Guide to Exhibitors. Guide des exposants. Halifax Conférence juridique canadienne et Expo The 2011 Canadian Legal Conference and Expo

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1 The 2011 Canadian Legal Conference and Expo Guide to Exhibitors Conférence juridique canadienne et Expo 2011 Guide des exposants Sunday, August 14: 11:00 a.m. 1:30 p.m. Monday, August 15: 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 16: 8:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Le dimanche 14 août : de 11 h à 13 h 30 Le lundi 15 août : de 8 h 30 à 16 h 30 Le mardi 16 août : de 8 h 30 à 12 h

2 The digital document generation Going from your voice to your text document has never been quicker From the no. 1 in professional dictation We create solutions rather than products. Philips SpeechExec workflow software connects people and technology to enhance your document creation process. See - Booth #212!

3 Assessment Rehabilitation Services Inc. Telephone: (416) ; Website: Mary Crunkleton, Director of Employer Services Booth number: 300 Assessment Rehabilitation Services Inc. (A.R.S.) is a nationally established, industry-recognized provider of vocational rehabilitation and occupational medicine solutions in Canada. Based in Ontario, ARS offers an esteemed roster of more than 700 health care professionals to serve clients across the country. With industry leading standards of medical and legal reporting, we strive to achieve optimal health and disability management outcomes through goal driven, legally defensible reports. Avis Rent a Car & Budget Rent a Car Telephone: (613) ; (Avis reservations); (Budget reservations) Websites: Chantal Tourangeau chantal.tourangeau@avisbudget.com Booth number: 102 Avis and Budget Rent a Car are pleased to be the exclusive car rental suppliers to the CBA. Avis and Budget are recognized as the world s leading car rental brands, providing business and leisure customers with a wide range of services worldwide. Our companies offer the biggest fleet coast-to-coast for cars and truck rentals. CBA members can enjoy Avis Preferred and Budget Fastbreak, our customer loyalty programs offering a counterbypass service. CBA members can access exclusive special discount coupons and book online by visiting the CBA Member Savings section at Canadian Bar Association/ Association du Barreau canadien Telephone: , ext. 111 Website: Michelle Simpson michelles@cba.org Booth number: 301 Visit the CBA booth and find out more about the benefits of membership, PD sessions and Preferred Supplier savings. Visitez le kiosque de l ABC et découvrez les avantages de l adhésion, le calendrier des programmes de DP et les économies offertes par les fournisseurs privilégiés. Canadian Bar Insurance Association / CBA Financial Services Telephone: Websites: Mike Mooy m.mooy@barinsurance.com Booth number: 202 The Canadian Bar Insurance Association (CBIA) arranges for insurance protection of legal professionals, their families and law firm staff. Providing life, disability, home and auto insurance and more, CBIA is entrusted by more than 30,000 people and is one of Canada s strongest and most trusted insurance associations. CBA Financial (CBAF) is a provider of RRSPs and banking services for lawyers, their families and law firm staff. Lower than retail fees and leading fund managers are just a couple of the reasons why CBA Financial should be a part of your retirement plan. Canadian Capital Rogers Publishing Ltd. Telephone: (416) Website: Donna Kerry donna.kerry@rci.rogers.com Booth number: 7 Canadian Capital is the newest publication joining the suite of financial and legal titles including National, Benefits Canada, Canadian Investment Review, Canadian Insurance Top Broker, and Advisor s Edge. The quarterly magazine and website, is the only publication written exclusively to meet the wealth management needs of business owners as they grow their wealth, plan for the transition or sale of their business and leave a lasting legacy. Canadian Process Serving Inc. Telephone: Website: Kim Lindsay, Human Resource Manager serve@canadianprocessserving.com Booth number: 308 We are North America s largest process serving company. A professional association of retired peace officers and are a legitimate and dedicated operation we are not a directory or middleman. Celebrating 28 years in business! Please call us at SERV at any time or send your process serving needs to the applicable office for fast and reliable service. Chicago Title Insurance Company Canada Telephone: Web: Cameron McInnes info@chicagotitle.ca Booth number: 213 Chicago Title Insurance Company has been providing security for real estate transactions for over 150 years and has been proudly protecting Canadians for over 35 of those years. ConnecTek Inc. Telephone: (905) , ext. 621 Alex Malekshahi Booth number: 307 Electronically sign any document using SIGNificant esigning solution. SIGNificant software solution can capture biometric hand written signatures in any document, no need to print to sign the document. Our solution is totally paperless, safe, secure and compliant with all major esigning acts in U.S., Canada and Europe. Guide to Exhibitors / Guide des exposants S3

