Baker & Cole
Barristers & Solicitors
Carrying on the Practices of Thomas E. Cole and Gary A. Booth
(705) 652-8161
MORE THAN JUST A LAWYER
Adam Baker
Education:
Adam R.H. Baker, B.A., LL,B. was called the the Bar of Ontario in 2004 and is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Trent University located in Peterborough, Ontario. He articled with Thomas Cole before becoming an Associate and Partner.
Community Involvement:
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Little Lake Cemetary Company – Member of the Board, 2012-present.
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Instructor of Intro to Small Claims – LAWS 14 (1129) and Small Claims Practice LAWS 74 (1131) at Fleming College, Peterborough, Ontario.
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Secretary of Clementi Lodge, A.F. & A.M., No. 313 GRC., 2010-present.
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Peterborough District Masonic Association Secretary, 2010-present.
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Victim Services of Peterborough and Northumberland – Member of the Board, 2010-2013.
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Pro-Bono Legal services to not-for-profit associations such as the Peterborough Rugby Union Football Club, Kawartha Olympic Wrestling Club and Kawartha Metis
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Worship Master of Clementi Lodge, A.F. & A.M., No. 313 GRC., 2008-2009.
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District Secretary of Peterborough District, Grand Lodge of Canada for the Province of Ontario, 2012-2013.
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32o Moore Sovereign Consistory, Hamilton, ON, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of Canada.
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Baker & Cole Bursary – presented annually at Lakefield District Secondary School commencement.
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Fleming College Law Clerk / Paralegal Program – Member of the Advisory Board.
The History of the Firm
LOCAL PROFESSIONALS
The law firm of Baker & Cole had its humble beginnings when lawyer Thomas Edward Cole moved to the Village of Lakefield in March 1972.
Comprised of solid Township of Dummer farm stock, young lawyer Cole renovated the old Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce building at 25 Queen Street, Lakefield, where his law practice began on March 24, 1972.
Mr. Cole’s rural work ethic enabled him to rapidly gain the trust and confidence of the surrounding communities and he became an active member of the local Lion’s Club, Director of the Chamber of Commerce, appointed member of the Peterborough County Land Division Committee, Counsellor and later Deputy Reeve of the Township of Douro, and in 1995 was elected by his peers as a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada.
In 1974, 8 Bridge Street, Lakefield, was renovated and for a brief period of time the law firm was carried on as Cole & Florence. Mr. Florence left the area after being in practice a short time and Mr. Cole continued as a sole practitioner.
The Honourable Justice Timothy Whetung received his articles under Mr. Cole’s direction at the law office in Lakefield.
Cognizant of the great legal mind living in Lakefield, another local resident, Adam Robert Henry Baker, sought employment as a summer law student during the years 2001 and 2002.
Mr. Baker was raised in the wilderness of Dummer Township near Camp Kawartha and the shores of Clear Lake.
Mr. Baker received his articles under Mr. Cole’s direction at the law office in Lakefield during the winter and spring of 2003 and 2004 and became an associate of the firm in September 2004.
Baker & Cole was formed when Mr. Baker became a partner on January 1, 2005.
Mr. Baker is an active member of the Lakefield Clementi Masonic Lodge and was installed as Master in 2008. He has also been the Secretary-Treasurer of the Peterborough District Masonic Association for a number of years and is a member of the Board of the Little Lake Cemetery Co.
Mr. Cole passed away in the spring of 2014 and Mr. Baker hopes to become as renowned a lawyer as Mr. Cole.
The law firm of Baker & Cole continues its tradition of serving Lakefield and the surrounding communities with forthright and competent legal services as Country Lawyers.