Panel of 39 esteemed private practice leaders and in-house lawyers took the time to award excellence
On behalf of Lexpert, we would like to thank our external advisory panel, comprised of the following esteemed private practice and in-house counsel leaders, who dedicated their time to selecting and awarding excellence:
Maneli Badii
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner
Tyr LLP
Sarbjit Basra
Managing Partner
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Dahlia Bateman
General Counsel, Legal Services & Fair Practices Office
Wilfrid Laurier University
Stephen Beney
Managing Partner
Bereskin & Parr LLP
Jennifer Biernaskie
Partner
McLennan Ross LLP
Matthew W. Cockburn
Managing Partner
Torys LLP
Jeffrey Cohen
Managing Partner
Torkin Manes LLP
George Cooper, KC
Chief Executive Officer and Partner
Cox & Palmer
John Clifford
COO and Partner
McMillan LLP
Jo-Anne Demers
Partner
Clyde & Co
Peter Feldberg
Firm Managing Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Paul Fruitman
Partner
Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP
Tim Haney
Canada Chief Executive Officer
Dentons Canada LLP
Collin K. Hirschfeld, KC
Partner and Chair- Executive Committee
McKercher LLP
Charles Hurdon
Managing Partner – Canada
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Gillian Hnatiw
Principal
Gillian Hnatiw & Co
Monique Jilesen
Managing Partner
Lenczner Slaght
Warren Katz
Managing Partner, Montreal Office
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Kevin J. Kiley
Managing Partner
McInnes Cooper
Jeffrey Jay Kay KC
Managing Partner
Farris LLP
Dale H. Lastman, C.M.
Chair
Goodmans LLP
Dave Leonard
Chief Executive Officer, Partner, Toronto
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Vaughn MacLellan
Toronto Office Managing Partner
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Hugh L. MacKinnon KC
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Bennett Jones LLP
Steve McKersie
Chief Executive Officer
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
John G. Murphy
National Managing Partner & CEO
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
Nora Osbaldeston
Ontario Regional Managing Partner
Miller Thomson LLP
Sophie Perreault
Chair of the Board of Directors
Langlois Lawyers, LLP
Leola Pon
General Counsel- Executive Officer, Legal Services
Toronto District School Board
Clifford G. Proudfoot, KC
Managing Partner
Lawson Lundell LLP
Sylvia Samuel
Senior Enforcement Counsel
Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC)
Bryson A. Stokes
National Managing Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Kristin Taylor
Managing Partner
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Brian Thiessen, KC
Managing Partner, Calgary
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Sharon Vogel
Partner
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel
Kashif Zaman
Vice President, Legal Department
TD Bank Group
Cynthia Kuehl
Partner, Chair of Firm
Lerners LLP
James Kosa
Partner
WeirFoulds LLP
Lorne O’Reilly, KC
Lead Counsel
Dow Canada
The whole Lexpert team wants to thank everyone who attended, sponsored, and supported the virtual event, and offer a huge congratulations to our 81 winners of the 2023 Lexpert Rising Stars.
