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Bennett Jones was founded in Calgary in 1922 with the dissolution of a 25-year partnership between R.B. Bennett and Sir James Alexander Lougheed (Lougheed, Bennett & Company) and the creation of the new partnership Bennett, Hannah & Sanford. [1] The firm expanded to Edmonton (1982) and then eastward to Toronto (1989) and Ottawa (1989–95, 2009).
Major practised law as a partner in the Calgary office of Bennett Jones LLP for 34 years. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1972. From 1975 to 1985, he was the Senior Counsel for the City of Calgary Police Service. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal of Alberta on July 11, 1991.
Shortly thereafter, a subclass of the Seven Sisters decided to expand nationally by greenfielding offices in the 1990s (i.e. Osler and Blakes from Toronto, Stikeman Elliott from Montreal, and Bennett Jones from Calgary), setting off a corresponding wave of combinations among regional law firms.
Calgary Edmonton Québec City Other Cities 2 BLG: 795 288 83 155 135 134 - - - 1 Fasken: 890 301 31 278 149 48 - 55 7 Surrey, BC 3 McCarthy: 714 350 - 167 87 80 - 30 4 Gowling WLG: 698 179 187 86 67 90 - - 38 Hamilton, ON; 51 Waterloo, ON 5 Blakes: 652 346 7 84 106 109 - - - 6 Norton Rose Fulbright: 640 157 45 165 96 116 - 61 7 Dentons: 580 164 ...
After his retirement from politics, Lougheed remained active in government, legal and business affairs, joining Calgary-based law firm Bennett Jones as a partner in 1985, sitting on the Canadian Alliance for Trade and Job Opportunities to promote the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1987 and serving as the co-chair of the Canada ...
Bennett was born in Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick, and grew up nearby in Hopewell Cape. He studied law at Dalhousie University, graduating in 1893, and in 1897 moved to Calgary to establish a law firm in partnership with James Lougheed. Bennett became very rich due to the law practice, various investments, and taking on leadership roles in ...
On November 29, 2022, Jason Kenney resigned as MLA for Calgary-Lougheed, with immediate effect. [130] On February 1, 2023, Kenney announced that he had started a new job as senior advisor for the law firm, Bennett Jones. [131] His seat was retained by Eric Bouchard of the UCP in the May 2023 Alberta general election. [132]
Day was criticized for the costs and eventually re-paid the province $60,000, the settlement amount excluding legal fees. Further controversy ensued in February when it was reported that Bennett Jones, the law firm that had represented Day at taxpayer expense, donated $70,000 to the Canadian Alliance Fund shortly after Day settled.