About Us

The Gowling WLG Condo Team

The condominium industry faces unique challenges associated with having to maintain a community while operating a business in the context of a much regulated industry. Gowling WLG’s specialized team has a wide range of experience in condominium law. We advise condominium corporations, directors, insurers, property managers, developers, owners and other key players on virtually all legal questions you need answered. Being a full service law firm, we are able to assist you with the governance of the corporation; compliance issues; disputes, litigation, mediation, and arbitration; planning and construction issues; real estate and development; and human rights as well as employment issues.

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We invite you to contact any of the following professionals.

Rod Escayola

Partner

416-862-5787 ext. 58684 or 613-783-8684

rod.escayola@gowlingwlg.com

Rod is a bilingual lawyer with vast experience in condominium law, representing condominium corporations, directors, owners and property managers. He co-founded the Condominium Directors Group, a forum where directors can network and share knowledge and experience on key topic of interest. Rod is also an elected director at his own condominium. He has published numerous articles, has been often quoted in various condominium magazines and is regularly asked to speak on condominium issues to property managers, directors and lawyers. Rod is a former director of CCI-Eastern Ontario. Rod retired from the military, after 18 years of service with the Canadian Forces.

Graeme Macpherson

Associate

613-786-0051

graeme.macpherson@gowlingwlg.com

After both summering and completing his articles with Gowling WLG, Graeme joined up as an associate in the Ottawa office. His practice is focused on civil and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on condominium law. As a large part of his practice, Graeme advises and assists condominium corporations, unit owners, boards of directors and property managers with a number of matters including collections, disputes and the drafting/interpretation of governing documents.

David Plotkin

Associate

613-786-0238

David.Plotkin@gowlingwlg.com

David Plotkin is an associate lawyer in Gowling WLG’s Ottawa office. His practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on condominium law, estates litigation and administrative law. Prior to joining Gowling WLG, David was an associate at boutique litigation firms in Montreal and Ottawa, where he advocated on behalf of clients in a wide range of civil, commercial, corporate, employment, administrative and federal regulatory matters. David volunteers with Pro Bono Ontario's legal clinic; he is also a member of the Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario (AJEFO), and of the Bora Laskin Law Society.

Editor

613-783-8684