The panel was comprised of 61 esteemed legal leaders
On behalf of Lexpert, Canadian Lawyer and InHouse, we would like to thank our external Advisory Panel, who invested many hours reading the large volume of detailed submissions and casting their votes. PWC – The Official Ballot Accountants – also verified the score tallies.
See our full list of winners.
The extensive and diverse panel of in-house and private practice judges ensures that all finalists’ submissions are scrutinized from multiple perspectives, and that true excellence, innovation, and quality are awarded.
It was the fourth year for the law awards, which launched in 2020 and the second time it was held as an in-person event.
Lexpert and Canadian Lawyer would also like to thank sponsors for the Canadian Law Award, which include: event partner LEAP Legal Software (Canada); award sponsors Dye & Durham, Lawson Lundell LLP, Lexis Nexis, Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University and Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP; and media partners the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto and Women General Counsel of Canada. In addition, PwC – the official ballot accountants for the event – verified the score tallies.
The panel was comprised of the following esteemed private practice and in-house counsel leaders who dedicated their time to awarding excellence:
Jennifer Addison
SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
EPCOR Utilities Inc., WGCC- Prairies Chapter Lead
Arif Ahmad
Vice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs & General Counsel
Re:Sound
Jacqueline Beckles
General Counsel and CABL- Board Member
Department of Justice Canada
Stephen Beney
Managing Partner
Bereskin & Parr LLP
Mark T. Bennett
Executive Chair
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Lydia Bugden, KC
CEO & Managing Partner
Stewart McKelvey
Olivier Chouc
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Law
Canadian National Railway Company
Jeffrey Cohen
Managing Partner
Torkin Manes LLP
George Cooper, KC
Chief Executive Officer and Partner
Cox & Palmer
Bindu Cudjoe
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, and Vice President WGCC
Laurentian Bank of Canada
Vincent de l’Étoile
Partner, Litigation Group; Member Board of Directors
Langlois lawyers, LLP
Terrie Devonish
Chief Legal Officer
Altus Group
Innes Dey
SVP, Legal & Strategy
Definity Financial
Peter Feldberg
Firm Managing Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Paul Fruitman
Partner
Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP
Yonni Fushman
Chief Legal Officer and EVP, Sustainability
Northland Power Inc.
Kath Hammond
Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Safety and Security
Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Alison Harnick
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
First Capital REIT And Board Member Women General Counsel Canada
Nizam Hasham
General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sharon Haward-Laird
General Counsel
BMO Financial Group
Gillian Hnatiw
Principal at Gillian Hnatiw & Co., Past Chair of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
Charles E. Hurdon
Managing Partner – Canada
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Dominique Hussey
Vice Chair, Toronto Managing Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
Monique Jilesen
Managing Partner
Lenczner Slaght
Philippe Johnson
Managing Partner, Montreal
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Rustam Juma
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Volkswagen and Audi Canada
Jeffrey Jay Kay, KC
Managing Partner
Farris LLP
Kevin Kiley, KC
Managing Partner
McInnes Cooper
Lynn Korbak
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Toromont Industries Ltd
James Kosa
Partner, Technology and IP
WeirFoulds LLP
Arun Krishnamurti
Counsel
Google Canada
Justin Kutyan
National Leader and Senior Partner
KPMG Law LLP
Michael Ladha
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro
Dale H. Lastman, C.M.
Chair
Goodmans LLP
Blair McCreadie
Managing Partner, Toronto
Dentons Canada LLP
John G. Murphy
National Managing Partner & CEO
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
Benjamin Na
Toronto Managing Partner
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
Steven Ngo
Counsel at Rivian, President at Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers BC
Peter V. Nguyen
SVP Legal, Associate General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary, and Founder GC Forum
Descartes Systems Group
Lorne O’Reilly
Lead Counsel, and VP & Treasurer and Member of the Board of Directors-Alberta Chapter, Association of Corporate Counsel
Dow Chemical Canada ULC
Kerry O’Reilly Wilks
Chief Officer, Legal, Regulatory & External Affairs
TransAlta Corporation
Robert Piasentin
Partner, Technology
McMillan LLP
Heather Platt
Chief Legal Officer
Metrolinx
Karrin A. Powys-Lybbe
Partner
Torys LLP
Emmanuel Pressman
Chair, Corporate Department
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Clifford G. Proudfoot, KC
Managing Partner
Lawson Lundell LLP
Poonam Puri
Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School
York University
Bruce Reynolds
Co-Managing Partner and Co-Chair – International Construction Projects Group
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP
Nathalie Rizcalla
VP HR, Corporate and Legal Affairs
Pelican International
Samir Sabharwal
General Counsel
Alberta Securities Commission
Thomas Santram
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Cineplex Entertainment
Melanie Schweizer
Senior Vice-President Legal, General Counsel
Bell Canada
Robert Seidel, KC
Canada Managing Partner
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Godyne N.L. Sibay
Managing Partner, Ontario Region
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Jeffrey Singer
Chair of the Firm
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Lisa Skakun
Chief Legal, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs Officer
Coast Capital Savings
Michael S. Slan
Managing Partner
Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
Bryson A. Stokes
Firm Managing Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Abigail Turner
Partner
Harper Grey LLP
Yola Ventresca
Managing Partner
Lerners LLP
Andrea Wood
Chief Legal and Governance Officer
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