Helen Daley

(Helen A. Daley) 

Partner in Toronto-based law firm Wardle Daley Bernstein LLP.  Legal counsel for Citizens for Community Renewal at the Cornwall Public Inquiry. 

1987:  Called to the Bar.

Law Degree: University of Toronto (1985)

Information on Wardle Daley Bernstein LLP website

 Helen A. Daley (Member) born Toledo, Ohio, July 6, 1954; admitted to bar, 1987, Ontario. Education: University of Toronto (B.A., with honours, 1979; LL.B., 1985). Recipient: Woodworth Scholarship; University of Toronto Women's Club Award; Stitt, Baker, McKenzie Prize in International Trade Law; Dean's Honours List (Faculty of Law). Instructor: Civil Procedure, Ontario Bar Admission Course; Instructor in Advanced Civil Procedure, Queen's University. Author of numerous articles on practice topics and corporate governance. Member: Board of Directors, Casey House Hospice, 2001— 2006, Securities Advisory Committee to the Ontario Securities Commission. Member: Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers' Association; American and Canadian Bar Associations; Ontario Bar Association (Member, Governing Council); Advocates Society; Association of Canadian Compliance Professionals; Federation of Mutual Fund Dealers. Reported Cases: Ticketnet v. Air Canada; Schmidt v. Toronto Dominion Bank; Johanns Graphics v. Hong Kong Bank of Canada; Dagenais v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Goodman v. Scotia McLeod; Catalyst v. Hollinger Inc. Practice Areas: Commercial Trials and Appeals; Stock Brokerage Litigation; Advocacy before Administrative Tribunals; Professional Disciplinary Hearings; Class Action Defense.

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Helen A. Daley practices in the following areas of law: Commercial Trials and Appeals; Stock Brokerage Litigation; Advocacy before Administrative Tribunals; Professional Disciplinary Hearings; Class Action Defense

Admitted: 1987, Ontario

Law School: University of Toronto, LL.B., 1985

College: University of Toronto, B.A., with honours, 1979

Member: Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers' Association; American and Canadian Bar Associations; Ontario Bar Association (Member, Governing Council); Advocates Society; Association of Canadian Compliance Professionals; Federation of Mutual Fund Dealers.

Biography: Recipient: Woodworth Scholarship; University of Toronto Women's Club Award; Stitt, Baker, McKenzie Prize in International Trade Law; Dean's Honours List (Faculty of Law). Instructor: Civil Procedure, Ontario Bar Admission Course; Instructor in Advanced Civil Procedure, Queen's University. Author of numerous articles on practice topics and corporate governance. Member: Board of Directors, Casey House Hospice, 2001— 2006, Securities Advisory Committee to the Ontario Securities Commission.

Reported Cases: Ticketnet v. Air Canada; Schmidt v. Toronto Dominion Bank; Johanns Graphics v. Hong Kong Bank of Canada; Dagenais v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Goodman v. Scotia McLeod; Catalyst v. Hollinger Inc.

Born: Toledo, Ohio, July 6, 1954

Helen Daley

Helen Daley has served on the boards of the AIDS Committee of Toronto, Casey House, the HIV AIDS Legal Clinic of Ontario (HALCO) and the Toronto People with AIDS Foundation. She is a lawyer and is very committed to her volunteer work in HIV and is an expert on board process. Helen has acted as trial and appellate counsel in numerous reported commercial cases including contractual disputes, corporate reorganizations, shareholder disputes and oppression remedy cases. She also specializes in securities litigation. Her securities practice includes civil actions as well as the defense of regulatory matters before the Ontario Securities Commission, Regulation Services and other industry regulators. Helen has taught at Osgoode Hall, the Advocates' Society, Queen's University Faculty of Law and the Law Society Canada. Recently she has written and spoken on the reform of governance in Canada (June 2003; December 2003); and commercial and securities fraud (May 2004).

From the Fall 1998 HALCO Newsletter (HALCO is the acronym for HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario)

Helen Daley has been practicing for 10 years as litigation counsel.

Helen is a member of The AIDS Committee of Toronto and served as an ACT Board member from 1992 through 1995. In 1995 ACT appointed Helen has one of its two representatives to the founding  board of HALCO. Helen returns to the board this year as an elected community member.