Michael D. Segal

First Year of Call
1976

Areas of Practice
Corporate and Commercial Law, Franchising, Taxation, US Business Law, Wills, Estates and Trusts

Description
I graduated from McGill University with a B. A. with honours in political science in 1971 and then Graduated from McGill University with LLB. in 1974 and was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1976.In the late 1970’s I taught a basic law course at Algonquin College and produced the booklet "Starting Your Own Business". I was one of the instructors for the commercial law section of the Bar Admissions Course for the Law Society of Upper Canada in Ottawa from 1998- 2005.I an active member of S.T.E.P. (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) (Canada) and a past chair of the Ottawa branch and a former member of the national board of directors. I served as the programming chair before becoming Chair of the Branch.I hold the designation of TEP.I sat for several years on the Board of Advisors of the National Capital American Chamber of Commerce Chapter.I received my Certified Specialist designation in Corporate and Commercial Law in October 2004 from the Law Society of Upper Canada.
I currently am a member of the executive of the Business Law section of the OBA and sit on both the ethics and anti-corruption committees of the CBA.My practice is restricted to corporate and commercial and estate and tax planning related matters.