Ranked in Band 1 for Litigation: General Commercial - Canada
Chambers Canada: Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business 2022
When disputes raise the stakes and the risks are high, clients retain Blakes. Our multidisciplinary Litigation & Dispute Resolution team is armed with the skills and insights required to achieve results that matter. We work alongside our clients through every stage of a dispute, from fact-finding and risk evaluation through final resolution and enforcement, at trial and appellate levels, in court, at the negotiating table, and before tribunals and government agencies. We collaborate, we strategize, and we optimize.
Our lawyers take a client-first approach to each unique situation. Disputes are not treated as litigation files but as business problems to be resolved in the most creative manner. Our complete range of advanced risk-management strategies helps clients avoid many disputes altogether. With all the litigation advice and expertise needed under one roof, our lawyers leverage best practices across industries and take swift action to produce the most favourable outcomes.
Canadian and international clients rely on our practical business advice and formidable courtroom skills to resolve their high-stakes commercial disputes in virtually every court in the country, including the Supreme Court of Canada, where our litigation lawyers regularly appear on cases at the forefront of developments in Canadian law.
Blakes also has four decades of class actions experience, with some of the top litigation lawyers in Canada on the team. We have defended clients in hundreds of class actions across the country, including many notable cases that have been successful at trial and on dispositive applications and motions.
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Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. and its Chief Investigative, Reporter Kevin Donovan, in successfully representing them in a new precedent-setting case on openness and privacy before the Supreme Court of Canada, relating to unsealing the Barry and Honey Sherman estate files for public view​
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Hydro-Québec in successfully securing its rights to develop and modernize its power transmission network, the largest in North America, in front of the Supreme Court of Canada
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Labatt Brewing Company Limited against claims asserted for approximately C$1.4-billion in anti-trust class action proceedings brought against the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Brewers Retail Inc., Labatt and two other major brewers, in the Ontario Court of Appeal
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Bell Canada in obtaining an injunction compelling Québecor Inc. to restore the broadcast signal that Groupe TVA had unlawfully interrupted during the Stanley Cup playoffs. More than 425,000 Bell subscribers fell hostage to this interruption perpetrated by Québecor Inc.
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CHC Casinos Canada Limited and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation in defending class actions arising out of a cyber-attack against Casino Rama. This was the first contested certification hearing relating to a cyberattack against an Ontario company
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The Toronto Star in the landmark constitutional challenge to the application of freedom of information laws to Ontario judicial tribunals
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The appointing creditors to ATB Financial at all levels of the precedent setting receivership of a junior oil and gas producer, Redwater Energy Corporation, including in an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada
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ADAG Corporation Canada Ltd. in an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to challenge a trial verdict requiring it to transfer ownership of the SaskOil Tower in Regina, Saskatchewan, to long-term tenant SaskEnergy
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Celestica Inc. and its former officers in their successful appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to uphold the limitation period for bringing a statutory secondary market securities class action
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Coast Capital Savings Credit Union defending challenges before the Supreme Court of British Columbia and Court of Appeal to complete their continuance from provincial to federal regulation
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The City of Greater Sudbury in the first reported case in Ontario to address the judicial review of a public procuring entity’s decision to debar a bidder pursuant under a City procurement by-law
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A client in an ICC arbitration and the successful settlement of a dispute between Canadian and Panamanian companies in connection with a coal mine in Colombia (Xira Investments Inc. v. Andean Coal Corporation)
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Morneau Shepell Ltd., Plan Administrator in litigation brought by Morneau and by the Sears Canada estate against shareholders, officers and directors for wrongful conduct in connection with the liquidation of Sears Canada
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Cannabis clients before the Ontario Divisional Court during a judicial review process who were waiting for their licenses
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Suncor in the Alberta Securities Commission in an application to set aside or limit a shareholders rights plan adopted by Canadian Oil Sands, in which the ASC granted Suncor’s application and significantly limited the rights plan
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Station Mont-Tremblant (formerly Intrawest, now Alterra) in challenging the termination of rental pool agreements for more than a thousand condominium units managed by Station Mont-Tremblant for the benefit of the unit owners; Success for Station Mont-Tremblant meant that it preserved tens of millions of dollars of rental revenues
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Air Liquide in a high-value arbitration related to operations at a processing facility, with Blakes client successful on all issues
Members of our Litigation & Dispute Resolution group are recognized as leading lawyers in the recent editions of following publications:
- Benchmark Canada: The Definitive Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys
- Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers
- The Best Lawyers in Canada
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
- The Legal 500 Canada
- The Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada
- The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
- Who’s Who Legal
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Iris AntoniosPartner | Toronto
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Michael BarrackPartner | Toronto
