The Canadian Bar Association : Modern Approaches to Networking: Developing and Leveraging Relationships to Bolster Your Career(Recording)

Omar Ha-Redeye

Omar Ha-Redeye Professional Corporation
Toronto, ON

Omar Ha-Redeye is a Toronto and Durham Region lawyer and legal academic. He holds a JD from Western Law, and an LLM from Osgoode Hall, and teaches part-time at Ryerson University. Omar is actively involved in the legal profession, and has held various leadership positions in several different advocacy and professional organizations. He is frequently interviewed by the media on legal issues. He was named in 2011 one of the top 12 social media influencers practicing law in Canada. In 2012, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for promoting access to justice and advocacy on behalf of marginalized and discriminated populations. In 2015, he was awarded the OBA Foundation Award for exceptional contributions to improving the justice system and public legal education. In 2017, Omar received the Ted Rogers School of Management Teaching Award for Contract Lecturers at Ryerson University. In 2018, Omar was recognized by the Canadian Law Blog Awards (the Clawbies) for the Best Blogger in a Group Blog or Platform. The Young Advocates Standing Committee of the Advocates’ Society awarded him a Civility Award, as selected by his peers, in 2020. Omar is a regular blogger with legal websites such as Slaw, and is frequently contacted by the media. He has several publications in various areas of law, and is repeatedly invited to judge legal competitions for law students across North America.

Gary Kalaci

Alexa Translations
Toronto, ON

Gary Kalaci helps large organizations and ecommerce outfits solve problems across language borders. A licensed lawyer and award-winning entrepreneur, Gary is CEO of Alexa Translations, a sector-specific translation management firm, and Yappn Canada, a leading real-time machine translation technology company. In addition to steering the strategy and growth efforts of both businesses, Gary has held leadership positions and sat on the boards of directors at several professional associations and not-for-profit organizations. Gary’s business and legal training armed him with the insights and managerial skills required to work with clients including Fortune 500 companies, national governments, and Canada's largest banks. He’s a UWindsor success story in any language.

Heather Suttie

Heather Suttie & Associates
Toronto, ON

Heather Suttie is an internationally recognized legal marketing and business development consultant. She advises on legal markets, marketing management, business development, and client retention. She consults to law firms and legal service providers - Global to Solo- Big Law to New Law - helping them thrive in the evolving legal industry by claiming a distinctive position and sustained competitive advantage resulting in greater market share, revenue and profits. Reach her at +1.416.964.9607 or heathersuttie.ca.

Sophia Virji

Bennett Jones LLP
Calgary, AB

Sophie Virji helps private and public corporations manage their tax controversies and formulate litigation strategies. Sophie handles all aspects of the tax dispute resolution process and advocates complex written and oral legal positions for appearances before the Court of Queen’s Bench, the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada. In addition to engaging in negotiations with the Canada Revenue Agency and the Department of Justice prior to judicial proceedings, Sophie provides advice on Canada Revenue Agency corporate audits and works with her clients to complete the audit process. Sophie has been engaged on a wide array of tax matters including transfer pricing, international taxation and corporate reorganizations. Sophie regularly writes and speaks on taxation matters and is on the board of directors for the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society in addition to being a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Calgary Bar Association, the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Association of Women Lawyers and the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers. Sophie is fluent in English and French.

Modern Approaches to Networking: Developing and Leveraging Relationships to Bolster Your Career(Recording)

Apr. 21, 2022
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