CREDENTIALS

Jayson Brian Schwarz
Jayson Brian Schwarz, was called to the bar of Ontario in 1978. He graduated from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law in 1976, and has practiced in the area of corporate/commercial transactions, real estate and personal injury litigation since that time. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Advocates' Society and the American Trial Lawyers Association. He has been involved in international commercial transactions involving various American, Caribbean and European jurisdictions. He has appeared before the various courts of the Province of Ontario, as well as numerous administrative tribunals, such as the Ontario Insurance Commission, the Immigration Appeal Board, the Worker's Compensation Appeal Tribunal, and the Unemployment Insurance Commission. He worked with the law firm Prousky & Biback from 1978 to 1982, in solo private practice from 1982 to 1986, and with the firms of Walker, Gold, Fox & Schwarz, and latterly Walker, Fox & Schwarz until November 30, 1996. On December 1, 1996, Jayson Schwarz and Michael Gillen formed the firm of Schwarz, Gillen.

Michael John Gillen
Michael John Gillen, was called to the bar of Ontario in 1980. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A. in 1975, and from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law in 1978. He has practiced civil, criminal and general practice with Murphy, O'Brien & Vella in Oshawa from 1980 to 1984, was an Assistant Crown Attorney in Whitby from 1984 to 1993, rising up to the level of Crown Law Officer III, and was appointed as a "wiretap agent" by the Attorney-General of Ontario in 1991. He has worked in the field of civil and criminal litigation, with particular emphasis on personal injury and motor vehicle litigation, and has appeared at all levels of courts in Ontario. He has also appeared before various administrative tribunals, such as the Ontario Insurance Commission, the Unemployment Insurance Commission, the Worker's Compensation Board and the Social Assistance Review Board. Michael has lectured in educational sessions for the Ontario Crown Attorney's Association, the Ontario Provincial Prosecutors Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Ontario Insurance Commission. From 1993 to November 30, 1996, he worked in the law firm of Walker, Fox & Schwarz. On December 1, 1996, Michael Gillen and Jayson Schwarz formed the firm of Schwarz, Gillen. Michael now practices in the areas of civil and criminal litigation before courts and administrative tribunals in Ontario.

Schwarz, Gillen is a full service law firm, with emphasis in the areas of real estate law, civil litigation, corporate/commercial law, international transactions, personal injury claims, motor vehicle accident claims, worker's compensation claims, and criminal law. The firm is also associated with the law firm of Twa, Cochrane, Skatfeld and Associates, Attorneys at Law, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands.

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