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Senior Associate Lawyer Joanna Sweet To Co-Chair OTLA Spring Conference

Greg Monforton

joanna sweet sitting at deskWe are excited to announce senior associate lawyer Joanna Sweet will be co-chairing an upcoming Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) Spring Conference at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. She will also be moderating a panel discussion and one of the panelists in that discussion will be partner Jennifer Bezaire.

The panel discussion begins on Friday, May 13th at 10:50 a.m. and the topic is “Civil Trial Backlogs: How Do We Move Forward?”

The OTLA Spring Conference starts at 8:15 a.m. and runs until 5:00 p.m. The theme for this year’s conference is “Better than Ever: Inspired Legal Strategies for our New Normal.”

You can register for the conference online. This will be a hybrid event with in-person and remote livestreaming options.

Learn more about the conference.

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