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Cathy Beagan FloodPartner | Toronto
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Bradley E. Berg, FCIArb.Partner | Toronto
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Laura BlumenfeldPartner | Toronto
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Chris BurrPartner | Toronto
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Daryl CukiermanPartner | Toronto
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Christopher DiMatteoPartner | Toronto
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Michael ElderPartner | Toronto
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Rory ffrenchPartner | Toronto
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Lana FinneyPartner | Toronto
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Iris FischerPartner | Toronto
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Jeff W. GalwayPartner | Toronto
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Anne GloverPartner | Toronto
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Emily HazlettPartner | Toronto
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Nicole HendersonPartner | Toronto
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Randall HofleyPartner | Toronto, Ottawa
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Pamela L. J. HuffPartner | Toronto
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Jonathan W. KahnPartner | Toronto
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Charles KazazPartner | Montréal, Toronto
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Andrea LaingPartner | Toronto
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Jessica LamPartner | Toronto
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Jill M. LawriePartner | Toronto
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Fiona LegerePartner | Toronto
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Eric LeinveerPartner | Toronto
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Pei LiPartner | Toronto
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Robin LinleyPartner | Toronto
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Elder MarquesPartner | Ottawa, Toronto
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Gordon McKeePartner | Toronto
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Doug McLeodPartner | Toronto
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Ryan MorrisPartner | Toronto
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Sameer NurmohamedPartner | Toronto
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Kiran PatelPartner | Toronto
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Holly ReidPartner | Toronto
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Jeffrey ShaferPartner | Toronto
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Aryo ShalviriPartner | Toronto
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Max ShapiroPartner | Toronto
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Megan ShawPartner | Toronto
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Mark TonkovichPartner | Toronto
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Sharon WongRetired Partner | Toronto
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R. Seumas M. WoodsPartner | Toronto
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Andrea YorkPartner | Toronto
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Carlo AmorosoLaw Clerk | Toronto
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Natalie CammarasanaAssociate | Toronto
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Stefani Connelly (née Wesley)Associate | Toronto
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Sam CottonAssociate | Toronto
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Kimberly DewarCounsel, inSource | Toronto
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Richard DuAssociate | Toronto
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John FastAssociate | Toronto
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Melissa FeriozzoStaff Lawyer | Toronto
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Alexander GintherCounsel, inSource | Toronto
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Reena GoyalCounsel | Toronto
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Robyn HofferLaw Clerk | Toronto
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Andrew IrwinAssociate | Toronto
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Louise JamesLaw Clerk | Toronto
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Ankita KapurAssociate | Toronto
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Liam KelleyCounsel | Toronto
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Sahil KesarAssociate | Toronto
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Stefan KuuskneAssociate | Toronto
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Robert E. KwinterSenior Counsel | Toronto
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Alysha LiAssociate | Toronto
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Spencer LivingstoneAssociate | Toronto
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Caitlin McIntyreAssociate | Toronto
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Ryan McNamaraAssociate | Toronto
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Daniel NymanCounsel, inSource | Toronto
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Catherine Phillips-SmithAssociate | Toronto
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J.A. PrestageSenior Counsel | Toronto
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Alexandra PsellasAssociate | Toronto
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Anna RivigliaLaw Clerk | Toronto
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Robel SahluAssociate | Calgary, Toronto
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Julia SchabasAssociate | Toronto
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Daniel SzirmakAssociate | Toronto
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Nancy ThompsonLaw Clerk | Toronto
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William TotzkeAssociate | Toronto
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Brittany TownAssociate | Toronto
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Geoff AdairPartner | Calgary
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Jeff BakkerPartner | Calgary
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Richard BellPartner | Calgary
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Michael DixonPartner | Calgary
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Alyssa DukePartner | Calgary
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Dufferin HarperPartner | Calgary
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Brendan MacArthur-StevensPartner | Calgary
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Keith Marlowe, KCPartner | Calgary
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Michael McCachen, FCIArb.Partner | Calgary
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Dalton W. McGrath, KC, FCIArbPartner | Calgary
