The firms founder, the late Elgin Coutts, Q.C., instilled the values of service, integrity and the highest professional and ethical standards, which remain an integral part of the firms culture. Over the course of our long history, partners included Ronald Crane, Donald Day Carrick, Q.C., A. Peter Nasmith, Tom OConnor, Terry OConnor, Dennis OConnor and J. Douglas Crane. The firm has been associated with Arthur Maloney, B. Clive Bynoe and Robert Mark, among others. Elgin Coutts formally retired in June 2009 on the 60th anniversary of his call to the Bar.