Last Updated: 2013-01-11

McInnes Cooper

Company information

Legal Name:   McInnes Cooper
Operating Name:   McInnes Cooper
Alternate Name:   MC Legal Management
Mailing Address P.O. Box 730 HALIFAX, Nova Scotia B3J 2V1	Location Address 1969 Upper Water St HALIFAX, Nova Scotia B3J 3R7
Telephone: (902) 425-6500
Toll Free Phone: 1-866-439-6246
Fax: (902) 425-6350
Email: sandra.goodwin@mcinnescooper.com
Website URL: http://www.mcinnescooper.com

Contact information

Carolyn Clegg
	Title:   Junior Marketing Manager
	Area of Responsibility:   Domestic Sales & Marketing
	Telephone:   (902) 444-8525
	Fax:   (902) 425-6350
	Email:   carolyn.clegg@mcinnescooper.com
Bernard F. Miller
	Title:   CEO & Managing Partner
	Telephone:   (506) 877-0837
	Fax:   (506) 857-4095
	Email:   bernie.miller@mcinnescooper.com
Sandra Avolese
	Title:   Regional Director: Client Service & Dev.
	Telephone:   (902) 444-8438
	Fax:   (902) 425-6350
	Email:   sandra.avolese@mcinnescooper.com

Company description

From its inception, McInnes Cooper has had a simple mission - first, to understand the needs of our clients, and second, to respond to those needs by providing the best possible legal services in a timely and cost-efficient manner. The firm enjoys a sterling reputation for integrity, the provision of premier legal services and consistently accomplishing its stated mission. As a leading Atlantic Canadian law firm, our continuing belief in, and commitment to, our original mission provides the means by which we strive to not only meet, but exceed client expectations. McInnes Cooper has the experience, the technical resources and the people to undertake large complex transactions on short notice and to complete them quickly and efficiently. The firm has come to act for a substantial number of Canadian, U.S. and overseas clients with significant interests in Atlantic Canada. We are especially proud of our reputation of vigorously and successfully representing the interests of clients in complex litigation. The most up-to-date technology is used throughout the firm. McInnes Cooper is Atlantic Canada's largest single law partnership. We have over 200 lawyers practicing in our six offices. We have a number of multidisciplinary Practice Groups focusing on specific types of law and distinctive industry segments. We represent major regional, national and international corporations, yet we take as much pride in working closely with small owner-managed businesses and entrepreneurs. Regardless of their size or location, our clients receive the attention, service and professionalism they are entitled to expect from a firm that has been helping clients for over 150 years.
Country of Ownership:	Canada
Year Established:	1859
Exporting:	Yes
Primary Industry (NAICS):	541110 - Offices of Lawyers
Primary Business Activity:	Services

Product / Service / Licensing

Service Name:	Administrative law service
Members of McInnes Cooper's Administrative Law Group have participated in various administrative law matters. We represent clients in administrative proceedings before numerous administration tribunals, including the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Dispute Panel, the Canadian Judicial Council and provincial judicial councils, Workers' Compensation Boards, Human Rights Tribunals, and Labour Boards. In addition, a significant portion of the work of our group involves judicial review, certiorari and injunction applications. Often these are applications for review of decisions reached by administrative bodies.
Service Name:	Contract negotiation
Our Contracts Lawyers have wide experience and expertise in the timely completion of transactions of all types and in the preparation and negotiation of contracts and commercial documents. They have extensive dealings with complex commercial contracts, purchase and sale of businesses and equipment, long term leasing of real and personal property, computer hardware and software agreements, and financing agreements of all kinds.
Service Name:	Environmental Products and Services
McInnes Cooper provides a full range of environmental law legal services to assist in the resolution of problems. Many problems can be resolved through negotiation and allocation of liability by agreement or through alternative dispute resolution. Litigation is available as a last resort. McInnes Cooper can also assist clients in developing Environmental Management System which meet the test of due diligence.
Service Name:	Legal
McInnes Cooper is Atlantic Canada's largest single law partnership. We have offices in all four Atlantic Provinces and have a number of multidisciplinary Practice Groups. These teams focus on specific types of law and distinctive industry segments. We represent major regional, national and international corporations, yet we take as much pride in working closely with small owner-managed businesses and entrepreneurs. Regardless of their size or location, our clients receive the attention, service and professionalism they are entitled to expect from a firm that has been helping clients for over 150 years.
Service Name:	Litigation/defense
Our Litigation Department provides a full range of experienced service in connection with civil litigation and regulatory matters. Our lawyers appear before all levels of courts, including the appellate courts in Atlantic Canada, the Federal Court of Canada and Supreme Court of Canada. We also represent clients in administrative proceedings before numerous administration tribunals, including the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Dispute Panel, the Canadian Judicial Council and the provincial judicial councils. The Litigation Group has as extensive insurance defence practice, serving insurance companies, mutual companies, specialized carriers, marine insurers, and bonding companies. We have acted in major cases throughout the region, involving construction projects and important marine and environmental cases. Each of our offices has litigation lawyers who have considerable experience in all areas. The Litigation Group's range of general litigation services in virtually unlimited. The Group has several lawyers trained and experienced in all aspects of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The firm's objective is to obtain solutions that best match our clients' concerns and interests. The ADR process may include negotiation, arbitration, and mediation.

Market profile

Industry sector market interests:

• Agriculture
• Construction
• Consumer Products
• Culture
• Environment
• Fishery
• Forestry
• Information Technology and Telecommunications
• Manufacturing
• Medical/Biotechnology/Chemical
• Mining/Petroleum/Gas
• Service Industry
• Tourism
• Transportation
• Wholesale/Retail