About Us
Bruce Lee
Bruce attended Victoria College at the University of Toronto and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970. He then attended Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, receiving his Bachelor of Laws Degree (now J.D.) in 1973. He was called to the bar of Ontario in 1975.
He is a member of the Waterloo Law Association and Canadian Bar Association, the Advocates’ Society, the ADR Institute of Ontario, and the Canadian Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.
Law Practice
In five decades of law practice, Bruce has been involved in handling various types of civil litigation, with emphasis on personal injury matters, including motor vehicle, occupiers’ liability, products liability, professional negligence, municipal liability, environmental liability, employment law, administrative, insolvency, landlord and tenant, insurance and other commercial litigation.
He also has experience in handling a variety of corporate-commercial matters, including the negotiating and drafting of various types of agreements, franchise work, real estate transactions, wills and estates, and transactions involving the purchase and sale of shares and assets.
There are few areas of the law in which he has not been involved at some point during his career.
He appears in the peer review publication The Best Lawyers in Canada.
ADR Practice
Bruce has participated as counsel in many mediations, and he frequently acts as a mediator. At present, the majority of his practice involves acting as a mediator. He is comfortable in mediating a wide variety of legal disputes, and has significant experience in dealing with complex multi-party disputes. He takes great satisfaction from assisting parties in resolving their cases through out-of-court settlements.
With Milena Protich, he has acted as Plan Counsel for the Walkerton Compensation Plan since March of 2001, a role which has involved participation in a large number of dispute resolution sessions.
In past years, Bruce served as chair of the Board of Directors of Kitchener Power Corp., Kitchener-Wilmot Hydro Inc. and Atria Networks Inc., and as an advisor to the board of Atria Networks LP. He was a community representative on the Governance Committee of the board of Grand River Hospital. Bruce was also involved with the Kitchener-Waterloo Jaycees, and participated as a manager and coach in the Kitchener Minor Hockey Association.
Milena Protich
Milena Protich attended the University of Toronto and obtained her bachelor of arts degree in 1971. From 1974 to 1980, Milena was employed in a number of progressively more senior positions in the land development industry. She then attended Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, obtaining her Bachelor of Laws degree (now J.D.) in 1983. She obtained her Master of Laws degree at the London School of Economics, London, UK, in 1984. She was called to the bar of Ontario in 1986.
She is a member of the Waterloo Law Association, the Canadian Bar Association, the Institute of Corporate Directors, the ADR Institute of Ontario and the Serbian Bar Association of America.
Law Practice
In over thirty years of practising law, Milena has been involved in handling a broad base of litigation matters before the civil and criminal courts and administrative tribunals and has handled matters at all levels of court. She has extensive experience in general civil litigation, personal injury matters, professional negligence, municipal, planning and environmental law, as well as the law of charities and not-for-profit organizations. Milena also has experience in handling a variety of corporate-commercial matters, wills, estates and trust matters, and has provided assistance to businesses in immigration matters regarding foreign worker recruitment.
Milena has published papers and lectured in the areas of municipal, administrative, privacy and charitable and not-for-profit law.
ADR Practice
Milena possesses extensive experience and expertise in the areas of litigation, administrative law, the law of charities and non-profit organizations, and corporate commercial law. She has also participated, with Bruce Lee, as Plan Counsel for the Walkerton Compensation Plan since March 2001. This has involved advising the Administrator of the Plan on the resolution of thousands of claims, and appearing and participating in many mediations and arbitrations. Milena has served as the legal member of the CPP pension review tribunal. She has obtained her Certificate of Achievement in ADR and Advanced ADR from the University of Windsor.
Milena is actively involved in her community. She is currently a Trustee of the Waterloo Law Association and is on the Board of Directors of Lifeline Humanitarian Organization (Canada). She has served on a variety of Boards in the areas of arts, culture, hospital administration, affordable housing, education, refugee assistance and municipal services. In 1997 she was awarded the Law Society Bicentennial Award of Merit for her volunteer activities. In 2007 she was awarded a Woman of Distinction Award by the Cambridge YMCA. In 2012 she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II, Diamond Jubilee Medal. Milena is the past Chancellor of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Canada.
Mark Lee
Mark obtained his Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1996 and was named to the Dean’s Honour List. He then attended the University of Windsor, receiving his law degree in 1999. He was called to the bar in Ontario in 2001.
He is a member of the Waterloo Bar Association and Canadian Bar Association, as well as the ADR Institute of Ontario.
Law Practice
Mark has been involved in a wide variety of legal matters in two decades of practice. He has developed expertise in personal injury matters, occupiers’ liability, environmental liability, insurance law, as well as various other areas of litigation.
He also has significant experience in many corporate-commercial matters, including real estate transactions, the drafting and reviewing of a variety of business agreements, transactions involving the purchase and sale of shares and assets, as well as extensive experience in dealing with wills, trusts and estates.
ADR Practice
As part of his third-year law school curriculum, Mark was one of twenty-five students accepted into the ADR training class provided by Alan Stitt (Stitt Feld Handy Group). He received practical, hands-on training in the field of mediation.
From 1998 to 2001, he was involved in an Ontario Small Claims Court mediation project initiated by the Honourable Justice Shelley McGill to provide mediation services to parties involved in litigation in Small Claims Court. This provided him with valuable experience as a mediator.
He has appeared as counsel on numerous mediations in civil litigation cases, and frequently acts as a mediator.
Mark is a certified hockey coach and currently volunteers with the Woolwich Minor Hockey Association. He enjoys coaching and playing hockey, golfing, travelling, and enjoying time with his wife Kelly and their three children.