Desmarais, Keenan LLP
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.9 lawyers · Established 1922 · City of Greater Sudbury
One of 31 law firms listed in Sudbury, and one of 18 handling Real Estate Law.
About Desmarais, Keenan LLP
Desmarais, Keenan LLP is a full service law firm based in the old CBC building on MacKenzie Street in downtown Sudbury, Ontario. The firm has practiced there since 1922, making it one of the oldest law firms in Northern Ontario, and it's fully bilingual, offering its services in both English and French. Its lawyers handle real estate, corporate and commercial law, family and divorce law, wills, estates and trusts, insolvency and bankruptcy, municipal law, and litigation, serving individuals and businesses across Greater Sudbury and Northeastern Ontario.
The firm's corporate and commercial group has acted for First Nations organizations and economic development corporations alongside chartered banks and credit unions, and its municipal law lawyers regularly advise municipalities, hydro commissions, and school boards across Northeastern Ontario. The real estate group also acts for farm credit institutions on financing and debt matters. Desmarais Keenan takes on articling students each year, and the firm says many have gone on to careers in law and with government agencies. One of its associates, a retired Deputy Small Claims Court judge, was called to the bar after earning a law degree from Osgoode Hall in 1960.
Practice areas
Real Estate Law
Business & Corporate Law
Family Law
Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Administrative & Regulatory Law
Wills, Estates & Trusts
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In the community
- Michael Macnamara is a past chair of the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce's board of directors and sits on the board of the NEO Kids Foundation.
- James Carpino is the current president of Collaborative Divorce Sudbury, a past president of the Sudbury District Law Association, and a board member of the Go-Give Project.
- Brandy Charsley serves as Secretary of the Sudbury District Law Association.
- Douglas Bamberger has served as legal advisor to the Sudbury Craft and Arts Foundation and the Constable Joseph McDonald Scholarship Foundation, as corporate advisor to Big Brothers Big Sisters, and as a member of the Mining Cluster Advisory Group, which promotes local ownership of mining based businesses.
- Nathaniel Oelsner sits on the board of directors of the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre Foundation and is involved with the Sudbury Community Foundation.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
By appointmentLawyers 9
Brandy R. Charsley
Associate
Family Law
Douglas J. Bamberger
Associate
Douglas R. Arthur
Associate
J. David Innes
Associate
James R. Carpino
Partner
Family Law
Michael R. Macnamara
Partner
Nathaniel T. Oelsner
Partner
Nilgiri Pearson
Associate
Family LawCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Sophie R. M. Mageau
Partner
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 2012–2024 · median 9 years in practice 5 of 9 lawyers
- Law schools
- Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University, Osgoode Hall Law School, University of Buckingham, University of New Brunswick, University of New South Wales, University of Ottawa and 2 more 8 of 9 lawyers
- Languages on the roster
- English, French
Who handles what
Where to find them
15 MacKenzie Street, Sudbury, ON P3C 4Y1 · 800-290-5465
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