Michael A. Chambers is Senior Counsel with the firm and has been practicing law in Ottawa for almost 50 years. While primary focus was historically on family law, civil litigation, real estate, wills and estates and not-for-profit organizational governance, Michael has streamlined his practice, referring litigation, family and employment matters to either Megan Fife or Lucy Dunlevy, providing counsel to them as and when requested, and establishing a Workplace and Organizational Investigations practice with the firm. Michael has also provided Supreme Court of Canada agency services to clients from all regions of Canada, now referring this work to our Senior Partner, Gordon Greenwood. He has acted, and continues to offer his services as a mediator and arbitrator particularly regarding sport matters. Michael is a member of the County of Carleton Law Association and is a member in good standing of the Law Society of Upper Canada. He has argued cases at all court levels, including before the Supreme Court of Canada.
Michael received the Gordon F. Henderson Award from the County of Carleton Law Association in recognition of his significant contributions to the welfare of the greater Canadian community, and was inducted as a member of the University of Ottawa’s Common Law Honour Society in recognition of his key role in securing for Canada and then organizing the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. In 2013, the University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences conferred upon Micheal an Honorary Doctorate, and in 2014 the University’s Telfer School of Management awarded Michael a Trudeau Medal, its highest honor recognizing leadership, initiative and contributions to the business world, the community, and his alma mater.
A 29-year member of the Canadian Olympic Committee Board of Directors before his retirement from that role in 2013, he was Chef de Mission of the Canadian Olympic Team in Atlanta in 1996 and President of the Canadian Olympic Committee from 2001 to 2010. He was a board member of the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) from its inception through the 2010 Winter Games, and was a member of both the TO2015 Pan and Para Pan American Bid Committee and Organizing Committee. He also chaired both the Vancouver 2010 and TO2015 Governance and Ethics Committees. In 2010 he was awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee; in 2012 he was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.
Internationally, Michael is a longtime member of the Executive Council of the worldwide Association of the National Olympic Committee (ANOC) and of the Executive Board of the 41 National Olympic Committees of the Americas’ Continental Association known as Panam Sports. Michael chairs the legal commission of each of these organizations. He is the Chair of the Ethics Commission of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) and is a member of the Ethics Group appointed by the World Rowing Federation (FISA). Michael also works extensively on behalf of ANOC with the International Partnership Against Corruption in Sports (IPACS). In 2024, he became a member of the IOC’s Olympic Movement Unit on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions’ Legal Working Group.
Locally, Michael was inducted into the City of Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame in 2013. He is also a founding member of the Board of the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival and was named a co-life Chair of the Festival in 2011.
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