BRIAN J. BURKE CURRICULUM VITAE. Work involves all aspects of family law. David Eklove Charles Associate. Thorsteinssons LLP, Tax Lawyers Associate

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1 BRIAN J. BURKE CURRICULUM VITAE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE June 2004 present Epstein Cole LLP Partner (2008 to present); Associate (2004 to 2008) Work involves all aspects of family law May 2002 May 2004 David Eklove Charles Associate Work involved a wide range of family law matters Sept May 2002 Thorsteinssons LLP, Tax Lawyers Associate Work involved personal and corporate tax planning, tax litigation, and representation of clients in connection with objections under the Income Tax Act (Canada) and other tax and related legislation Feb July 2000 Torys LLP (formerly Tory Tory DesLauriers & Binnington) Associate Work involved a variety of corporate and securities transactions including asset sales and corporate reorganizations, and commercial matters such as drafting and negotiating agreements and financial instruments July 1998 June 1999 Tory Tory DesLauriers & Binnington Articling Student Rotations in corporate, litigation, and insolvency departments (primary focus of articling year was corporate work, including significant involvement in the demutualization of two international, Canada-based life insurance companies) May 1997 Sept Tory Tory DesLauriers & Binnington Summer Student Work involved files in corporate and litigation departments

2 July 1996 Jan Osgoode Hall Law School Research Assistant to Professor Garry D. Watson Work involved researching and writing for the Holmested and Watson Ontario Civil Procedure loose-leaf service RECENT COMMITTEE AND ORGANIZATION WORK Organization Committee Member, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Ontario Chapter 2015 Annual Conference Committee Member, Ontario Court of Justice Superior Court of Justice Assessments Task Force (also sit on various subcommittees of this Task Force) Co-Course Designer and Presenter/Voice Actor, Law Society of Upper Canada Ethical Issues in Family Law "e-course" Co-Chair, Ontario Bar Association Program "Ethics and Professionalism" (September 2014) Organization Committee Member, Walsh 2015 Family Negotiation Moot Member-at-Large, Ontario Bar Association Family Law Section Executive Committee ; Ontario Superior Court of Justice Ontario Court of Justice Mandatory Information Program Presenter (361 University Avenue, Toronto) Chair, Law Society of Upper Canada Program "Hot Topics in Ethics for Family Lawyers" (November 2013) ACADEMIC AWARDS AND PRIZES J.S.D. Tory Research and Writing Award, 1998 Borden & Elliot Essay in Constitutional Law, 1998 Ivan Cleveland Rand Scholarship, 1998 Walter Williston Essay Prize in Civil Liberties, 1997 Cassels, Brock & Blackwell Constitutional Law Annual Award, 1995 The Part-Time LL.M. Programme in Constitutional Law Prize, 1995 Ivan Cleveland Rand Scholarship, 1995

3 EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Law Society of Upper Canada Bar Admission Course Called to the Ontario Bar in Osgoode Hall Law School Bachelor of Laws Trinity College, University of Toronto Bachelor of Arts Graduated with Distinction

4 BRIAN J. BURKE INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Year Title of Presentation Program Upcoming (2015) Claims for Post-Separation Law Society of Upper Increases in Spousal Support Canada: 9th Annual Family Law Summit 2015 Upcoming (2015) Family Law Year in Review The Halton County Law Association: Annual Family Law Seminar 2015 Upcoming (2015) Demonstration of a Case Conference Law Society of Upper Canada: Family Law Practice Basics Securing Interim Child Support Ontario Bar Association: How to Effectively Represent Teens and Young Adults Seeking Child Support 2014 Program Co-Chair and Panel Moderator Ontario Bar Association: Ethics and Professionalism Issues for Family Lawyers: Enhance Your Practice and Maximize Client Satisfaction 2014 How to Prevent Complaints, Build Association of Family and a Thriving Practice and Feel Rewarded Conciliation Courts: 51st International Conference 2014 The Year in Review: "Must Know" Ontario Association for Cases Family Mediation: Annual General Meeting and Conference, Toronto

