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Joe Milstone

Co-founder, Cognition LLP

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Joe Milstone co-founded Cognition LLP, a Toronto law firm, with Rubsun Ho to give businesses legal work without a traditional firm's overhead. When Axiom bought the firm's general counsel business in January 2016, the small and medium-sized business practice continued as Caravel Law, which Milstone also co-founded. Milstone earlier held vice-president legal roles at Call-Net Enterprises and Magna Entertainment.

Joe hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Joe co-founded Cognition LLP.

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Caravel launches precedent service for financing documentsCanadian Lawyer
2017
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Axiom acquiring part of lean law firm Cognition LLPBetaKit
2016
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Axiom enters Canada, buying Cognition's GC businessCanadian Lawyer
2016

Quick answers

Who founded Cognition LLP?

BetaKit reported on 2016-01-14 that Joe Milstone and Rubsun Ho founded Toronto-based Cognition LLP, and quoted Milstone as a co-founder of Cognition.

What happened to Cognition LLP?

Canadian Lawyer reported on 2016-01-14 that Axiom bought Cognition's general counsel business, which co-founder Joe Milstone called a natural evolution, and that the firm's 50 lawyers could choose Axiom Cognition or Caravel Law, the practice for small and medium-sized enterprises.

What did Milstone do before Cognition?

Caravel Law's archived lawyer page for Milstone (Wayback Machine capture, 2016-02-02) lists in-house roles as vice-president, legal and business services at Call-Net Enterprises (Sprint Canada) and at Magna Entertainment, and as an advisor at the Canadian Bankers Association.

What did Milstone do at Caravel Law?

Canadian Lawyer reported on 2017-02-21 that Caravel Law co-founder Joe Milstone launched a free service for startups and investors to generate first drafts of basic financing documents.

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