4 CourtCall Telephone: Website: Jim Kelley, National Sales & Marketing Manager Booth number: 104 CourtCall, the leading provider of telephonic court appearances in the United States, is now available in Canada! Already servicing 60 Judges in Newfoundland and New Brunswick, CourtCall is rapidly expanding across the country. The CourtCall Telephonic Appearance Program is an organized, simple and voluntary way for lawyers to make telephonic court appearances from any convenient location without disrupting the usual business of the court. Each participating court has no cost or risk at anytime and is under no long term obligation, as CourtCall provides all program administration, installation of a full-duplex speakerphone system or coordination with the court s existing sound system, supplies, promotion and lawyer education. CourtCall has saved litigants hundreds of millions of dollars and lawyers millions of hours of travel time, all while offering a greener solution to practicing law! CourtCall has eliminated millions of unnecessary car trips to and from court, preventing approximately 50,000 metric tons of CO2 from polluting our air. With over 2 million completed calls in the US and Canada, CourtCall combines experience and user-friendly service to ensure efficient and effective handling of your courtroom business. Department of Justice Canada/ Ministère de la Justice du Canada Telephone: General Inquiries/ Demandes de renseignements généraux: (613) ; TDD/TTY/ ATME: (613) Website: Booth number: 215 The Department of Justice works to ensure that Canada s justice system is as fair, accessible and efficient as possible. Come visit our booth for information on a variety of justice-related issues. Le ministère de la Justice veille à ce que le système de justice du Canada soit aussi équitable, accessible et efficace que possible. Venez visiter notre kiosque afin d obtenir de l information sur une variété de sujets reliés à la justice. Dexco Corporation Telephone: , ext. 634 Website: Robert Martineau rmartineau@dexco.com Booth number: 312 Advanced Practice Management, Financial Accounting and Business Intelligence solutions designed specifically for law firms. Acumin provides interactive tools for lawyers and staff to capture, record, review, edit and bill their work from virtually any workspace. Take advantage of automated workflow, Document Management, Outlook integration, PDA connectivity, web portals and other available tools. Estate Risk Protection Plan Inc. Telephone: Website: Company representatives: Scot Dalton and Myron Neufeld s: sdalton@erassure.com, mneufeld@erassure.com Booth number: 302 New ERAssureTM errors and omissions insurance is now available for executors and estates. Lawyers provide essential counsel; ERAssure provides coverage to their executor clients for personal liability and defense costs in the event of an alleged or actual error or omission during the complex and increasingly risky estate administration process. FAJEF - Fédération des associations de juristes d expression française de common law inc. Telephone: (204) Website: Paulette Desaulniers direction@fajef.com Booth number: 2 La FAJEF est le regroupement des associations régionales, provinciales ou territoriales de juristes d expression française engagé à promouvoir et à défendre l accès à la justice en français dans les provinces et territoires de common law partout au Canada. The FAFJEF includes regional, provincial or territorial associations of Frenchspeaking jurists committed to promoting and defending access to justice in the French language, in all Common Law provinces and territories across Canada. Fujitsu Canada Website: Booth number: 209 Fujitsu Canada provides an evolving family of imaging scanners that covers a wide range of applications from network, desktop and departmental installations to enterprise wide production environments. German Legal Translations Telephone: Website: Inge Noeninger info@germanlegaltranslations.com Booth number: 1 German Legal Translations located in Atlantic Canada is a full service firm providing legal translations in German, English, and French. Inge Noeninger, certified translator and founder of the firm, has over 25 years of experience in catering to the international legal community and works with a team of seasoned professionals. S4 Guide to Exhibitors / Guide des exposants

