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Associated Press
22-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Patricia A. Hennessy Recognized for Fifth Consecutive Year on the 2025 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers List
PHILADELPHIA, PA, UNITED STATES, May 22, 2025 / / -- Patricia A. Hennessy has been named for the fifth consecutive year to the 2025 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list, a directory of leading attorneys who are evaluated on various measures of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process involves independent research, peer nominations, and evaluations, with only up to five percent of attorneys in each state earning a spot on the Super Lawyers list. Selections are made annually on a state-by-state basis. With over 20 years of experience advising educational institutions and corporate clients, Pat is a highly regarded education lawyer, recognized as one of the top experts in her field for her sharp intellect, strategic problem-solving skills, and ability to quickly get to the heart of complex legal issues. Pat specializes in guiding schools through all phases, from application drafting to daily operations, with expertise in areas such as school code compliance, special education, student discipline, and federal legal matters. A dedicated advocate for charter schools, she serves on the National Litigation Council for the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools and has been a long-time member of the Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys. Additionally, Pat has contributed to private and boarding school communities as a board member of the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools and as the outgoing Chair of the Legislative Affairs Committee. On the state level, she plays an active role in shaping legislation related to the Pennsylvania School Code, education reform, school choice, and other critical issues affecting schools. About Barton Gilman Barton Gilman ( ) serves clients throughout the Northeast with offices in Boston, MA, Providence, RI, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Milford, CT, and Fairfield, NJ offering legal services in over twenty-five service areas, including education law, employment, medical malpractice and aging services defense, professional liability defense, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, product liability and general liability, business and commercial litigation, as well as immigration, family law, trusts and estates, criminal defense, corporate formation, intellectual property and real estate. Committed to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, Barton Gilman achieved Midsize Mansfield Certification Plus status in 2023. The firm and its attorneys have received numerous awards and accolades, including Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms, Best Places to Work Rhode Island, Outstanding Philanthropic Business, Common Good Award, and Super Lawyers. Melissa Maichle Barton Gilman LLP +1 7815348620 email us here Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
CBC
28-01-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Robinson Superior Treaty annuities case heads back to court after settlement talks fail
Social Sharing Negotiations to settle a longstanding case involving annuities owed to 12 First Nations along the shores of Lake Superior have broken down. The Supreme Court of Canada had given the federal and Ontario governments until Jan. 26 to make offers in a case estimated to be worth billions of dollars. The Anishnaabe Nations of Robinson Superior Treaty entered talks last month expecting a settlement offer in the dozens of billions – a lot more than the $3.6B offer Canada and Ontario made. "They simply ignored the economic evidence about how much wealth Canada and Ontario took from our lands," said Gull Bay First Nation chief Wilfred King. According to the Supreme Court of Canada, the failed negotiations mean it will now be up to the courts to decide fair compensation for the Crown having made a "mockery" of the treaty over the last 175 years. The Robinson treaties promised the Anishinaabe that the annual payments they received from the Crown in exchange for the right to extract resources from their land would increase according to the wealth produced in the territory, but they've been capped at $4 per person per year since 1874. Superior Court of Ontario Justice Patricia Hennessy will now rule on who should pay the Lake Superior Anishnaabe and how much. Her ruling could eventually be appealed to another court, adding more years to the already decade-long legal battle. Federal government says its offer was fair Eric Head, spokesperson for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, says the federal government's offer was fair, just and honourable. "We worked closely [and] in good faith with the First Nations and Ontario over the past six months to try to reach a negotiated agreement," he wrote. "Unfortunately, the parties could not find the common ground to achieve this goal in the six-month timeline provided by the Supreme Court of Canada." Head declined to say how much of the $3.6B offer would have come from federal coffers, saying details remain confidential at this time. "Arriving at the compensation amount, Canada considered the factors set down by the Supreme Court of Canada, our past discussions with our treaty partners, all the facts in this case, and the evidence heard during the trial," he continued. The other group of plaintiffs in this case, the 21 First Nations of Robinson Huron Treaty territory in northeastern Ontario, settled out-of-court for $10B before the last stage of the trial in 2023, with the provincial and federal governments each paying half.