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Birch MillerPartner | Calgary
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Ken MillsRetired Partner | Calgary
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Mark Morrison, KCPartner | Calgary
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Michael O'BrienPartner | Calgary
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Renee ReicheltPartner | Calgary
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Lindsay RowellPartner | Calgary
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Katie SlippPartner | Calgary
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David TupperPartner | Calgary
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Tom WagnerPartner | Calgary
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Scott BirseAssociate | Calgary
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Elyse BoueyAssociate | Calgary
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Daria DeyholosAssociate | Calgary
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Mitchell FolkAssociate | Calgary
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Callin Haglund SeredaAssociate | Calgary
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Jackie HarperLaw Clerk | Calgary
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Nicolas HuertasAssociate | Calgary
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Chris KimAssociate | Calgary
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Jerred KissAssociate | Calgary
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Lindsey KnibbsAssociate | Calgary
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Alex MackenzieAssociate | Calgary
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Sophie MansfieldAssociate | Calgary
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Brooke ManteiArticling Student | Calgary
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Michael MatwichukAssociate | Calgary
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John MayBarrister & Complex Litigation Advisor | Calgary
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Gina MurrayAssociate | Calgary
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Janna NewmanAssociate | Calgary
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Robel SahluAssociate | Calgary, Toronto
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Wajeeha SattarAssociate | Calgary
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Casey StiemerAssociate | Calgary
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Heather StockAssociate | Calgary
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Randell TrombleyAssociate | Calgary
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Connor VaanderingAssociate | Calgary
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Cate WhiteAssociate | Calgary
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Sean BoylePartner | Vancouver
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Peter BychawskiPartner | Vancouver
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Tony CrossmanPartner | Vancouver
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Laura CundariPartner | Vancouver
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Michael HowcroftPartner | Vancouver
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Joshua HutchinsonPartner | Vancouver
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Alexandra LuchenkoPartner | Vancouver
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Joanne R. LysykRetired Partner | Vancouver
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Joe McArthur, KC, FCIArb, CArbPartner | Vancouver
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Roy MillenPartner | Vancouver
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Robin ReinertsonPartner | Vancouver
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Peter RubinPartner | Vancouver
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Karine RussellPartner | Vancouver
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Ariel SolosePartner | Vancouver
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James Sullivan, KCPartner | Vancouver
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Saleem Abou KoubeAssociate | Vancouver
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Paulina AdamsonAssociate | Vancouver
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Julianna AltmannAssociate | Vancouver
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Deborah BrommelandAssociate | Vancouver
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Alison BurnsAssociate | Vancouver
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Rochelle ColletteAssociate | Vancouver
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Lyann DanielakAssociate | Vancouver
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Parmida ElahiAssociate | Vancouver
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Brady GordonAssociate | Vancouver
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Jenna GreenAssociate | Vancouver
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Martin GreyellAssociate | Vancouver
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Claire HildebrandAssociate | Vancouver
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Andrew KavanaghAssociate | Vancouver
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Isaias LotenAssociate | Vancouver
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Roy LouAssociate | Vancouver
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Michael LutskyAssociate | Vancouver
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Patrick PalmerAssociate | Vancouver
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Jennine PunzalanAssociate | Vancouver
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Saeid RafieianAssociate | Vancouver
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Konrad SpurekAssociate | Vancouver
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Marie TurcottAssociate | Vancouver
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Patrick WodhamsAssociate | Vancouver
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Thelma ZindogaAssociate | Vancouver
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Caroline Biron, Ad. E.Partner | Montréal
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Ariane BisaillonPartner | Montréal
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Sébastien GuyPartner | Montréal
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Charles KazazPartner | Montréal, Toronto
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Patrick LapierrePartner | Montréal
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Matthew LibenPartner | Montréal
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Claude Marseille, Ad. E.Partner | Montréal
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Francis RouleauPartner | Montréal
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Simon SeidaPartner | Montréal
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Cristina CataldoAssociate | Montréal