5 Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) Canada Telephone: (613) Website: Nancy Barrett Booth number: 9 ICSA Canada is the Canadian Division of a global network of 45,000 members that provides certification to corporate secretaries, corporate counsel and other governance professionals. ICSA s designations (ACIS, FCIS) are an indication of your commitment to professional excellence. Qualified lawyers may be eligible for certification via ICSA s fast-track professional route. LexisNexis Telephone: (416) Website: sales@lexisnexis.ca Booth number: 112 LexisNexis Total Practice Solutions help professionals reach essential insights and improve the decisionmaking process. With LexisNexis offerings in the categories of Client Development, Research Solutions, Practice Management, and Litigation Services, you can raise your firm s visibility and gain new business, perform thorough and precise research, improve productivity and profitability, and increase control over the litigation process. Matson Driscoll & Damico Telephone: (416) Website: Ed Szaniawski eds@mdd.com Booth number: 207 MD&D is an international forensic accounting firm with 34 offices across the globe. We focus on property insurance, casualty and general liability and specialty risk insurance claims accounting. Our forensic accounting experts also regularly provide extensive litigation services and expert witness testimony in courts around the world. Built just for you Together we have all the tools The TitlePLUS Program works with you to help protect your clients from title risks. 1 With the right tools we assist you, through our legal services coverage 2, by reducing the inconvenience of dealing with a loss as the result of an error or omission in your real estate transactions. To ensure your clients get the most comprehensive coverage in one policy, take a look at the TitlePLUS Program, your Bar-related real estate partner! PROTECTION AS GOOD AS IT GETS titleplus.ca 1 Please refer to the policy for full details, including actual terms and conditions. The TitlePLUS policy is underwritten by Lawyers Professional Indemnity Company (LAWPRO ). Contact LAWPRO for brokers in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta and Québec. 2 Excluding OwnerEXPRESS policies and Québec policies. TitlePLUS, the TitlePLUS logo, OwnerEXPRESS and LAWPRO are registered trademarks of Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company. BAR-RELATED Mark is a registered Mark of North American Bar Related Title Insurers used by LAWPRO under License. Guide to Exhibitors / Guide des exposants S5

6 Expo Floorplan/Plan de l étage Halifax Metro Centre Arena Stage Sunday, August 14 11:00 a.m. 1:30 p.m. Preferred Suppliers Showcase Monday, August 15 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. CBA (301) Tuesday, August 16 8:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Internet Café National Magazine (208) Le dimanche 14 août de 11 h à 13 h 30 Le lundi 15 août de 8 h 30 à 16 h 30 Le mardi 16 août de 8 h 30 à 12 h Expo produced and managed by Intertask Conferences on behalf of the CBA. Contact Blair Tryon at (613) Refreshments and Networking Area Rafraîchissements et aire de réseautage ENTRANCE ENTRÉE S6 Guide to Exhibitors / Guide des exposants

7 Passport Program Realizing the importance of driving traffic through the Expo area and due to the positive response from delegates, we are bringing back the very successful Passport Program for the 2011 CLC Expo. All delegates will receive the Passport and instructions when they register. Staff at registration will provide details on the Program and Grand Prize. There will be one Grand Prize draw during the Tuesday closing lunch the winner must be present to claim the Grand Prize ($3,500 travel voucher, should all 15 companies participate). NEW this year, delegates will have to answer a question provided by the exhibitor in order to receive their stamp. HOW IT WILL WORK: All delegates will receive a Passport at registration; The Passport will profile all participating Expo companies; Each participating company will have a question in the Passport. Delegates will need to answer this question before they can receive their stamp. The Passport must be stamped by all participating organizations to be eligible for the Grand Prize; There will be an Early Bird prize drawn at the Monday afternoon break. The winner does not have to be present and will remain eligible for the Grand Prize draw. Passports will be drawn for the Grand Prize until a winner has been determined (must be present to win); The draw box will be located at the Canadian Bar Association booth # 301. Programme «passeport» Conscients de l importance de l achalandage dans l aire de l Expo et de la réponse très positive des délégués, nous reprenons à l Expo 2011 le Programme «passeport». Tous les délégués recevront le passeport et les instructions à l inscription. Le personnel d inscription les informera au sujet du Programme et du tirage du grand prix, qui aura lieu au déjeuner de clôture du mardi. Le gagnant ou la gagnante doit être présent(e) pour recevoir le grand prix (coupon de voyage de $ si les 15 entreprises participent). Nouveau cette année, les délégués devront répondre une question fournie par toutes les entreprises participantes avant de recevoir leur étampe. DÉROULEMENT Tous les délégués recevront un passeport à l inscription. Le passeport contiendra un profil de toutes les entreprises participantes de l Expo. Chaque entreprise participante aura une question à l intérieur du passeport. Les délégués devront répondre cette question avant de recevoir leur étampe. Le passeport d un délégué doit avoir été estampillé par toutes les entreprises participantes pour être admissible au grand prix. Il y aura un tirage anticipé à la pause-rafraîchissements du lundi après-midi. Le gagnant n est pas obligé d être présent et demeurera admissible au tirage du grand prix. Des passeports seront tirés pour le grand prix jusqu à la déclaration d un gagnant (présence obligatoire pour gagner). La boîte du tirage sera conservée au kiosque de l ABC #301. Participating Organizations / Booth # Entreprises participantes Kiosque Avis Rent a Car / Budget Rent a Car 105 Canadian Bar Insurance Association / CBA Financial Services 202 Chicago Title Insurance Company Canada 213 Dexco Corporation 109 Estate Risk Protection Plan Inc. 302 FAJEF - Fédération des associations de juristes d expression française de common law inc. 2 Participating Organizations / Booth # Entreprises participantes Kiosque LexisNexis 112 Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada 206 Robert Half Legal 110 Supreme Factum / Henri A. Lafortune inc. 118 TELUS 200 Thomson Reuters 106 TVA The Legal Outsourcing Network 412 WATERBURY NEWTON Guide to Exhibitors / Guide des exposants S7

