Jennifer M. Leddy b.a., ll.b.
Ms. Leddy has joined Carters' Ottawa office to practice charity
and not-for-profit law following a distinguished career in both
private practice and public policy. After being called to the Ontario
Bar in 1974, Jennifer practiced family law as a partner with the
Toronto office of Lang Michener LLP until 1985, when she joined
the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), initially as
a member of a multi-disciplinary pastoral team and later as a legal
and policy advisor. At the CCCB, she was involved in the development
of briefs to Parliamentary Committees and written arguments to the
Supreme Court of Canada on a wide variety of social policy issues.
In 2005, Jennifer returned to private practice with the Ottawa firm
of Vincent Dagenais Gibson until she went to the Charities Directorate
of the Canada Revenue Agency in 2008 as part of a one year Interchange
program, to work on the proposed "Guidelines on the Meaning
of Advancement of Religion as a Charitable Purpose."
Ms. Leddy's accomplishments also include being a co-director of
the Catholic Organization for Life and Family from its establishment
in 1996 by the CCCB and Knights of Columbus until 2005; and being
a member of the Joint Regulatory Table, a working group formed under
the Voluntary Sector Initiative to study and make recommendations
for improving the legislative and regulatory environment in which
the voluntary sector operates, from 2000 to 2003.
Practice Areas
Charity and Not-for-Profit Law
Education
LL.B., University of Toronto, 1972
B.A. (History & English), University of Saskatchewan , 1969
Called to the Bar
Ontario Bar, 1974
Languages
English and a working knowledge of French
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