Ronald F. Caza

Ronald has been practising advocacy in both official languages since his call to the Bar of the Province of Ontario in 1989. He has represented clients before the Ontario Court, the Superior Court of Ontario, the Divisional Court of Ontario, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Court of Queen’s Bench in New Brunswick, the Superior Court of Quebec, the Court of Appeal of Quebec and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Ronald practised with one of Ottawa’s pre-eminent law firms for 15 years, and recently, he was the managing partner of the Ottawa office and a member of the National Management Committee of one of Canada’s largest law firms.

Ronald was recently awarded the prestigious Law Society Medal, an award that is given for outstanding service in accordance with the highest ideals of the legal profession. He was also recognized as a leading litigator in Canada. In 2011, he was selected to be included in the most recent edition of “Best Lawyers in Canada” for corporate and commercial litigation. In the same year, Benchmark Canada has identified him as one of the preeminent litigation practitioners in the province.

In 2016, Ronald was awarded the Order for Ontario, which is the most prestigious official honour that can be awarded to citizens of the province. A former director of the Montfort Hospital, Ronald has also acted as Chair of the Boards of United Way/Centraide Ottawa, the Social Planning Council of Ottawa-Carleton, the Centre parascolaire des pionniers, the Regroupement des gens d’affaires de la Capitale Nationale and L’Écho d’un peuple. He chaired four annual conventions of the Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario. He was also a director of Fondation franco-ontarienne, Action-Housing and Christie Lake Kids. He has organized the Laskin Moot Competition, a national bilingual competition for law faculties. Ronald is currently President of Franco Biz and the Thomas More Lawyers’ Guild of Ottawa, a director of Centre des services à la famille and presently is the Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s Awards Committee.