8 Newell Rubbermaid Office Products Group Telephone: Website: Gary McFarland Booth number: 3 Newell Rubbermaid Office Products Group, maker of Sharpie permanent markers since 1964, is a division of Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NYSE: NWL). The Company is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing and marketing of writing instruments, including such well known brands as Paper Mate, Sharpie, Parker, Waterman, EXPO and uni-ball, among others. Newell Rubbermaid Office Products Group makes more than 6,000 products ranging from markers, pens, pencils and professional art products, to correction, fine writing instruments, office organization and Dymo Label Writers. Le groupe des produits de bureau de Newell Rubbermaid, fabricant des marqueurs permanents Sharpie depuis 1964, est une division de Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NYSE: NWL). La société est un chef de file mondial dans la fabrication et la mise en marché d instruments d écriture, notamment des marques bien connues telles que Paper MateMD, SharpieMD, ParkerMD, WatermanMD, EXPOMD et uni-ballmd. Le groupe des produits de bureau de Newell Rubbermaid fabrique plus de 6000 produits allant des marqueurs, des stylos, des crayons et des articles pour les artistes professionnels aux instruments d écriture fine, aux produits d organisation de bureau et aux étiqueteuses DymoMD Label WritersMD. Philips Speech Processing Telephone: Website: Peter Sorrento pds.marketing@philips.com Booth Number: 212 Professionals trust in Philips speech-tocontent workflow solutions for more than 50 years. Boost your productivity with voice technologies from the market leader in professional dictation. Digital voice solutions are a logical extension of their analog predecessors, improving upon what makes sense and optimizing your entire documentation workflow process. Promatic Office Software Technologies Ltd. Telephone: (250) Website: Mike Turner mturner@psystems.ca Booth number: 6 Affordable, Secure Internet-based Office Automation Software for Legal Firms. Organize and Track: your practice from any mobile device; your calendar and tasks; time and activity; your s, directly into each matter; trust accounts. Creates: invoice instantly and get paid online; manages documents. Reports: firm and individual performance. The all-in-one software solution. Robert Half Legal Telephone: Website: Anne Edmonds toronot@roberthalflegal.com Booth number: 110 Robert Half Legal is a premier provider of experienced project and full-time professionals for law offices and corporate legal departments. The firm places highly-skilled candidates in a wide range of positions for the legal field. Robert Half Legal est le plus important fournisseur de professionnels juridiques spécialisés, sur une base permanente ou dans le cadre de projets intérimaires, dans le but de répondre aux besoins des cabinets d avocats et des services juridiques d entreprise. L entreprise se spécialise dans le placement de candidats hautement qualifiés dans le domaine juridique et ce, pour une grande variété de postes. Rogers Publishing/ National, CCCA Magazine Telephone: (416) Websites: Stefanie MacDonald stefanie.macdonald@rci.rogers.com Booth number: 208 National is the official magazine of the Canadian Bar Association. We serve our readership by providing in-depth analysis of the latest trends and developments affecting the Canadian legal profession. Columns and features are designed to help lawyers run their practices more effectively and profitably, and articles keep our 37,000 members up to date on the association s latest initiatives. National est la revue officielle de l Association du Barreau canadien. Il fournit à nos lecteurs des articles décrivant les tendances et nouveautés au sein de la profession juridique canadienne. Les chroniques et les commentaires dans National sont conçus pour aider les juristes à mieux gérer leurs pratiques et à être plus rentables. Les articles renseignent également nos membres quant aux nouveaux projets de l Association. Safeguard Business Systems Telephone: (902) Website: Gordon Powell gpowell@gosafeguard.com Booth number: 7 Safeguard Business Systems can help you to enhance the Image of your Law Firm. Safeguard has been serving the Legal community for over 50 Years with products such as Corporate Minute Books, Embossing seals, Legal Stationary supporting Legal Software with FORMS/TRUST and GENERAL Cheques. Safeguard still provides specialty Legal Forms One Write, New Matter Forms, and Chargeable Time Slips. Stewart Title Guaranty Company Telephone: Website: Marco Polsinelli inquirycda@stewart.com Booth number: 205 Stewart Title Guaranty Company is a leader in the Canadian title insurance industry and helps legal professionals increase efficiency and decrease costs by offering innovative technology systems and value-added title insurance products that enhance the real estate process. Supreme Factum/ Henri A. Lafortune Inc. Telephone: ; (450) (Montreal); (613) (Ottawa) Websites: Company representatives: Pierre-Olivier Lapointe; Isabelle Lefebvre S8 Guide to Exhibitors / Guide des exposants

