Our Support Team

We at Mann & Partners are extremely proud of the staff that provide such great support for us and for our clients.  We hope that you will come to appreciate them as much as we do whenever you have occasion to deal with one of them.

Sue Oliver, at reception, has been with us for many years and is endlessly cheerful and helpful to clients, staff and lawyers.

The Partners are assisted in administration by Anne Schmidtke, our comptroller, who manages cash flow and the firm’s financial records.  Anne has been with Ted for over 20 years, and continues to provide a valuable contribution to the firm’s stability.  Anne also is a law clerk to Ted and Heather, carrying corporate/commercial and commercial real estate files.  Anne is assisted by Jennifer Murdock, who also takes care of accounts receivable, and is so pleasant to deal with, even when asking for money!

Human Resources management can present its challenges, and the firm is grateful for Karen Barter’s hard work as HR manager.   Karen is also Ted’s assistant, a challenge in and of itself.  Karen keeps the firm calm and steering forward with her “mother earth” manner and care and concern for all around her.  

In our wills and estates department, we are proud to have Wendy Sauriol with us, who has brought with her over 35 years experience in the field.  Wendy provides clerk support to Heather for both estates and wills.  Tracy McIntosh, although a recent addition to the firm, has been a quick study in learning the ropes under Wendy’s tutelage, and does a great job supporting Ted with his wills and estates practice.

Christine McLeod Richards, with many years of experience in the field of corporate/commercial law, is the corporate clerk for the firm, managing the minute books and organizing Andre’s practice.  Christine is on leave right now, but Ivonne Sanchez has just joined the firm to support the corporate/commercial practice, both while Christine is gone and after she comes back.

The family department is blessed with Debi Parker, who switched from real estate to family law three years ago, and proved herself to be a quick learner, now performing well as the family law clerk for Caspar and Mimi.

Avvy Laing joined the firm recently,  but with guidance from Debi, Caspar and Mimi, is proving to be of great help to Kate in her family law practice.

Residential Real Estate is a pressure-cooker, and it takes cool heads to manage files on behalf of Daniella, Jason and David.  Kristine Kerwin, now on maternity leave, has been great at providing that support while staying calm, cool, and, most of all, extremely competent.  Jennifer Baron, a fluently bilingual clerk, has proven a quick learner in assuming responsibility in relation to our development work, as well as continuing to carry residential real estate files.  Elaine McIntyre, with many years experience in residential real estate, also provides strong support in the office, and keeps us in stitches with that Scottish humour of hers.  Miranda Markell just joined us, but is again showing us that she can learn quickly, picking up our way of thoroughly managing our files quickly, as well as relating well to our clients.

Ellie Adams, who completed her clerk training in Northern Ireland prior to emigrating, provides support to Heather, in organizing her, managing her, and assisting her both in her real estate and her wills and estates practice. 

In litigation, Nancy Gallinger, with over 30 years experience in litigation, provides knowledge, experience, support and encouragement to our litigation department, and we are appreciative of that.  Tracy Maguire, another experienced law clerk, has recently joined the firm to assist Nancy in supporting our litigation lawyers. 

Breanne Grenier, who is a fulltime university student, provides assistance for reception and other administrative functions in the office, both during the summer and also other days during the year – she is always helpful and brings a keen mind to whatever task she is given.

All in all, we are very fortunate to have, in our staff, a group of talented and committed individuals who believe in the principles of the firm, including the desire to allow our clients to feel heard and supported, and who approach their jobs in a professional and competent manner – we are indeed very lucky.