Brodie Kirsh TEP

Associate

Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2022
  • Toronto

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  • Bio
  • Awards & Recognition
  • Professional Involvement
  • Selected Speaking Engagements
  • Selected Publications
  • Insights
  • Education

Brodie is attuned to the sensitive nature of estate planning and approaches her work with empathy and compassion. She is dedicated to providing tailored legal solutions that suit the complexities of family dynamics, tax complexities, wealth transfer and business succession issues.

Brodie is a member of the firm’s Tax and Estates & Trusts Groups. She advises on estate and succession planning, including probate and cross-border planning and the preparation of wills, trusts and powers of attorney. She also assists clients with estate administration.

Brodie summered and articled at Aird & Berlis before returning as an associate.

Awards & Recognition

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell Centennial Prize in Practice Skills, 2020
  • Donich Entrepreneurial Scholarship in Law, 2020
  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Professional Excellence Award, 2019
  • Fasken Martineau LLP Achievement in Contract Law Award, 2019

Professional Involvement

Memberships

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP Canada)
  • Member, Canadian Tax Foundation

Selected Speaking Engagements

Panellist, "Estate Planning Essentials – What Everyone Needs to Know," 100 Women in Finance, May 7, 2025.

Speaker, "The Importance of Estate Planning," RBC Wealth Management Webinar, May 16, 2023.

Speaker, "Update on Probate Planning: New Reporting Requirements for Bare Trusts," Aird & Berlis Webinar, March 15, 2023. 

Selected Publications

Author, "An Appeal – Gifting a Right of Survivorship Might Come With Risks – Jackson v. Rosenberg, 2024 ONCA 875," Tax Profile and The Estate Planner (Wolters Kluwer), March-April 2025.

Co-Author, "CRA Announces Bare Trusts Are Exempt From Trust Reporting Requirements for 2024," Aird & Berlis LLP, Tax News Flash, October 30, 2024.

Co-Author, "Warning: Gifting a Right of Survivorship Might Come With Risks – Jackson v. Rosenberg, 2023 ONSC 4403," Tax Profile (Wolters Kluwer), April 2024.

Co-Author, "Assisted Reproductive Technology and Posthumous Conception: Estate Planning and Insurance Considerations for the Age of the Modern Family," Insurance Planning, Federated Press, 2024, Volume XXIX, No. 1.

Co-Author, "CRA Announces Bare Trusts Are Exempt From Trust Reporting Requirements for 2023," Aird & Berlis LLP, March 28, 2024.

Co-Author, "Employee Ownership Trusts," Tax Profile (Wolters Kluwer), September 2023.

Co-Author, "Canada Revenue Agency Extends Filing Deadline for Underused Housing Tax – Again," Aird & Berlis LLP, October 31, 2023.

Co-Author, "Underused Housing Tax Filing Deadline Extended to October 31, 2023," Aird & Berlis LLP, September 5, 2023.

Co-Author, "What Kinds of Estate Planning Can an Attorney Do?" Insurance Planning, Federated Press, 2023, Volume XXVIII, No. 3.

Co-Author, "Executor Horror Stories and Benefits of a Professional Trustee," Cidel Trust Company Blog, July 2023.

Co-Author, "Tax Relief Measures and Federal Benefits for Caregivers," Tax Profile (Wolters Kluwer), February 2023.

Co-Author, "Recent Estate Planning Developments in Canada," Insurance Planning, Federated Press, 2022, Volume XXVII, No. 2.

Insights

Education

  • JD, University of Windsor, 2021
  • B.Comm., McGill University, 2016

Expertise

Estates & Trusts
Tax