Goodman and Carr

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Goodmann and Carr
Major practice areasTax and real estate
Date founded1965
Company type Limited Liability Partnership
Dissolved2007

Goodman and Carr was a Canadian law firm. [1] It was established in 1965 when Wolfe Goodman and Donald Carr combined their practices. [1] At its height, the firm was considered one of the largest tax and real estate boutique firms in the country, employing over 140 lawyers at one time. [2] In 2007, following partner defections and failed talks to merge with the major international law firm Baker & Mackenzie, the firm, along with 85 lawyers, announced it would be closing. [3] At the time, it was considered Canada's largest law firm failure, surpassing the previous record set by Holden Day Wilson LLP in 1996. [2] That record was surpassed in 2014, when Heenan Blaikie voted to dissolve itself. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Driven to [Self-] Destruction". National Post. 25 September 2007. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 McNish, Jacquie (14 March 2007). "Law firm Goodman and Carr shutting down". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  3. McMahon, Kirsten (19 March 2007). "Goodman and Carr closing its doors". Law News Times. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. McFarland, Janet; Gray, Jeff; Carlson, Kathryn Blaze; Fine, Sean (5 February 2014). "Storied law firm Heenan Blaikie sunk by a shifting legal landscape". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 6 February 2014.