Thompson Dorfman Sweatman

Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Headquarters242 Hargrave Street
True North Square
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
No. of offices11
No. of attorneys130
Major practice areasCorporate/Commercial, Litigation, Labour & Employment
Key peopleKeith LaBossiere (CEO, Managing Partner), Zach Zahradnik (COO), Bjorn Christianson (Managing Partner, Portage la Prairie), Paul Roy (Managing Partner, Brandon), James A. Ripley (Counsel to the Firm).
Date founded1887; 137 years ago (1887) in Winnipeg
Company typeLimited liability partnership
Websitewww.tdslaw.com

Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS) is a Canadian, Manitoba-based law firm with its head office in Winnipeg. The firm has two full-time regional office in Brandon and Portage la Prairie and eight part-time satellite offices in Boissevain, Gladstone, MacGregor, Morden, Neepawa, Saskatoon, Steinbach, and Winkler.

On 27 May 2010, Thompson Dorfman Sweatman announced a merger with the firm Perlov Stewart LLP, which became effective June 1 that year. Both firms continued under the name Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP.[1] On 14 January 2013, the firm announced a merger with the Portage la Prairie firm Christianson Law.[2] On 7 January 2014, the firm announced another merger with the Brandon firm Roy Johnston & Co.[3]

TDS has lawyers who provide services to its clients in both Official Languages of Canada and also in Amharic (spoken), Cantonese, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mandarin, Persian, Portuguese and Tagalog. TDS was one of the founding members of Lex Mundi, an association of independent law firms and continue to be its only Manitoba-based firm.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS) Announces Merger With Perlov Stewart LLP". Marketwired. 2010-05-27.
  2. ^ "Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS Law) Announces Merger With Christianson Law". Markedwired. 2013-01-14.
  3. ^ "Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS Law) Announces Merger with Roy, Johnston & CO. LLP". Marketwired. 2014-01-07.