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President of the American College of Trial Lawyers ), continues to practice at BLG's Ottawa office today and represents the fourth successive generation of the Scott family to practice law in the Ottawa area. The other co-founder, John A. Aylen Q.C. practised with the firm until he was 89 years old; his son, John G. Aylen Q.C. recently retired from BLG at the age of 86, three years short of his father's record. John G. Aylen's son, David Aylen, is also a lawyer who practised IP with Scott & Aylen for 15 years until he joined another firm in 1998. David Aylen is now a global IP specialist in Russia.
139:) is a leading, full-service law firm in Canada with almost 900 lawyers, intellectual property agents and other professionals. With two hundred years of history going back to the 1823 founding of McMaster Gervais, it has offices in Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Calgary. BLG is governed by a partnership board composed of partners from across Canada. Sean Weir served as the firm's first National Managing Partner until 2018, and was succeeded in the position by John Murphy of the Montréal office.
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three decades, the firm experienced rapid expansion resulting in many name changes. Eventually, the firm's name was changed back to Borden & Elliot in 1973. At the time of the merger in 2000, Borden & Elliot was a full-service firm with one of the largest litigation practices in the country, and employed 668 people including more than 230 professionals.
146:, and is known for its practices in disputes, corporate/M&A, international trade, energy, environment, labour and employment, healthcare, shipping, infrastructure and construction, and procurement law. BLG was named a leading law firm in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, with 238 lawyers recognized as leaders.
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Toronto firm Borden & Elliot was founded on January 20, 1936, by lawyers Henry Borden and Beverly Vallack Elliot. Henry, at the outbreak of WWII, was appointed to the War Supply Board in Ottawa and in 1942, was appointed chairman of the War Time Industries Control Board. Over the following
163:, currently jurist in residence at BLG, joined the firm in 2017 and 2014, respectively. In 2023, the Honourable Jacques R. Fournier, retired Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Québec, joined the firm's Disputes group and in 2024, former Alberta Justice, Marina Paperny joined as Senior Counsel.
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The fully bilingual Ottawa firm Scott & Aylen was founded in 1952. At the time of the merger, the firm employed 168 people, including 62 professionals. The firm brought together lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents under one roof. Scott & Aylen co-founder
Cuthbert Scott's son, David
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Over the years, the firm has produced two Prime
Ministers, an Attorney General, appellate court justices, law school deans, an ambassador to the United States, and directors of numerous national corporations. It has represented many of Canada's most well-known blue chip companies including Hudson's
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In 2024 – for the sixth consecutive year – BLG was named one of Canada's Best
Diversity Employers, as well as a Canadian Lawyer 5-Star Pro Bono Firm for the second year in a row. At the 2024 Benchmark Litigation awards, BLG was once again named Insurance Law Firm of the Year, and recognized for
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Tax Act - Canada's first income tax act. Leon's son, Thomas Ladner, built and expanded Ladner Downs into one of the leading law firms in
British Columbia. At the time of the merger, the firm employed 318 people, including 110 professionals.
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Armstrong & Associates, a Waterloo Region intellectual property law boutique. In 2008, the firm of Shortt Hanbridge Richardson and Welch joined BLG. By the end of 2014, BLG had closed its Waterloo office.
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Gervais of Montreal, Borden & Elliot of Toronto, Ladner Downs of Vancouver, Howard Mackie of Calgary, and Scott & Aylen of Ottawa, merged to create BLG.
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