ROBBY BERNSTEIN
BCom, LLB, BCL (Oxon)
MEDIATOR & ARBITRATOR
Address: 11 Oaklands Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4V 2E4
Tel: 416.595.2491 Cell: 416.509.7155
E-Mail: rbernstein@bernsteinlaw.ca Website: www.bernsteinlaw.ca
Work Experience
| May 07 ‑ Present | Mediator & Arbitrator and Barrister & Solicitor | |
| Feb 02 – Apr 07 | Partner, Litigation, Goodman and Carr LLP, Toronto | |
| Jan 99 – Jan 02 | Associate, Litigation, Goodman and Carr LLP, Toronto | |
| Sep 98 – Dec 98 | Barristers’ Pupillage, London, England | |
| Jun 93 – Aug 98 | Associate, Litigation, Goodman, Phillips & Vineberg, Toronto, now Goodmans LLP | |
| 1985 – Apr 93 | Partner, Litigation | Bischoff & Co., now Eversheds LLP, London, England |
| 1982 – 1985 | Assistant Solicitor, Litigation | |
| 1980 – 1982 | Articled Clerk | |
| 1979 – 1980 | Law Lecturer, Reading University, England | |
Qualifications
| 2008 | (November) George Adams’s Mediation Course – Mediating in a Rights-Based World | ||
| 2008 | (August) Advanced ADR Course, University of Windsor (Harvard Mediation Program) | ||
| 2008 | (July) ADR Course, University of Windsor (Harvard Mediation Program) | ||
| 2008 | (May & June) Mediation Internship, Toronto | ||
| 1998 | (November) Admitted as a Barrister, England and Wales | ||
| 1994 | (February) Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor, Ontario, Canada | ||
| 1982 | (October) Admitted as a Solicitor, England and Wales | ||
| 1980 | Part II of the Solicitors’ Qualifying Examinations (Four Distinctions) | ||
| 1979 | BCL (Master’s Degree) (Alpha Minus) | Oxford University, England | |
| 1977 | Part I of the Solicitors’ Qualifying Examinations for England and Wales | ||
| 1976 | LLB (First Class, Cum Laude) | University of the Witwatersrand,Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| 1974 | BCom (Legal) (High Upper Second) | ||
Publications and Lectures
| Author, Economic Loss (1st ed. 1993, Longman, pp 496; 2nd ed. 1998, Sweet & Maxwell, pp 808;3rd ed. Sweet & Maxwell, due 2011) |
| Journal Articles & Lectures/Workshops on a variety of Litigation and Commercial Law Topics ‑ Including Mediation (Preparation, Presentation, Ethics, etc), Factum-Writing, Good Faith in Commercial Agreements, Pure Economic Loss, Conducting Legal Research Effectively and Interpretation of Contracts |
Miscellaneous
| Instructor, Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University |
| Moot Court Judge for Moots between the University of Toronto Law School and Osgoode Hall Law School (“the Gale Cup”) |
| Moot Court Judge for the University of Toronto Law School Upper Year Moot |
| LSUC Examiner/Moderator of the Professional Responsibility Examination for Articling Students |
| Member of the Advocates’ Society & the Law Society of Upper Canada |
| Exhibitor (Photography) at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition – www.impactimages.ca |
| Volunteer in numerous School and Community Activities/Committees |
| Candidate in the Law Society of Upper Canada Bencher Election 2011 |