Linda J. Godel

Linda Godel chairs the not-for-profit and charities group. She advises local, provincial, national, and international organizations. Her clients include professional associations, self-regulated bodies, and organizations in such fields as religion, health, education, social services, poverty, childcare, athletics, and recreation. She acts as external general counsel to numerous not-for-profit organizations, both charitable and non-charitable. She advises organizations in the third sector on structuring and restructuring matters, corporate governance, by-law interpretation, director and member disputes, directors’ and officers’ liability, compliance issues, cross-border and international relationships, social enterprise, investments, and gifting, endowment, and fundraising issues. She is a frequent speaker and writer on related topics. She has been a member of the executive and various committees of CBA's charities and not-for-profit law section, a member of Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada's not-for-profit governance committee, and recipient of OBA's 2020 AMS/John Hodgson Award of Excellence in Charity and Not-for-Profit Law. In addition to her Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory ranking, she is also recognized in Chambers Canada and The Best Lawyers in Canada.