Blaney McMurtry Welcomes New Partner, Catherine DiMarco
Blaney McMurtry is pleased to announce that Catherine DiMarco has joined the firm with broad expertise in Commercial Litigation and Construction Law.
April 15, 2026
Associate announcement
Smart & Biggar is pleased to announce that Eve Heafey has joined the firm's Ottawa office as an associate.
October 10, 2012
Eve Heafey’s practice focusses on litigation relating to patents, trade-marks, industrial designs and copyright.
Ms. Heafey’s technical expertise includes spectroscopic analytical techniques, such as photochemical processes, photospectrometry and laser flash photolysis, and as well as a variety of other analytical techniques, including cell culture, chromatography and microscopy. She also has experience with open-access software licences and open-access copyrights.
During her legal studies, Ms. Heafey received the Right Honourable Brian Dickson Prize for the highest standing in the National Program at the University of Ottawa (2011). She was also named a James Kent Scholar at Columbia Law School in recognition of her outstanding academic achievement.
In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Heafey teaches "Introductory Legal Thinking Studies for Chemistry" at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Science.
Ms. Heafey holds an LL.L. (summa cum laude), a J.D. (summa cum laude) and an M.Sc. (Nanochemistry) from the University of Ottawa, and an LL.M. (IP Law) from Columbia University.
Smart & Biggar is widely recognized as Canada’s leading intellectual property firm. We are leaders in intellectual property and have been serving clients for over a century. Smart & Biggar operates as part of the IPH Limited group, under its own brand and independent from other IPH member firms.
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