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Anthony CayerAssociate | Montréal
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John ChedidAssociate | Montréal
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Andréa DaigleAssociate | Montréal
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Elizabeth DesrochersAssociate | Montréal
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Philippe DuboisAssociate | Montréal
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Maude Gérin-LajoieAssociate | Montréal
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Youssef KabbajAssociate | Montréal
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Yanka LaraméeParalegal | Montréal
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Samuel LavoieAssociate | Montréal
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Eric StacheckiAssociate | Montréal
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Robert TorralboSenior Counsel | Montréal
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Randall HofleyPartner | Toronto, Ottawa
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Elder MarquesPartner | Ottawa, Toronto
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Geoff AdairPartner | Calgary
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Iris AntoniosPartner | Toronto
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Jeff BakkerPartner | Calgary
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Michael BarrackPartner | Toronto
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Cathy Beagan FloodPartner | Toronto
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Richard BellPartner | Calgary
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Bradley E. Berg, FCIArb.Partner | Toronto
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Caroline Biron, Ad. E.Partner | Montréal
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Ariane BisaillonPartner | Montréal
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Laura BlumenfeldPartner | Toronto
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Sean BoylePartner | Vancouver
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Chris BurrPartner | Toronto
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Peter BychawskiPartner | Vancouver
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Tony CrossmanPartner | Vancouver
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Daryl CukiermanPartner | Toronto
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Laura CundariPartner | Vancouver
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Christopher DiMatteoPartner | Toronto
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Michael DixonPartner | Calgary
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Alyssa DukePartner | Calgary
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Michael ElderPartner | Toronto
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Rory ffrenchPartner | Toronto
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Lana FinneyPartner | Toronto
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Iris FischerPartner | Toronto
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Jeff W. GalwayPartner | Toronto
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Anne GloverPartner | Toronto
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Sébastien GuyPartner | Montréal
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Dufferin HarperPartner | Calgary
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Emily HazlettPartner | Toronto
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Nicole HendersonPartner | Toronto
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Randall HofleyPartner | Toronto, Ottawa
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Michael HowcroftPartner | Vancouver
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Pamela L. J. HuffPartner | Toronto
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Joshua HutchinsonPartner | Vancouver
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Jonathan W. KahnPartner | Toronto
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Charles KazazPartner | Montréal, Toronto
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Andrea LaingPartner | Toronto
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Jessica LamPartner | Toronto
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Patrick LapierrePartner | Montréal
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Jill M. LawriePartner | Toronto
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Fiona LegerePartner | Toronto
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Eric LeinveerPartner | Toronto
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Pei LiPartner | Toronto
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Matthew LibenPartner | Montréal
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Robin LinleyPartner | Toronto
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Alexandra LuchenkoPartner | Vancouver
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Joanne R. LysykRetired Partner | Vancouver
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Brendan MacArthur-StevensPartner | Calgary
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Keith Marlowe, KCPartner | Calgary
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Elder MarquesPartner | Ottawa, Toronto
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Claude Marseille, Ad. E.Partner | Montréal
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Joe McArthur, KC, FCIArb, CArbPartner | Vancouver
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Michael McCachen, FCIArb.Partner | Calgary
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Dalton W. McGrath, KC, FCIArbPartner | Calgary
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Gordon McKeePartner | Toronto
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Doug McLeodPartner | Toronto
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Roy MillenPartner | Vancouver
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Birch MillerPartner | Calgary
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Ken MillsRetired Partner | Calgary
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Ryan MorrisPartner | Toronto
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Mark Morrison, KCPartner | Calgary
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Sameer NurmohamedPartner | Toronto
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Michael O'BrienPartner | Calgary
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Kiran PatelPartner | Toronto
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Renee ReicheltPartner | Calgary
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Holly ReidPartner | Toronto
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Robin ReinertsonPartner | Vancouver
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Francis RouleauPartner | Montréal
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Lindsay RowellPartner | Calgary
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Peter RubinPartner | Vancouver
