ROEFE & CoMPANY is the business
name of my law firm. I’m Marlon Roefe, the proprietor of this firm.I have
practiced law and acted as a trade mark agent in the Province of Ontario,
Canada since 1981.
My practice is geared towards meeting
the needs of my business clients, with a focus on business law, litigation,
intellectual property and Criminal and regulatory Offences.
I have been published in the area
of offshore bank secrecy and tracing proceeds of crime. In addition to the
typical areas of law usually associated with the focus of my practice, I am
able to bring the experience of having represented clients in cases involving
family law, estates and estate litigation, criminal law, false advertising,
fraud, and defamation.
For those of you who are interested,
my resume is listed below.
MARLON MICHAEL ROEFE
130 Bloor Street West,
11th Floor Toronto,
Ontario, M5S 1N5
T.(416) 323-0242
Fax (416) 323-0344
Email [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL
DESIGNATIONS:
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, TRADE
MARK AGENT and NOTARY PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS:
EXPERIENCE:
1990
LAWYER / SOLE PRACTITIONER
under
the firm name ROEFE & COMPANY.
My practice is focused to serve
the needs of business clients
I provide professional services
in respect of:
In addition, I also serve my client’s
litigation requirements on matters pertaining to:
1981 – 1987
During this period my practice
focused upon the needs of entrepreneurial clients. In addition to the usual
solicitors work associated with this client base, I attended to my client�s
litigation requirements.
This work included injunctions,
defence of false advertising charges, regulatory offences, gaming law, shipping
law, letters of credit, bankruptcy and creditors remedies.
1987 – 1990
ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL for
RUNNYMEDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED
I provided counsel to the directors
and employees of the corporation with respect to the corporation’s dealings
and assisted in the preparation of documentation pertaining to leases, sale
of land, sale of manufacturing business, letters of credit, trade marks, health
and safety program, assisted in labour negotiations, collective agreement
dispute resolutions process and, represented interests of the corporation
before the courts.
EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS
OTHER
Publications:
Director:
Physically Handicapped Independent
Advancement Community Service, (a registered Charity which provides transportation
and other services for the physically disabled)
Secretary:
Rotary Club of Toronto – Forest
Hill (1996-1998)
References:
available on request
- Law Society of Upper Canada
- Association of Trial Lawyers
of America - Canadian Bar Association
- The Lawyers Club
- Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers
Association
- partnership agreements
- shareholder agreements
- corporate organization
- franchise agreements
- intellectual property licenses
- trade mark prosecutions
- professional associations
- manufacturing contracts
- service contracts
- family trusts
- employment contracts
- business valuation
- intellectual property protection
matters - security agreements
- employee stock options and profit
participation plans - co-operative corporations
- charitable corporations
- purchase and sale of businesses
- purchase and sale of land
- commercial leases
- employment contracts
- breach of trust
- collections
- breach of contract
- professional liability
- bankruptcy
- fraud and quasi fraud
- commercial crime and proceeds
of crime - injunctions to preserve assets
and documentary evidence - intellectual property preservation
proceedings - shareholder remedies
- property rights
- mortgage remedies
- consumer protection matters
- repair and storage lien matters
- wrongful interference with contractual
relations - construction deficiencies
- construction lien claims
- animal breeding rights
- defamation
- proceeds of crime
- tracing moneys
- professional disciplinary proceedings
- 1989 – 1991: Osgoode
Hall, York University, Master of Laws program (International Business Transactions)
(withdrew due to ongoing practice commitments) - 1980 – 1981: Bar Admission
Course, Law Society of Upper Canada, Osgoode Hall, Toronto - 1976 – 1979 University
of Windsor Bachelor of Laws - 1974 – 1976 University
of Western Ontario (transferred to University of Windsor)
- Law Society of Upper Canada
Association of Trial Lawyers of America - The Lawyers Club Canadian Bar
Association Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers Association
- Tracing the Proceeds of Crime
under Bill C-61 and Offshore Bank Confidentiality [1990] v.7 n. 5 Business
& the Law, pp. 33-39