FIRM DIRECTORY
Amanda M. Hall
Amanda practices primarily in the area of family law litigation and also acts as counsel and co-counsel on several civil litigation, insurance and personal injury files. Amanda obtained her Law Degree from Dalhousie Law School in Halifax, Nova Scotia in May of 2000 and articled in her hometown of St. John's, Newfoundland. She was called to the Newfoundland Bar in April of 2001. She relocated to Ottawa shortly thereafter and was called to the Ontario Bar in February, 2002. Amanda has been a member of our firm since 2001.
Amanda was nominated for the Regional Senior Justice Award which is presented each February by the County of Carleton Law Association. The award honours lawyers in practice 10 years or less and who have made an outstanding contribution as a litigator or solicitor. Amanda's nomination for this award is a tribute to her successes in her early years as a lawyer and the firm acknowledges her contribution to it's reputation as a leading litigation firm.
Areas of Practice
- Civil Litigation
- Insurance Litigation
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Family Law
Education
- 1997 B.S.Sc. University of Ottawa (Criminology) (magna cum laude)
- 2000 L.L.B. Dalhousie Law School, Halifax Nova Scotia
- 2001 Called to the Bar of the Province of Newfoundland
- 2002 Called to the Bar of the Province of Ontario
Professional Affiliations
- County of Carleton Law Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Trial Lawyers' Association
- Newfoundland & Labrador Law Society
Publications
- Author: Retroactive Child Support - "Don't Wait Until You're Asked" (Paper presented at the 26th Annual Civil Litigation Conference in Montebello - November 2006)
- Author: Contino v. Leonelli - Contino - A Case Comment (Paper presented at the 13th Annual Institute of Family Law Conference - June 2004)
- Co-Author: Plugging the Leaks in Your Case: An Annontated Pre-Trial Checklist (Paper presented at the OTLA 2005 Spring Conference, Toronto Ontario, May 2005)
- Regular contributor to the Cooligan Ryan Perspective Newsletter
