SINKER, George: LL.B., CAFA®

• Lawyer
• Business Law
• Real Estate
• Succession & Estate Planning

George grew up on a cash crop farm near London, Ontario. He obtained his LL.B. from University of Western Ontario, 1973 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1975. He practices in association with his wife, Sydney P. Pearson, in Strathroy, Ontario, in a general practice with emphasis on agri-business, real estate, business law, wills, and estate administration. He has been a trusted legal advisor to clients for over 37 years.

George authored an article for the Collins Barrow Spring 2008 publication “Generations” with respect to the 2007 International Farm Succession Conference and was interviewed for an article published in the Country Guide magazine August/September 2008 “When Parents Become Bankers” and in September 2011 for an article on “Farm Succession and Non-Farming Children”. George was co-chair of Ontario Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program, “The Business of Farming” April 28, 2009, and co-Chair of Federated Press “2nd Tax Planning for Farming” course November 10 and 11, 2010. He has spoken at Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Farm Tax and Business seminars, assistedTitlePlus in the development of the TitlePlus Farm Title Insurance Policy in   and sat on the Teranet Document User Group with respect to electronic registration for Middlesex County which was the pilot project for the Province, to assist in the development of electronic land registration in Ontario. George is also a member of the Ontario Bar Association, Middlesex Law Association, American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) and Canadian Association of Farm Advisors (CAFA) London chapter.

Member: Law Society of Ontario