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Cox & Palmer congratulates Suzanne Rix who was named a Lexpert® Rising Star – Leading Lawyer Under 40 at an industry awards dinner in Toronto on November 25, 2010. Recipients of the Rising Stars Award must be under 40 years of age, and be nominated by their peers for their outstanding professional achievements and community […]

Cox & Palmer congratulates student entrepreneurs Adam Puddicombe and Chris Dunne owners of Rock Solid Design, a web design and services company, for being crowned winner of the 4th Annual SIFE Memorial Innovation Challenge. The Innovation Challenge, sponsored by Cox & Palmer, saw students take to the stage and pitch their business ideas in a […]

Charlottetown partner, Alanna Taylor recently became an adoption agent licensed by the PEI, Director of Child Welfare. She can facilitate adoptions within Canada where one party is a resident of PEI. As a licensed adoption agent, Alanna can match birth parents with adoptive parents and arrange for an adoption home study. In most provinces a […]

Cox & Palmer is pleased to welcome Michael F. Donovan, QC, who joins the firm as counsel. Over a 32-year career as a litigator and director of civil litigation with the Federal Department of Justice Atlantic Regional Office in Halifax, Michael has gained extensive experience in all aspects of civil litigation and other forms of […]

Mandy Woodland, an associate in the St. John’s office of Cox & Palmer, recently acted as co-chair of the first annual conference entitled “Privacy and Access Rights in the Age of Technology: The State of Canadians’ Information Rights in 2010 and Beyond” held in Ottawa, Ontario September 19 and 20, 2010. Canada is a global […]

David Hashey, QC, of Cox & Palmer’s Fredericton office, has recently been honoured for his contributions to his community and to his profession. David was the recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Wild Atlantic Salmon Conservation and the Lee Samis Award of Excellence from the Canadian Defence Lawyers. David was recognized by the leading […]

Cox & Palmer congratulates Arthur Doyle and Robbie MacKeigan, QC, on being named among Lexpert’s 2010 Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. Arthur Doyle, a partner in our Saint John office, is the only lawyer from New Brunswick to be named a ‘Canadian Corporate Lawyer to Watch’. This is the second consecutive year that […]

The Halifax office is pleased to welcome five new lawyers after their call to the Nova Scotia bar June 11, 2010. Vanessa Gallant and Ezra van Gelder will be joining our insurance and commercial litigation teams. Vanessa obtained her law degree from the University of New Brunswick and Ezra attended law school at the University […]

St. John’s associate, Mandy Woodland has recently received her designation as a registered Trade-mark Agent with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, an agency of Industry Canada. Dealing with issues relating to the registration, maintenance and protection of trade-marks, registered trade-mark agents are the only professionals permitted under the Trade-marks Act to represent and act on […]