5 Year Title of Presentation Program 2014 How to Prevent Complaints, Build Association of Family and a Thriving Practice and Feel Rewarded Conciliation Courts: Ontario Chapter Regional Presentation 2014 Admissibility of Taped Conversations Law Society of Upper Canada: 8th Annual Family Law Summit Demonstration of a Case Conference Law Society of Upper Canada: Family Law Practice Basics Annual Review of Family Law The Halton County Law Association: Family Law Seminar: The Family Law Trial Start to Finish 2014 Case Conference Advocacy The Halton County Law Association: Family Law Seminar: The Family Law Trial Start to Finish 2013 Program Chair and Panel Moderator Law Society of Upper Canada: Hot Topics in Ethics for Family Lawyers 2013 Demonstration of a Case Conference Law Society of Upper Canada: Family Law Practice Essentials 2012 The Top Ten Family Law Cases The Halton County Law in 2012 Association 2012: Annual Family Law Conference 2012 Selected Current Issues in the Law Society of Upper Social Science Research Relating Canada: The Six-Minute to Post-Separation Parenting Family Law Lawyer Dealing With the Potentially Difficult Association of Family Client and Conciliation Courts Ontario Chapter: 2012 Annual General Meeting

6 Year Title of Presentation Program 2012 Selected Issues Relating to Financial Ontario Bar Association: Statements and Disclosure Young Lawyers Division 2012 Best Practices and Written Institute of Law Clerks of Advocacy in Connection With Ontario: 2012 Annual Parenting and Children's Issues Conference 2012 Demonstration of a Case Conference Law Society of Upper Canada: Family Law Practice Essentials 2011 Dealing with the Difficult Client Law Society of Upper (live and webcast presentation) Canada: Practice Management Issues in Family Law 2011 Annual Review of Family Law The Halton County Law Association: Annual Family Law Conference 2011 Dealing with the Difficult Client Law Society of Upper (webcast only presentation) Canada: Practice Management Issues in Family Law 2009 The More the Merrier? Multiple Law Society of Upper Parents and Child Support Canada: The Six-Minute Family Law Lawyer Tax and Accounting Issues Ontario Bar Association: Affecting the Calculation of Family Law Institute 2009 Income for Child Support Purposes Everything You Still Don't (co-presented with a C.B.V.) Know About Family Law and Are Afraid to Ask 2007 And You Thought the Initial Split Law Society of Upper Canada: Was Difficult? Some Comments Practice Gems: How to Obtain a Regarding Contested Divorce Divorce Judgment Applications 2006 Some Considerations and Comments Law Society of Upper Canada: Regarding Business Valuation Reports Income Analysis and Business (co-presented with a C.B.V.) Valuation

7 Year Title of Presentation Program 2002 "Undoing" an Estate Freeze Ontario Bar Association: Family Law Section and Tax Section Joint CLE Breaking Up Can Be a Taxing Experience: Practical Tips for the Family Law Lawyer 2001 Case Comment: Romkey v. Canadian Bar Association The Queen Selected Issues (Ontario): Tax Section and Estates Section Joint CLE Estate Planning: An Income Tax Update 2000 Liability of Directors and Officers Canadian Bar Association of Charitable and Non-Profit (Ontario): Charities Law Corporations (co-presented) Section First Annual Charities Law Symposium: Fundamental New Developments in the Law of Charities

8 PUBLICATIONS Year Title of Publication Where Published 2009 "The More the Merrier? Multiple Canadian Family Law Parents and Child Support" Quarterly (Volume 29, (co-author) Number 2, 2010, 185) 2005 "Tracing Exclusions in Family Law" Canadian Family Law (co-author) Quarterly (Volume 25, Number 1, 2006, 67) 2004 "New Developments and Selected The Philanthropist Issues in the Liability of Directors (Vol. 18, No.2) and Officers of Charitable and Non- Profit Corporations" (co-author) 2001 "Advisor Penalties: How will the Canadian Tax Foundation courts construe section 163.2?" Annual Conference Report (co-author; presented by co-author at the Canadian Tax Foundation's 53 rd Annual Conference, Vancouver, B.C.) 2001 "CCRA on Romkey" Canadian Tax Highlights 2001 "Section 232 and the Charter: Tax Litigation Journal R. v. Fink" (co-author) 2000 "Left Out in the Cold: The Problem Osgoode Hall Law Journal With Aboriginal Title Under (Spring 2000, Vol. 38, No. 1, Section 35(1) of the Constitution 37) Act, 1982 for Historically Nomadic Aboriginal Peoples" 1997 "Debtor-in-Possession Financing Credit and Banking Heads North" Litigation Journal