Debbie Weinstein is a co-founding partner of LaBarge Weinstein, a business law firm. Debbie's practice encompasses the representation of emerging growth companies, established public and private technology businesses, venture capital funds and investment bankers. She has represented issuers and underwriters in numerous Canadian and U.S. public offerings including JDS Fitel Inc. (now JDS Uniphase Corporation), GSI Lumonics Inc., Accelio Corporation (formerly JetForm Corporation) and MOSAID Technologies Limited; has substantial experience in venture capital transactions and is particularly focused on mergers and acquisitions where she has participated in the sale of high tech companies to Cisco Systems Corporation, Lucent Corporation, Sun Microsystems, PMC-Sierra Inc. and Alcatel.

Debbie sits on the Board of Directors of Accelio Corporation, MOSAID Technologies Limited, AIT Corporation, Dynex Power Inc., the Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation and OCRI.

Debbie is a 1983 graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1985. Prior to co-founding LaBarge Weinstein, Debbie was a partner of Blake Cassels & Graydon in Ottawa from 1991 to 1997 and was, prior to her departure, administrative partner of that office and a member of the firm's national partnership committee.