Thomas G. Heintzman, O.C., Q.C., Lawyer
Contributing Editor, Conference Speaker
Federated Press Contributions
| Contributing Editor, Corporate Litigation (CorpLit) 1997-98 |
| Speaker, "Poison Pills and White Knights: Takeover Defence Strategies and Directors' Fiduciary Duties in the 1990s" Shareholder Litigation Session, Corporate Summit, Toronto, November 29-30, 1995 |
| "The Obligation of Good Faith in Corporate Conduct" (1997) 1 CorpLit 18 (co-authored with Thomas N.T. Sutton) |
Biography
| Born 16 May 1941 |
| Educated Harvard College B.A. (Cum Laude, Econ.) 1962; Osgoode Hall Law School of York University LL.B. 1966 (Silver Medallist); University of London (London School of Economics and Political Science) LL.B. 1967 |
| Partner, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault 1975– |
| Appointed Officer of the Order of Canada 1998 |
| Appointed Queen's Counsel 1980 |
| Associate with present firm 1968-75 |
| Called to the Bars of Ontario 1968, Newfoundland 1977 and Alberta 1990 |
| Articled, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt 1966-67 |
| President, Canadian Bar Association 1994-95, Canadian Bar Association-Ontario 1989-90 |
| Member, Advocates' Society, American College of Trial Lawyers, Association des Juristes d'Expression Française de l'Ontario, International Bar Association |
| Lecturer, Contested Corporate Transactions, University of Toronto Law School 1997-99 |
| Past Lecturer, trial advocacy, Osgoode Hall Law School; computers and the law, University of Toronto Law School; numerous Canadian Bar Association and Law Society of Upper Canada programs on civil procedure, administrative law, corporate litigation, liability of directors, competition law and access to information |
| Past Instructor, Civil Procedure and Administrative Law Sections, Bar Admission Course, Law Society of Upper Canada |
| Director, National Youth Orchestra of Canada |
| Past Director, Alliance française, Camp Oochigeas Oncology Camp for Children, Canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School |
| Author, wide variety of areas of law |
Practice Description
| Mr. Heintzman practises as a civil litigation counsel primarily specializing in corporate, securities, oppression and shareholder remedies, commercial contract disputes, environmental law and broadcasting and telecommunications law. He has appeared before the courts of Ontario, Newfoundland, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia, and before the federal courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. |
Address
| McCarthy Tétrault |
| Suite 4700 |
| Toronto Dominion Tower |
| Toronto-Dominion Centre |
| Toronto, Ontario M5K 1E6 |
| Telephone: (416) 601-7627 |
| Telecopier: (416) 868-0673 |
| E-mail: theintzm@mccarthy.ca |
| Web: www.mccarthy.ca |
Entry updated August 2000