Suzana Popovic-Montag, Toronto Lawyer

Suzana Popovic-Montag is a partner of Hull & Hull LLP, who practices exclusively in the areas of estates, trusts, capacity and fiduciary litigation. She also maintains a specialized mediation practice through Hull Estate Mediation Inc., focusing on pre-death and post-death estate resolutions.

Suzana has an LL.B. from the University of Western Ontario, and an Honours B.A. from Wilfrid Laurier University. She received mediation training at Harvard Law School. Suzana was called to the Bar in 1997.

Suzana is currently the Chair of the Trusts and Estates Section Executive of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA). Over the years, she has been involved in a number of OBA subcommittees, and Suzana continues to chair the monthly "Brown Bag Lunches". She is also the Publicity Liaison for the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) Toronto Executive. In addition, Suzana is a member of the Toronto Lawyers Association, the Estate Planning Council (Mississauga), the Halton County Law Association and the Advocates' Society.

Suzana is a frequent blogger, podcaster and speaker at various OBA and Law Society of Upper Canada programs. She is a co-editor of Wills & Trusts Law Reports (U.K.) and Trust Quarterly Review (U.K.), and a co-contributor to the text Key Developments in Estates and Trusts Law in Ontario (2008 and 2009 editions). Suzana is also a regular contributor to the OBA - Trusts and Estates section publication, Deadbeat, and is the author of numerous academic articles on estates and trusts issues. Her articles are referred to in many of Canada's leading estates texts. Suzana's recent articles include:

• "The End of a Charitable Saga," Trusts and Estates, Law & Tax Journal (UK) (2007)
• "Good News...Recent Developments Limiting the Scope of Claims of Solicitor's Negligence," Estates and Trusts Reports (2006)
• "Revisiting Section 31 of the Succession Law Reform Act - The 'Anti-Lapse Provision'," Estates, Trusts and Pensions Journal (2004)
• "Once a 'Spouse' and Forever 'Spousal' Obligations?," Trust Quarterly Review (2004)

Suzana was chosen by LawDay as one of the top 60 leading lawyers in Canada in the practice area of Estates and Trusts for the year 2009. She is also included in The Best Lawyers in Canada publication (2009) in the area of Trusts and Estates.

Jurisdiction(s)

Ontario

Normal Geographical Limits to Practice

Ontario

Dispute Resolution Services

Mediator

Additional Information

Accepts Collect Calls
Returns Long Distance Messages
Notarizes Documents