Richard Heath Rohmer

On December 22, 2014, Major-General (Retired) Rohmer was named honorary advisor to the Canadian Armed Forces Chief of the Defence Staff, a three-year appointment "...created to recognize MGen (Ret’d) Rohmer’s contributions to the Canadian Armed Forces, and the unique advice and guidance that he provides to the Chief of the Defence Staff, drawing from his wealth of experience in service to Canada".[4][5] Rohmer, who completed his legal studies atOsgoode Hall Law School,[10]was called to the Bar in 1951, and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1960. He remains a name partner at the firm of Rohmer & Fenn LLP but has retired from the practice of law.[11] During his law practice he was counsel before several administrative tribunals in land use and transportation. His major official plan change success occurred in 1972 when as counsel forCanadian National RailwayandCanadian Pacific Railwayand their subsidiaries he appeared before theOntario Municipal Boardin a six-week contested hearing that resulted in the change of the official plan for all of the railway use lands aroundUnion StationfromYonge StreettoBathurst Street(185 acres) to a high density mix of residential, commercial, entertainment, hotels, sport centres and other uses including construction of theCN Tower. That official plan is the basis for years of enormous development on the lands - lands then and now worth billions of dollars. It was the largest official plan change in the history of Canada. He practiced aviation litigation with the Toronto law firm of Rohmer & Fenn.[12]