Christene H. Hirschfeld

EDUCATION

• 1984: Dalhousie University Law School, Halifax - LL.B.
• 1981: Dalhousie University, Halifax - B.A., Psychology

EMPLOYMENT

• 1994 - Present: Partner, BOYNECLARKE LLP, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• 1989 - 1994: Lawyer, BOYNECLARKE LLP, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• 1986 - 1989: Lawyer, Cooper & McDonald, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 1985 - 1986: Law Clerk, Federal Court of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
• 1984 - 1985: Articled Clerk, Cox Downie & Goodfellow, Halifax, Nova Scotia

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES

• Past Chair - National Intellectual Property Section, Canadian Bar Association
• Member - Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
• Member - Canadian Bar Association
• Affiliate Member - Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)
• Law Reform Commission's Advisory Group on Intellectual Property (1996)
• Patent Trademark Institute of Canada, Domain Names & Trademarks on the
• Internet Committee (1997-1998)
• Lecturer - Dalhousie University Law School (2002-2004)
• Associate - Law & Technology Institute

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Director - Discovery Centre (2002 - 2006)
• Chair - Canadian Women in Communications (Nova Scotia Chapter) (1998-2002)
• Member - Steering Committee - Nova Scotia Film School (1999-2001)
• Member - Management Committee - The Halifax Club (1999-2004)
• Director - Information Technology Industry Alliance of Nova Scotia (ITANS) (1998-2001) 
• Member - ITANS Planning Committee (1998-2003)
• Vice President - Society for Prevention of Cruelty (Nova Scotia) (1995-1998)
• Director - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty (Nova Scotia) (1994-1999)
• Board of Governors - Sacred Heart School (1995-1997)
• Fundraising Committee - Discovery Centre (1997)
• Volunteer - Metro Food Bank (1995-97)

AWARDS

• Selected by her peers for the inaugural edition of The Best Lawyers In Canada (2006, 2007, & 2009)
• Recipient of the 2002 Global Television Network Broadcast Communications Award Contribution to New Media in Canada

PUBLICATIONS

Boyne Clarke Law Letters:
• "Purchasing a Home in Nova Scotia"
• "Foreclosure"
• "Errors & Omissions Insurance"
• "Film and Television Finance"
• "Personal Property Security Act"
• "Collections"
• "Equity Tax Credit"

PRESENTATIONS 2008

• Lending and Board Governance – Guysborough County Business Development Centre Limited
• Presentation to TransUnion's Housing Suppliers - Credit Exchange Group 

PRESENTATIONS 2007

• Privacy Law: Advocis, - Financial Advisors Association of Canada

PRESENTATIONS 2006

• Faculty - CWC/Corus New Media Career Accelerator Program, Banff, AB
• E-Document Management: The Canadian Institute, Halifax, NS

PRESENTATIONS 2005

• Builders' Liens - Nova Scotia Association of Community Business Development Corporations (NSACBDC)
• The Land Registration Act - Royal Bank of Canada
• The Year In Review and then some! - Silver Wave Film Festival
• Starting A Small Business: The Legal Considerations -NSACBDC
Contracts: The Basics 

PRESENTATIONS 2004

• Numerous presentations on Privacy Law to lenders, business groups and others.
• Co-Chair - InSight Conference on Health Privacy 
• Intellectual Property - Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation
• Faculty - CWC/Corus New Media Career Accelerator Program, Banff, AB
• The Land Registration Act - Royal Bank of Canada 
• Directors' Liability - The Birches
• Errors and Omissions Insurance - Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation
• Guarantees: Some Cautionary Tales

PRESENTATIONS 2003

• Producing New Media: Money & Law - Banff New Media Institute
• Capital Ideas Roadshow - series of presentations Scotia regarding business issues throughout Nova Scotia
• Legal Issues of Co-productions - Tidal Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, NB
• Privacy legislation - Nova Scotia Association of Community Business Development Corporations (NSABDCs), Canadian Association of Gift Planners 
• Errors & Omissions Insurance for film and television - Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation's Producer's Forum
• Clearance Issues in Film, Television and New Media Production - Nova Scotia Community College (Halifax Campus)
• Electronic Contracting - ECHO Group/Trans Union

PRESENTATIONS 2002

• Intellectual Property - Province of Nova Scotia's Legislative Committee on Human Resources 
• Business Structures and Copyright Related matters - Consultants' Corner
  Federal privacy legislation - NSACBDCs
• Legal Issues of Co-productions - International New Media Festival, Brudenell, PEI
• Music Law in Canada - St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
• Producing New Media: Money and Law - Banff New Media Institute, Banff, AB
• Interactive Screen - Banff New Media Institute, Banff, AB
• Master Presenter - Bell New Media h@bitat, Canadian Film Centre in Toronto, ON
• Intellectual Property - Dalhousie University Faculty of Computer Science
• Faculty - CWC/Corus New Media Career Accelerator Program, Banff, AB 
• Panel on Intellectual Property - IPIC Annual Spring Meeting, Ottawa, ON 
• Errors and Omissions Insurance - Film New Brunswick Producer's Forum, Moncton, NB 
• Clearance issues facing film producers - New Brunswick Film Co-Operative, Fredericton, NB

PRESENTATIONS 2001

• Producing New Media: Money & Law - Banff New Media Institute 
• Series of Presentations entitled "eBusiness for Your Business" throughout Nova Scotia - NSABDCs & ACOA 
• eCommerce - ACOA account managers 
• Legal Implications of New Media - St. John's International Women's Film & Video Festival 
• Issues Arising in Film, Television and New Media Production - Nova Scotia Community College (Truro campus)

PRESENTATIONS 2000

• Problem security - NSACBDCs 
• New media clearance issues - Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation's Business Issues Conference 
• Federal privacy legislation - Society of Fund Raising Executives 
• Intellectual Property Rights - Baddeck International New Media Festival 
• New media panel - St. John's International Women's Film & Video Festival 
• Errors and Omissions Insurance and related matters - Newfoundland Independent Film Co-operative (NIFCO) 
• Series of Presentations on Licensing of Intellectual Property - Innovacorp's Technology Innovation Centre 
• Intellectual Property Issues Panel - National Canadian Bar Association Annual Conference

PRESENTATIONS 1999

• Presentation for Dalhousie University for the Science and Technology in the Ukraine Project 
• Videotaped Presentation for the Canadian Screen Training Centre's Summer Institute of Film and Television 
• National Campus & Community Radio Conference New Media Panel 
• Series of Presentations on Security Requirements for Royal Bank of Canada Atlantic Business Service Centre 
• Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation Producers' Forum 
• Atlantic Film & Television Partners' Financing Workshops (Sessions held in Moncton, NB, Charlottetown, PEI, St. John's, NF and Halifax, NS)

PRESENTATIONS 1998

• Greater Halifax Partnership Economic Summit 
• Canadian Industrial Innovation Centre's Entrepreneurs Conference

PRESENTATIONS 1997

• Atlantic Film Festival Industry Series
• Moving Images Group Seminar on Guerilla Film Making
• Series of Presentations at Conferences sponsored for InNOVAcorp's Technology Innovation Centre & Agri-Tech Park

PRESENTATIONS 1995-1996

• Canadian Insolvency Practitioners' Association
• Series of Presentations at Conferences sponsored by Metro Immigrant Settlement Association
• Series of Presentations for Conferences sponsored by Federal Business Development Bank
• Series of Lectures for Regional Industrial Training Committee 

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Corporate Commercial Law
• Intellectual Property
• Entertainment Law
• Privacy & Information
• Contracts
• Residential Real Estate Law