Tara Oudekerk - Curriculum Vitae
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Office:
Strong MacDougall Oudekerk,
1214-130 Dufferin Ave., London, ON N6A 5R2
Email: oudekerk@municipallawyers.ca
(519) 642-4436
Professional Experience
2008-Present Partner
Strong MacDougall Oudekerk, Professional Corporation
Suite 1214, 130 Dufferin Avenue, London, Ontario
2004-2008 Associate Lawyer
Cohen Highley LLP
One London Place, 255 Queens Avenue, 11th Floor, London, Ontario
2003-2004 Articling Student
Siskind, Cromarty, Ivey & Dowler LLP
680 Waterloo Street, London, Ontario
2001-2002 Legal Department Summer Student
Corporation of the City of North Bay
200 McIntyre Street East, North Bay, Ontario
Education and Qualifications
2007-Present
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Ontario
LL.M., in Municipal Law
2003-2004
Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Bar Admission Course and Called to the Bar of Ontario
2000-2003
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
LL.B.
1995-1999
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
B.A. (Hons.)
Practice Experience
Municipal and Land Use Planning Law
- Provide legal opinions to municipal staff and Members of Council on a regular basis
- Prosecute on behalf of municipalities for various matters
- Draft and Update numerous by-laws, leases and agreements
- Defend municipalities on civil litigation matters
- Represent developers, land owners and public authorities on land use planning matters
- Presented papers and law updates at municipal law seminars
Expropriations Law
- Negotiate complex settlements
- Draft and negotiate numerous section 30 agreements
- Represent both land owners and public authorities on a diverse range of expropriation matters
Project Experience
Toyota Plant Annexation Agreement
- Provided advice and finalized agreement for municipality granting City of Woodstock the required land for development
School Site Expropriations
- Represent large developers relating to lands required for school site developments
Road, Industrial and Hydro Development Expropriations
- Negotiated settlements for land owners on multiple road widening projects
- Represented expropriating authorities and land owners where lands were taken for highway development projects, hydro projects and industrial developments
- Successfully negotiate complex section 30 agreements for land and business owners for multiple road and railway projects
- Initiate and administer expropriation claims for business and land owners
Civil Litigation
- Successfully defended Municipality against claims made by Contractor related to a tendering issue (see: G & S Electric Ltd. v. Devlan Construction Ltd. v. Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg, 2008 Carswell Ont 3018)
Relevant Professional Activities
- Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario
- Professor of Municipal Law and Land Use Planning Law 2010-Present
Professional Memberships
- Ontario Expropriation Association Member since 2004
- Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, Middlesex Law Association
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