• Our Legal Team |
  • Lori K. Brown
  • Fulvio J. Delibato
  • Miles Feltmate
  • Brian Heagle
  • Henry Krupa
  • Paul Lawson
  • Paul Lewis
  • Cameron D. Neil
  • Christopher Neufeld
  • Tibor Sarai
  • James Tuck
  • Peter Welsh
  • Ronald Weston
  • Legal Assistants
    • Jose Sferrazza
    • Paula Montgomery
    • Katharine Cocklin
    • Pamela Daugherty
    • Nicole Dean
    • Sue Duarte
    • Rachel Dunlop
    • Renee Elliott
    • Kathy Hall
    • Joal Hillman
    • Kim Lovatt
    • Lois Marchetti

Brian Heagle

   Areas of Practice: Corporate and Commercial, Franchise Law

   Direct: 905.631.3642

    Brian Heagle

   Assistant: Rachel Dunlop
 

Your lawyer needs to provide straightforward and timely advice. 

As a corporate/commercial lawyer for nearly 20 years, Brian works hard to understand your ongoing plans and changing priorities.   It is a long-term relationship built on trust and teamwork.   Your professional service providers also need to work together to find creative solutions so you can make informed, strategic decisions.  Brian knows the value of all of these factors, and how to deliver successful results.  

Your lawyer must be an excellent listener and strong communicator. 

Brian has developed these skills as part of his extensive legal practice and experience.  In addition to teaching corporate law, he is a sought-after speaker for professional conferences and other events.  In particular, Brian has developed a reputation for excellence in acting for family businesses and not-for-profit corporations. Brian knows how to represent and protect his client’s interests.   

Your lawyer serves you and your community. 

As an energetic and passionate leader, Brian has always volunteered for and supported numerous local organizations.  Brian knows that it makes a difference when business connects to the world. 

Brian Heagle has acted on a wide range of corporate/commercial matters, from simple to complex:

• incorporations
• partnerships
• sole proprietorships
• joint ventures
• reorganizations
• agreements
• financings
• succession plans
• acquisitions
• sales
• and many other business-oriented transactions

Brian Heagle is devoted to community volunteerism:

Currently involved with:

• YMCA of Hamilton/Burlington/Brantford (Director and Chair, and 2008 Chair of Strong Kids Campaign).
•  Performing Arts Burlington (Founding Director).
• City of Burlington’s Social Inclusivity Committee (Founding Member and Vice-Chair).
• Leadership Gifts Committee of the United Way of Burlington & Greater Hamilton (Member).

Previously involved with:

• Burlington Basketball (Founding Director, Executive Officer and Head Coach).
• Burlington Community Foundation (Member of its Planning and Development Committee).
• Burlington's Sound of Music Festival (Director and Vice-President).

Brian is also involved in the support and sponsorship of many other local groups, causes and events not mentioned above.

Education:

• Attended Queen’s University as an Ontario Scholar in 1982, where he was a student-athlete on the varsity basketball team and completed an honours degree in English and History.
• Received a law degree from the University of Windsor in 1988.
• Called to the Ontario Bar and started his law practice in 1990.

Speaking Engagements

• "Developing and Monitoring a Board Work Plan" (YMCA Ontario – Annual Conference).
• "Annual Support Track: The Community Campaign" (North American YMCA Development Organization – Annual Conference).
• "Trusts and Beyond" (Annual Meeting and Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting).

Publications and Articles

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Living Happily With Your Lawyer