Pulver on Condos
3 lawyers · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 697 handling Real Estate Law.
About Pulver on Condos
Pulver on Condos is a small Toronto firm that works only in condominium law under Ontario's Condominium Act, advising both condo boards and individual unit owners. Principal and founder Shawn Pulver started the practice on the idea that both sides of a condo dispute, the corporation and the owner, deserve real advocacy, and the firm still represents both. Before founding the practice, Pulver was a litigation partner at Macdonald Sager Manis LLP and has more than twenty years of experience advocating for clients. The office is Suite 1603 at 141 Adelaide Street West in downtown Toronto, a stretch of the city dense with the same kind of high rise condominium buildings the firm's lawyers spend their careers advising on.
The team also includes senior associate Jackie Bartlett, called to the Ontario bar in 2016, who has practiced condominium law since then and appears before the Superior Court of Justice, the Condominium Authority Tribunal, and the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Pulver also teaches an intensive condominium law course as a visiting professor at Western Law and was one of the founding directors of CAI Canada, an organization focused on education, advocacy, and research for condominium and strata managers. The firm's areas of work, owner representation, human rights issues, compliance and enforcement, dispute resolution, shared facilities agreements, and post turn over matters, all sit inside that one specialty.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Before founding Pulver on Condos, principal Shawn Pulver was a litigation partner at Macdonald Sager Manis LLP.
- Shawn Pulver was one of the founding directors of CAI Canada, an organization focused on education, advocacy, and research for condominium and strata managers.
- Shawn Pulver teaches an intensive condominium law course as a visiting professor at Western Law.
- The firm's cases have included reported condominium law decisions such as Toronto Standard Condominium Corporation No. 1487 v. Markets Lofts Inc. (2015) and Gangoo and Giuntoli v. Toronto Standard Condominium Corporation No. 1737 (2023).
- Jackie Bartlett was called to the Ontario bar in 2016 and has practiced condominium law since.
In the community
- In May 2024, a member of the Pulver on Condos team, Ashley Winberg, took part in a panel discussion on condo fraud prevention at an ACMO luncheon.
- The firm publishes a blog for condo owners, residents, and board members on topics such as accessibility parking, shared facilities agreements, snow removal contracts, and educating owners about condo rules.
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This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 2016 · median 10 years in practice 1 of 3 lawyers
Who handles what
The neighbourhood
Pulver on Condos works out of Suite 1603 at 141 Adelaide Street West, in the heart of downtown Toronto. It's a fitting address for a firm built entirely around one kind of property: the block sits among the same high rise condominium towers that make up so much of the firm's client base, owners on one side and boards on the other.
The firm's practice isn't limited to its own building or even its own city. Its lawyers appear before the Superior Court of Justice, the Condominium Authority Tribunal, and the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario on behalf of condo corporations and owners from across the province.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Pulver on Condos represent condo boards, or just individual owners?
- Both. The firm advises and represents condominium corporations as well as individual unit owners, and says this dual perspective is part of how it works.
- I'm on a condo board and a resident won't stop breaking the rules. Can the firm help with enforcement?
- Yes, compliance and enforcement is one of the firm's core areas, handling proceedings against owners or residents who aren't following a condominium's governing documents.
- Can Pulver on Condos help with a human rights or accessibility complaint tied to my condo?
- Yes. The firm has significant experience with Ontario's Human Rights Code as it applies to condominiums, including accommodation requests and complaints before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, for both corporations and residents.
- What happens legally once a new condo building's developer hands control to the owners?
- That post turn over period is one of the firm's practice areas, covering issues like construction deficiencies and reviewing agreements the developer put in place before handover.
- Our building shares a pool, gym, or parking with another building. Who handles disputes over that agreement?
- Pulver on Condos works on shared facilities agreements between condominium corporations, including drafting, interpreting, and enforcing them when a dispute comes up.
- How long has the firm practiced condominium law and where is it located?
- The firm says it has more than twenty years of experience and is based in Toronto at 141 Adelaide Street West, Suite 1603.
Where to find them
141 Adelaide Street West, Suite 1603, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3L5 · 416-926-9618
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