Bruce Lawrence Lee

Bruce attended Victoria College at the University of Toronto and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970. He then attended Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, receiving his Bachelor of Laws Degree (now J.D.) in 1973. He was called to the bar of Ontario in 1975.

He is a member of the Waterloo Law Association and Canadian Bar Association , the Advocates’ Society, the ADR Institute of Ontario, and the Canadian Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.

Law Practice In five decades of law practice, Bruce has been involved in handling various types of civil litigation, with emphasis on personal injury matters, including motor vehicle, occupiers’ liability, products liability, professional negligence, municipal liability, environmental liability, employment law, administrative, insolvency, landlord and tenant, insurance and other commercial litigation. He also has experience in handling a variety of corporate-commercial matters, including the negotiating and drafting of various types of agreements, franchise work, real estate transactions, wills and estates, and transactions involving the purchase and sale of shares and assets. There are few areas of the law in which he has not been involved at some point during his career. He appears in the peer review publication The Best Lawyers in Canada.

Bruce has participated as counsel in many mediations, and he frequently acts as a mediator. At present, the majority of his practice involves acting as a mediator. He is comfortable in mediating a wide variety of legal disputes, and has significant experience in dealing with complex multi-party disputes. He takes great satisfaction from assisting parties in resolving their cases through out-of-court settlements.

With Milena Protich, he has acted as Plan Counsel for the Walkerton Compensation Plan since March of 2001, a role which has involved participation in a large number of dispute resolution sessions.