Howard Kaufman

Howard Kaufman is Counsel to the firm, with a primary focus on client services including building new corporate client relationships and enhancing existing ones in all the Firm's Canadian offices.

Howard joined the firm in April 2001, having retired as Vice-President, Legal & External Affairs and Secretary of Xerox Canada Inc. after a successful 24-year career with that company. Prior to Xerox, Howard had a corporate/commercial practice with a well-regarded Montreal-based law firm.

Howard has lectured extensively and continues to do so on a variety of substantive legal matters, law department management, environmental matters and ethics issues. From 1997 to 2000 he was guest lecturer on "Ethics and the Corporation" at Concordia University's Executive MBA program.

News

• Howard Kaufman quoted in CCCA Magazine on Legal OnRamp, the legal industry social networking website
• Howard Kaufman quoted in Lexpert article on partnering agreements

Presentations

• Relationship with Outside Counsel and How it Affects Practice Management
• Reporting Roles and Responsibilities of In-House Counsel

Membership/Affiliations

• Member, Canadian Bar Association and Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (National)
• Member, Canadian Corporate Counsel Association - Ontario Section, (Past Chair)
• Canadian Centre for Ethics and Corporate Policy, Director and Past Chair
• The Hincks Dellcrest Centre, Director 
• Member, Advisory Council, Ethics Practitioners Association of Canada
• Strategic Advisory Group Member, Concordia University Faculty of Arts and Sciences
• Corporate Ethics & Social Responsibility Council, Conference Board of Canada (Past Vice-Chair)
• Legal Affairs Committee, Information Technology Association of Canada (Past Chair)
• Legislation Committee, Alliance of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (Past Chair)
• Coalition for an Innovative Canada (Past Co-Chair)
  

Community Involvement

• Strategic Advisory Group, Concordia University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
• Canadian Centre for Ethics and Corporate Policy, (Past Chair)
• The Hincks Dellcrest Centre 
• Advisory Council, Ethics Practitioners Association of Canada
• Corporate Ethics & Social Responsibility Council, Conference Board of Canada (Past Vice-Chair)
• Coalition for an Innovative Canada (Past Co-Chair)
  

Honours and Awards

• H.E. Herschorn Award, June 1967; McGill University, Faculty of Law; highest ranking graduate in Notarial Law