Dorothy Brophy is a business lawyer providing senior legal counsel with a special focus on business transactions and intellectual property. She has more than 20 years of experience first practicing corporate and commercial law with Blaney, McMurtry and Aylesworth Thompson and then establishing her own practice at Brophy Professional Corporation in Toronto.

Dorothy has been on the cutting edge of helping companies in the research and development of new products, as well as the financing of several start-up ventures including Corel Corporation. Since starting her own private law practice in 1992, Dorothy has acted as in-house counsel for companies such as Noma Industries Ltd. Pitney Bowes Canada and Aluminart Products Ltd. where she managed acquisitions, divestitures and the re-structuring of divisions.

Dorothy works closely with competent legal advisors in specialized areas such as tax, employment law and securities. Working exclusively with companies who do business in Ontario, she has also positioned herself in a global economy to work with counsel from other jurisdictions requiring legal advice and assistance in Ontario.

Originally a graduate of University of Ottawa law school (1983), Dorothy is currently completing an LLM (Master of Law) in Intellectual Property. A member of The Law Society of Upper Canada, Dorothy was a director of the Association for Corporate Growth from 2000 to 2004. She is currently a director of L'Arche Toronto, a member of an international organization creating communities with people who have developmental disabilities.