PBP Partner Alexander Procope was interviewed for a CityNews piece about assisting adult children with severe mental illness for posted Monday September 15, 2025. The article was based on concerns of a father seeking treatment for his son, which is a situation many families struggle with. The legal (and coersive) options can limited because they […]
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The 2025 Annotated Power of Attorney for Property and for Personal Care took place on on January 23, 2025, co-chaired by Alexander Procope of PBP Lawyers alongside Alexandra Manthorpe of Cunningham, Swan, Carty, Little & Bonham LLP. The program featured a series of insightful sessions led by several of Ontario’s thought leaders. The panels spoke […]
Can lawyers help extricate their clients from nasty multi-issue guardianship litigation? On March 6, 2024, PBP lawyer Alex Procope will discuss strategies on how lawyers can do so during his and Arthur Fish’s presentation “Dealing with High Conflict Families and Alternatives to Contested Hearings” at the Law Society of Ontario’s The Annotated Guardianship 2024 program. […]
Lawyer Alex Procope realized that at every failed mediation he has attended, at least one party exhibited a “fight, flight, or freeze” stress response – common behaviours for people with a history of trauma. He shared his observation with Maneesha Mehra, a certified specialist in family law practicing at Carson Chousky Lein LLP, and they […]
On January 24 Alex Procope co-chaired the Law Society of Ontario’s annual Professional Development Program: The Annotated Powers of Attorney for Property and for Personal Care 2024 along with Alexandra Manthorpe of Cunningham, Swan, Carty, Little & Bonham LLP. This program provided up-to-date annotated POA precedents and valueable commentary on many difficult issues. Speakers included: Alyssa […]
Kelley Bryan and Alex Procope have been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada and Best Lawyers Ones to Watch for Trusts and Estates. Best Lawyers ranks legal professionals through peer-review surveys of the legal community. Those surveyed are asked to assess their peers on their legal abilities, professionalism and integrity. We […]
Happy birthday to us‼️ PBP is celebrating a 7th anniversary on October 1, 2023.. It has been a busy couple of years and we’re grateful for another year of being able to help our wonderful clients with some great results. We could not have done it without our phenomenal law clerk Michelle Alijohn and the […]
PBP Lawyers is proud to announce that Alex Procope has been ranked in the Private Wealth Disputes – Canada category of Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2023. Chambers and Partners seeks out referees from high net-worth clients and develops rankings based on assessments of the following qualities: Technical legal ability Professional conduct Client service Commercial […]
Alex Procope was been awarded the 2022 Hoffstein Book Prize! This award is given out annually to any Trusts and Estates Section member of the Ontario Bar Association with less than 15 years of practice. The nominating committee considered whether the recipient demonstrates leadership in the trusts and estates bar through knowledge, experience skill, commitment, […]
Alex Procope and Jane Meadus again co-chaired the Osgoode Elder Law 2022 Certificate Program. The program was conduced online again, which permitted a stellar line-up of speakers who appeared from across the country. Alex taught the sessions providing an overview of capacity and substitute-decision making regimes and on professional responsibility. PBP Lawyer Kelley Bryan also […]