Practice Area:
Appeals
Meet
John A. M. Petrella
Appeals Lawyer
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416.867.2410



PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Professional History
Partner, Lerners LLP (2024)
Associate lawyer, Lerners LLP (2018 to 2023)
Student-at-Law, Lerners LLP (2017-2018)
Summer Law Student, Lerners LLP (2016)
Summer Law Student, Beckett Personal Injury lawyers (2015)
Selected Presentations & Publications
Presenter, “The Living Tree in Hibernation?: Towards a Canadian Constitutional Right to Health Care”, Canadian Law Student Conference, (March 2017)
“The Representation of Violence: Selected Canadian and American Newspapers’ Coverage of the 1968 Mexico City Massacre”, Olympika, The International Journal of Olympic Studies, 25, (2016)
Presenter, “A Man of Many Hats: Dick Beddoes at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics”, 2015 North American Society of Sport History Convention (May 2015)
Presenter, “Black, White, and Red All Over: A Thematic Analysis of Selected Canadian Newspapers and the 1968 Mexico City Massacre”, 12th International Symposium for Olympic Research, (October 2014)
“Defiance to Acceptance: The Canadian Olympic Association and the 1980 Boycott” Journal of Olympic History, 22, no. 3 (2014), 16-23, (2014)
(with Dalton Wolfe & Robert Petrella) “The Relationship Between Cardiovascular Disease and Inflammatory Arthritis, and the Potential Role of Exercise on the Burden of Illness: A Scoping Review”, International Journal of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease 1(2): 21-27, (2013)
Presenter, “A Thematic Analysis of the Ottawa Citizen and Globe and Mail’s Coverage of the Mexico City Massacre”, 3rd Tri-University Conference: Cross-Pollinating the Field: Pluralistic Approaches to the Study of Sport (March 2013)
Achievements
J.S.D. Tory Writing Award (2017)
Sun Light Foundation International Exchange Award (2016)
2016 Gale Cup Second Place Factum (2016)
Cohen Highley LLP Award (2015)
Dean’s Honor List, Faculty of Law (2015, 2016)
Dean of Law Entrance Scholarship (2014)
International Centre for Olympic Studies Graduate Student Essay Competition Winner (2014)
Dean’s Honor List, Faculty of Health Sciences (2011, 2012, 2013)
Global Opportunities Award (2012)
Memberships
Middlesex Law Association
The Advocates' Society
Education
Master of Laws, McGill University (2021)
Admitted to the Ontario Bar (2018)
Juris Doctor (with Distinction), Western University (2017)
Master of Arts (Kinesiology-Sport History), Western University (2014)
Bachelor of Arts (Honors Specialization in Kinesiology), Western University (2013)
Professional History
Professional History
Partner, Lerners LLP (2024)
Associate lawyer, Lerners LLP (2018 to 2023)
Student-at-Law, Lerners LLP (2017-2018)
Summer Law Student, Lerners LLP (2016)
Summer Law Student, Beckett Personal Injury lawyers (2015)
Professional History
Partner, Lerners LLP (2024)
Associate lawyer, Lerners LLP (2018 to 2023)
Student-at-Law, Lerners LLP (2017-2018)
Summer Law Student, Lerners LLP (2016)
Summer Law Student, Beckett Personal Injury lawyers (2015)
Selected Presentations & Publications
Selected Presentations & Publications
Selected Presentations & Publications
Achievements
Achievements
Achievements
Memberships
Memberships
Memberships
Education
Education
Education

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