Apps quits law firm
The lawyer who was involved in many of ORNGE’S deals has resigned from his law firm.
Alf Apps, who is also a former president of the Liberal Party of Canada, tendered his resignation Friday from law firm Fasken Martineau. Apps was listed as a counsel to the firm, not a partner.
Meanwhile, ORNGE is preparing a request for proposal, inviting law firms to bid for legal work at the air ambulance firm, ORNGE president Ron Mckerlie told the Star.
A recent Star story revealed that since 2005, Fasken has been paid about $9 million by ORNGE for legal fees, expenses and disbursements for work that included structuring the air ambulance service’s now closed for-profit companies. Apps began working on ORNGE files in 2007.
Another $2 million was paid to other firms over the same period. Fasken Martineau was the lawyer for the former air ambulance service based at Sunnybrook Hospital and when founder Dr. Chris Mazza started ORNGE in 2005 Fasken came on as its law firm.
Apps is also chairman of a company ORNGE chose last fall to try to raise $15 million to support its forprofit business.
Fasken managing partner Martin Denyes said in a statement that Apps is joining the law firm Wildeboer Dellelce LLP.
“At Wildeboer Dellelce, Mr. Apps intends to continue practicing law and to pursue his many business and board interests,” Denyes said.
“Mr. Apps’ colleagues at Fasken Martineau wish him well,” he added.