional Development Certificate in Construction Law Mediating the Construction Dispute, theories and principles of mediation – the role of the mediator and counsel.
  • February 2011: Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Osgoode Professional Development – 4th Annual Conference – Construction Law – Best Practices *Managing Risk* Emerging Trends: Trust Provisions

Professional Associations & Memberships

Professional Appointments

  • Arbitrator and Mediator for the Alternate Dispute Resolution Program of the Council of Ontario Construction Association
  • Queen’s Counsel, 1982
  • Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company approved Counsel
  • Former Consultant to Ministry of Attorney General’s Committee on Alternate Resolution of Construction Disputes
  • Past President and Governor of Canadian College of Construction Lawyers
  • Planning Committee, Construction Law Course, Osgoode Hall Law School
  • Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Construction Law
  • Private Mediator and Arbitrator in Construction Law disputes
  • Named as project Mediator in several construction contracts

Professional Associations

  • Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Law Society of Alberta
  • Canadian Bar Association – Ontario
  • Ontario Bar Association – Construction Law Section
  • Canadian College of Construction Lawyers
  • Toronto Lawyers Association
  • Toronto Construction Association
  • ADR Institute of Ontario, Inc.

Community Involvement

Education

  • 1967 – J.D., Law – University of Toronto
  • 1964 – B.A. – University of Western Ontario

Other

Personal Interests

Stanley enjoys physical activity including strenuous fitness programs. He leads spinning classes and has been an avid golfer for many years.

 

Author, Instructor, Lecturer & Panelist

  • Instructor, Bar Admission Course-Law Society of Upper Canada (1970-80)
  • Lecturer and Panellist at Canadian Bar Association-Ontario Continuing Legal Education Programs, Law Society of Upper Canada,
  • Technical University of Nova Scotia
  • Insight
  • The Canadian Institute
  • Toronto Construction Association
  • Hamilton Halton Home Builders Association
  • Hamilton Law Association
  • LexisNexis
  • Council of Ontario Construction Association
  • Construct Canada
  • Lectured extensively to various professional and business groups in the Province of Ontario on Construction Liens, Construction Law, Creditors’ Rights, and Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Author of several articles in “Nuts & Bolts” and The Construction Law Reports. Formerly on the Editorial Board of the Construction Law Reports (Carswell, a Thomson Reuters company)

Seminars

  • OBA Panelist – Multi-Party Dispute Resolution – 2018
  • Osgoode Hall Law School panel member 2016, York University, Osgoode Professional Development Certificate in Construction Law Practice Gems: Construction Lien Essentials – Making Sure you Lien the Right Land
  • Osgoode Hall Law School lecturer 2015 and 2016, York University, Osgoode Professional Development Certificate in Construction Law Arbitrating the Construction Dispute.
  • Osgoode Hall Law School lecturer 2011-2013, York University, Osgoode Professional Development Certificate in Construction Law Mediating the Construction Dispute, theories and principles of mediation – the role of the mediator and counsel.
  • February 2011: Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Osgoode Professional Development – 4th Annual Conference – Construction Law – Best Practices *Managing Risk* Emerging Trends: Trust Provisions

Professional Appointments

  • Arbitrator and Mediator for the Alternate Dispute Resolution Program of the Council of Ontario Construction Association
  • Queen’s Counsel, 1982
  • Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company approved Counsel
  • Former Consultant to Ministry of Attorney General’s Committee on Alternate Resolution of Construction Disputes
  • Past President and Governor of Canadian College of Construction Lawyers
  • Planning Committee, Construction Law Course, Osgoode Hall Law School
  • Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Construction Law
  • Private Mediator and Arbitrator in Construction Law disputes
  • Named as project Mediator in several construction contracts

Professional Associations

  • Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Law Society of Alberta
  • Canadian Bar Association – Ontario
  • Ontario Bar Association – Construction Law Section
  • Canadian College of Construction Lawyers
  • Toronto Lawyers Association
  • Toronto Construction Association
  • ADR Institute of Ontario, Inc.
  • 1967 – J.D., Law – University of Toronto
  • 1964 – B.A. – University of Western Ontario

Personal Interests

Stanley enjoys physical activity including strenuous fitness programs. He leads spinning classes and has been an avid golfer for many years.

 

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