K. Eleanor Wiebe, Q.C.
Call to Bar
- Admitted to the Manitoba Bar in 1983
Areas of Focus
Eleanor is a partner with Fillmore Riley LLP and practises primarily in the area of commercial law and wills and estates (Co-Chair of Wills & Estate Practice Group).
Education
- University of Manitoba, Bachelor of Laws, 1982
- University of Manitoba, Bachelor of Arts, 1979
Professional Activities
- Appointed Q.C in 1998
- Co-Chair, Wills and Estates Group, Fillmore Riley LLP
- Earned TEP designation from Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
- Member, Manitoba Bar Association
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Sessional Lecturer, Wills & Succession, University of Manitoba - Faculty of Law (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009)
- Past Lecturer, Corporate, Commercial, and Wills Courses (Law Society of Manitoba: Bar Admission)
- Member, ISO Committee, Articling Supervisory Committee, Entertainment Committee, Fillmore Riley LLP
Volunteer Activities
- Member, Board of Directors, Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre since 2000
- Member, Laura's Committee (a group committed to encouraging volunteerism and providing financial support to inner city children through the schools they attend) since 2005
- Advisor to Board of Directors of Legal Help Centre Inc. (initiative to improve access to legal and social systems for people living in Winnipeg's inner city) since 2009
Practice Groups
Publications / Presentations
Presenter, Law Society of Manitoba, Continuing Legal Education, "Considerations for Commercial Lawyers in Family Business" November 2011
Volunteer Presenter, Canadian Bar Association International Development Program - Workshops: Lao PDR November 2007, May 2010; Cambodia January 2011
Presenter, Society Trust and Estate Planners: "A Potpourri of Legal Issues" March 2010
Co-Author, "Corporate Trusteeship: Is this the Exclusive Domain of Trust Companies? The Manitoba Perspective" (2010) 29 E.T.P.J. 379.
Author, "Personal Representatives and Trustees: Resignation, Removal and Replacement - The Manitoba Perspective" (2009) 28 E.T.P.J. 252.
Co-Author, "Manitoba Multiple Wills and Probate Fees - A Perspective" (2007) 27 E.T.P.J. 62.