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10 s: Booth number: 118 Supreme Factum carries on business for over 40 years in the field of legal document preparation and printing for appeals before various Canadian appellate courts and tribunals. Henri A. Lafortune Inc. œuvre depuis plus de 40 ans dans le domaine de la confection et de l impression de documents légaux à l attention des tribunaux supérieurs du Canada. TELUS Telephone: Website: Michel Charbonneau AssystRealEstate@telus.com Booth number: 200 Assyst Real Estate is an online mortgage processing solution that electronically links lawyers and notaries to lenders. It is a solution that simplifies the way legal forms and mortgage documents are created and managed, and it helps facilitate paperless mortgage transactions. Assyst Real Estate has been an overwhelming success since it was first introduced by Emergis Inc more than 9 years ago. Now a TELUS solution, Assyst Real Estate is used by more than 3,500 lawyers and notaries across Canada who have used Assyst to process over 1,000,000 online mortgage transactions. The Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario (ILCO) Telephone: (416) Website: Rose Kottis rkottis@blg.com Booth number: 303 The Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario is a non-profit organization that supports the highest professional standards by providing critical opportunities to law clerks to innovate and share ideas and knowledge of best legal practices. It is the mandate of ILCO to provide and promote general and legal education to its members for the purpose of increasing their knowledge, efficiency and professional ability. In addition, ILCO strives to advance and protect the status and interests of the profession. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada Telephone: Website: Booth number: 206 The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada oversees compliance with both the Privacy Act, which covers the personal information-handling practices of federal government departments and agencies, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Canada s private sector privacy law. The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Telephone: (416) Website: Marilyn MacFarlane mmacfarl@lsuc.on.ca Booth number: 5 The Osgoode Society is devoted to the study and promotion of Canadian legal history. It has published 84 books, and has an extensive on-going oral history programme. Thomson Reuters Telephone: Website: carswell.com/ Booth number: 106 Carswell, a Thomson Reuters business, has been providing intelligent information solutions to legal professionals for over 145 years. Our products and services help legal professionals make better decisions faster. From the innovative Westlaw Canada research platform to classic reference works such as The Canadian Abridgment and The Canadian Encyclopedic Digest, we provide the expert insight that powers winning legal solutions. TitlePLUS Telephone: Website: Booth number: 4 The TitlePLUS program values our role as your partner in real estate. TitlePLUS title insurance polices automatically cover all the standard title-related aspects of a real estate deal plus the legal services that you provide in the transaction (excluding OwnerEXPRESS policies and Québec policies). TitlePLUS title insurance: Protection as good as it gets. TVA The Legal Outsourcing Network Telephone: Website: taran@virtualassociates.ca Booth number: 309 Taran Virtual Associates is The Legal Outsourcing Network. Our clients are lawyers who outsource their court appearances, discoveries, drafting, document review and research on a task-by-task basis to our network of over 75 contract lawyers throughout Canada. Since 1997, TVA has brought outsourcing to the practice of over 950 lawyers. Whitehall Bureau of Investigations Canada Telephone: Websites: Martin O. Jaekel, CFE, CII martin@whitehallcanada.com Booth number: 314 Whitehall Canada is a national investigation firm having offices across Canada, with offices also in the United States. Our focus is insurance disability and corporate due diligence investigations, including Intellectual Property, Business to Business reports, surveillance and background. Please contact Martin Jaekel at for your investigation needs or inquiries. Yes Virginia Telephone: (416) Website: Virginia Lato Booth number: 214 Yes Virginia features elegant leather coats, fine furs and sensational silks Top quality leather bags and briefcases, swoon inducing leather travel pieces. not to mention piles of pearls and silk scarves. Come and visit us at booth 214 or online Mention the CBA conference for 15% off! (not applicable to custom work) Remember the pearl necklace draw! 10 Guide to Exhibitors / Guide des exposants

11 The title insurer that puts you front row, centre Putting the legal community front and centre has made us the #1 choice with Canadian lawyers/notaries for over a decade. While other title insurers go head to head with you for your business, Stewart Title does not support programs that reduce or eliminate the lawyer s/notary s role in real estate transactions. Instead, we focus on what matters to you: unsurpassed policy coverage competitive pricing underwriting expertise At Stewart Title, we keep real estate transactions where they belong in your office! or NTL/WC

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