Michael Buccioni is a partner at Laishley Reed LLP. His practice covers a wide range of commercial and civil litigation matters primarily within a business law context.

His areas of focus include:

• employment-related issues for both employers and employees, with an emphasis on wrongful dismissal
• shareholder disputes
• general breach of contract issues, including unpaid commercial accounts, injunctive relief and Anton Piller orders
• defamation issues
• commercial tenancy issues
• franchise issues
• brokerage disputes

Before joining Laishley Reed LLP, Mr. Buccioni was a managing partner at a full-service law firm in Toronto. Prior to that, he ran the litigation department for a small boutique firm in downtown Toronto. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1992.

Representative Experience

• Acts as counsel to a leading Ontario automobile dealership.
• Acts as general and litigation counsel to a leading engineering firm.
• Acts as general counsel to York Region Soccer Association.
• Acts as general counsel to Autostrada Forum Magazine.
• Acts as general counsel to Motorsport Agency.
• Acted as litigation counsel to an international real estate development company.
• Acted as litigation counsel for one of Ontario’s leading fast food and packaged food restaurants.
• Acted for a start-up trade union and successfully prevented an international union from obtaining injunctive relief.
• Served as litigation counsel for a multinational manufacturer of automotive and packaging materials.
• Provided services for a national title insurance company.
• Acted for commercial tenants in successfully obtaining injunctive relief against the Ontario Food Terminal.

Professional Memberships

• Canadian Bar Association
• Canadian-Italian Business Professionals Association

Education

• University of Western Ontario (LL.B., 1990
• York University (Double Major, 1987)

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