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Partners & Associates

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David Gnam, CPA, CGA, LL.B.

Managing Partner

David received his LL.B. magna cum laude from University of Ottawa. At his call to the Ontario Bar in 2001, he was awarded The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Prize. David is also a Certified Professional Accountant.

David’s practice focuses on trial and appellate work in estate, family, constitutional, and criminal law. He has appeared at all levels of court across Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and consults widely on corporate and charity law matters around the world.

David is the author of annotations in Municipal & Planning Law Reports (Carswell) and the chapter, “Religious Instruction Disputes,” in McLeod, James G, Child Custody Law and Practice (Carswell).

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Shane H. Brady, J.D.

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Shane received his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Canada, where he was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 2001. He articled under the tutelage of our eminent founding lawyer, W. Glen How, O.C., Q.C., L.S.M. Few other mentors could have provided the same breadth and depth of legal education.

Shane is also a member of the Bar of England and Wales (Barrister) and a member of the Bar of the Republic of Armenia.

As part of his Canadian practice, Shane has advocated for mature minors’ rights to make their own medical treatment decisions. He was the primary lawyer in a case before the Supreme Court of Canada, resulting in the seminal decision in AC v Manitoba (Director of Child and Family Services), 2009 SCC 30, [2009] 2 SCR 181.

Shane has practiced at all levels of court in Canada and England and Wales. He specializes in international human rights work, including proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and the United Nations Human Rights Committee, representing clients in Europe and Asia.

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John M. Burns, LL.B.

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John Burns specializes in international human rights, constitutional litigation, medical/legal, and disability issues. John Burns has been a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1986 and the Bar of British Columbia since 2006 with occasional calls to the Bars of Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Quebec.

In 2000, Mr. Burns was admitted to the St. Petersburg [Russia] International Bar Association. He has had wide experience, having appeared a number of times in the Supreme Court of Canada, the Ontario Court of Appeal, and Manitoba, British Columbia, and Alberta Courts of Appeal, as well as many different trial courts in Canada and administrative tribunals. John Burns has appeared and been consultant counsel on many cases in several Eastern European countries. He has also appeared and assisted in appeals to the European Court of Human Rights, as well as cases in various court levels of Japan and Singapore.

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André Carbonneau, LL.B., LL.M.

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André Carbonneau is a practicing member of the Barreau du Québec (Bar of Quebec) since 1994 and the Barreau de Paris (Bar of Paris) since 2011 and is a Legal Consultant in the State of New York. He received his civil law degree (LL.B) from the Université du Québec in Montréal in 1993 and his Master of Laws (LL.M) in Bioethics from McGill University in 2000. He is a founding member of the legal firm Legal Justice in the Caucasus Ltd. located in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Mr. Carbonneau specializes in constitutional litigation as well as international human rights and has broad experience addressing these issues in many countries. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada as well as the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights located in Strasbourg, France. He has also filed numerous cases with the UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR), and he has been directly involved in human rights litigation in France, Turkey, Russia, numerous post-Soviet countries, South Korea, and Sri Lanka.

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Sylvain Deschênes, LL.B., J.D.

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Sylvain received his civil law degree from the Université du Québec in Montreal in 2004 and completed his common law degree at the Université de Montréal in 2009. He was called to the Barreau du Québec (Bar of Quebec) in 2005 and the Ontario Bar in 2010. Between 2005 and 2016 he worked at a satellite office in Montreal where he managed day to day activities for the firm in Quebec.

His practice has focused on constitutional, civil, penal, administrative, and family law in trial and appellate courts as well as handling medical/legal issues. Sylvain also acts in an advisory role in corporate and estate matters.

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Jayden MacEwan, LL.B., J.D.

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Jayden received his LL.B. (civil law) in 2004, and his J.D. (common law) in 2008, both from the Université de Montréal. In 2004, Jayden received the Jeremy Oliver First Place Team Award in the Laskin National Moot Court Competition where he displayed his superior skills in written and oral argument which he continues to use in advocating for his clients. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 2005 and became a member of the Ontario Bar in 2009.

Jayden’s practice encompasses trial and appellate work in civil liberties, constitutional, administrative, and family law, and handles medical/legal issues. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in two precedent setting cases that successfully challenged the jurisdiction of courts to review ecclesiastical decisions.

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Jason D.A. Wise, J.D.

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Jason received his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto (later converted to J.D.) and was awarded the Albert Weisbrot, Q.C. Prize for the highest standing in an advanced Family Law course in 2004. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 2005. The focus of his practice has been in civil litigation, family, constitutional, and criminal law at both trial and appellate levels. Jason is also admitted to the Bar of England and Wales (Barrister, Gray’s Inn).

Since 2009 Jason has specialized in international human rights as a legal advisor with Legal Justice in the Caucasus Partnership in Georgia. He has filed numerous applications on behalf of clients with the European Court of Human Rights and has been consulted in human rights litigation in countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia, Ireland, Macedonia, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. He has appeared numerous times in all levels of court in Azerbaijan and at both trial and appellate levels in Mongolia.

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Alexander V. Manolii, B.Comm., J.D.

Consulting Lawyer

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After receiving his J.D. from the University of Alberta Faculty of Law in 2016, Alexander became a member of the Alberta Bar in 2017. Alexander became a member of the Ontario Bar in 2018.

Since joining the firm in 2021, Alexander has consulted on real estate and corporate matters, as well as constitutional, privacy law, and property tax litigation. He has appeared at the provincial court level and at the Court of Queen’s Bench (now Court of King’s Bench) in Alberta for our firm.

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Paulette Pommells-Nnorom, LL.B.

Research Lawyer

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Paulette has been a member of the Ontario Bar since 2004. She graduated from the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, and completed articles of clerkship with the Superior Court of Justice. She has a broad civil litigation background having worked at both a national and small law firm in Toronto.

In 2010, Paulette launched a ground-breaking coaching practice dedicated to the legal profession, called Creative Choices for the 21st Century Lawyer Inc. She has helped hundreds of lawyers excel at their job search and in their practice. Paulette’s expertise in teaching and training has also led her to design elements of the Law Practice Program and be a mentor to candidates since 2014.

Paulette benefits W. Glen How & Associates LLP with her research, training, and litigation experience on a consulting basis.


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