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Eric Blouw

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Eric practices primarily in the areas of commercial and civil litigation and bankruptcy and insolvency law and has appeared at all levels of court in Manitoba.

Eric graduated from the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Law in 2012 and obtained his LL.M. from Kyushu University in Japan in 2013. He became an Associate at Pitblado Law in June 2015.

Admissions and Education

  • Osgoode Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop, 2018
  • Admitted to the Manitoba Bar, 2015
  • LL.M., Kyushu University, 2013
  • J.D., University of Victoria, 2012
  • B.A., University of Manitoba, 2000
  • Presenter, CAIRP’s 2023 Insolvency and Restructuring Forum, “Opposition to Debtor Discharges”, May 2023
  • Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals (CAIRP) Presentation (“Manitoba Case Update”), July 2021
  • Law Society of Manitoba Presentation (“Show Me the Money: Debt, Default and Enforcement”), May 19, 2021
  • Co-Author (with Matthew Duffy, Karen Poetker and Kara Moore), Pitblado COVID-19 Resource Centre, “COVID-19 – Summary of Court Closures in Manitoba”, April 14, 2020
  • Co-Author (with Matthew Duffy, Karen Poetker and Kara Moore), Pitblado COVID-19 Resource Centre, “UPDATE – Executing Affidavits and Declarations During COVID-19 Pandemic”, March 26, 2020
  • Co-Author (with Matthew Duffy, Karen Poetker and Kara Moore), Pitblado COVID-19 Resource Centre, “Executing Affidavits and Declarations During COVID-19 Pandemic”, March 24, 2020
  • Co-Author (with Matthew Duffy, Karen Poetker and Kara Moore), Pitblado COVID-19 Resource Centre, “Managing Litigation in Manitoba During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, March 24, 2020
  • Co-Author (with Matthew Duffy, Karen Poetker and Kara Moore), Pitblado COVID-19 Resource Centre, “Potential Claims Resulting from COVID-19”, March 24, 2020
  • Law Society of Manitoba presentation to CPLED class of 2019 on Civil Litigation, September 2019
  • Author, “Just Asking For A Little “RESPECT”: Radio, Webcasting & The Sound Recording Performance Right”, Cybaris: An Intellectual Property Review, June 2014
  • Co-Author (with Richard Buchwald), “Vehicle Telematics and Usage Based Insurance”, Manitoba Insurance Broker Magazine, Winter 2014
  • Meritas Member Contact
  • Law Society of Manitoba
  • Manitoba Bar Association
  • Canadian Bar Association

 

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin Prize in I.P. Law Research, 2012
  • Sybil Inkster Award, 2001

 

  • Volunteer, Legal Help Centre, 2014 – 2017
  • Vice-Chair, Entertainment, Media and Communications Law Section, Manitoba Bar Association, 2016 – 2019
  • Director, Arts and Cultural Industries Association of Manitoba, 2015 – 2018