Roderick MacDougall macdougall@municipallawyers.ca For more than 40 years, Rod has practiced in the area of land use, expropriations, environmental, and municipal law. He has appeared on behalf of both private sector and public sector clients. He has argued cases before the Ontario Municipal Board, the Environmental Assessment Board, the Environmental Appeal Board, the Ontario Energy Board, Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Rod has been involved in several large shopping centre applications, landfill hearings, gravel pit hearings, and expropriations negotiations and proceedings. |
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Ken Strong Ken practices municipal, land use planning, and expropriations law, while acting for municipalities, developers, and individuals. He gives day-to-day advice on the full spectrum of municipal issues. He guides municipalities and developers through development and expropriations transactions. He has appeared before the Ontario Municipal Board, as well as the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Justice, and the Ontario Court of Appeal for mediations, trials, and appeals. Ken also teaches municipal law and planning law for the University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law, and has written several articles on municipal and expropriations law. |
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Tara Oudekerk Tara’s practice focuses exclusively on municipal, land use, environmental, and expropriations law. She has appeared before both the Ontario Municipal Board and all levels of the Ontario Courts on behalf of public bodies as well as individuals. Her goal is to offer straightforward and practical advice and to avoid unnecessary costs for her clients. As a graduate from Queen’s University, Tara went on to attend law school at the University of Windsor and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2004. While in practice she completed her Masters of Law degree and is now one of only a handful of Canadians to earn a masters degree in municipal law. Tara teaches both the Municipal Law and Land Use Planning law courses at the University of Western Ontario Law School. Active in the profession, Tara has been a Trustee of the Middlesex Law Association, a member of the Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations, and a member of the Ontario Expropriation Association. She has presented papers at a number of municipal law and Ontario Bar Association conferences. Tara is married and has two very active, hilarious and great boys. She plays a number of sports in the community and enjoys all kinds of outdoor adventures. She also volunteers for a number of different charities and is involved in different charity events in and around South Western Ontario. |
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