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Karine RussellPartner | Vancouver
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Simon SeidaPartner | Montréal
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Jeffrey ShaferPartner | Toronto
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Aryo ShalviriPartner | Toronto
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Max ShapiroPartner | Toronto
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Megan ShawPartner | Toronto
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Katie SlippPartner | Calgary
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Ariel SolosePartner | Vancouver
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James Sullivan, KCPartner | Vancouver
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Mark TonkovichPartner | Toronto
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David TupperPartner | Calgary
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Tom WagnerPartner | Calgary
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Sharon WongRetired Partner | Toronto
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R. Seumas M. WoodsPartner | Toronto
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Andrea YorkPartner | Toronto
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Saleem Abou KoubeAssociate | Vancouver
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Paulina AdamsonAssociate | Vancouver
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Julianna AltmannAssociate | Vancouver
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Carlo AmorosoLaw Clerk | Toronto
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Scott BirseAssociate | Calgary
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Elyse BoueyAssociate | Calgary
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Deborah BrommelandAssociate | Vancouver
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Alison BurnsAssociate | Vancouver
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Natalie CammarasanaAssociate | Toronto
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Cristina CataldoAssociate | Montréal
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Anthony CayerAssociate | Montréal
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John ChedidAssociate | Montréal
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Rochelle ColletteAssociate | Vancouver
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Stefani Connelly (née Wesley)Associate | Toronto
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Sam CottonAssociate | Toronto
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Andréa DaigleAssociate | Montréal
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Lyann DanielakAssociate | Vancouver
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Elizabeth DesrochersAssociate | Montréal
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Kimberly DewarCounsel, inSource | Toronto
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Daria DeyholosAssociate | Calgary
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Richard DuAssociate | Toronto
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Philippe DuboisAssociate | Montréal
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Parmida ElahiAssociate | Vancouver
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John FastAssociate | Toronto
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Melissa FeriozzoStaff Lawyer | Toronto
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Mitchell FolkAssociate | Calgary
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Maude Gérin-LajoieAssociate | Montréal
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Alexander GintherCounsel, inSource | Toronto
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Brady GordonAssociate | Vancouver
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Reena GoyalCounsel | Toronto
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Jenna GreenAssociate | Vancouver
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Martin GreyellAssociate | Vancouver
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Callin Haglund SeredaAssociate | Calgary
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Jackie HarperLaw Clerk | Calgary
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Claire HildebrandAssociate | Vancouver
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Robyn HofferLaw Clerk | Toronto
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Nicolas HuertasAssociate | Calgary
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Andrew IrwinAssociate | Toronto
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Louise JamesLaw Clerk | Toronto
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Youssef KabbajAssociate | Montréal
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Ankita KapurAssociate | Toronto
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Andrew KavanaghAssociate | Vancouver
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Liam KelleyCounsel | Toronto
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Sahil KesarAssociate | Toronto
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Chris KimAssociate | Calgary
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Jerred KissAssociate | Calgary
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Lindsey KnibbsAssociate | Calgary
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Stefan KuuskneAssociate | Toronto
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Robert E. KwinterSenior Counsel | Toronto
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Yanka LaraméeParalegal | Montréal
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Samuel LavoieAssociate | Montréal
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Alysha LiAssociate | Toronto
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Spencer LivingstoneAssociate | Toronto
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Isaias LotenAssociate | Vancouver
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Roy LouAssociate | Vancouver
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Michael LutskyAssociate | Vancouver
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Alex MackenzieAssociate | Calgary
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Sophie MansfieldAssociate | Calgary
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Brooke ManteiArticling Student | Calgary
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Michael MatwichukAssociate | Calgary
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John MayBarrister & Complex Litigation Advisor | Calgary
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Caitlin McIntyreAssociate | Toronto
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Ryan McNamaraAssociate | Toronto
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Gina MurrayAssociate | Calgary
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Janna NewmanAssociate | Calgary
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Daniel NymanCounsel, inSource | Toronto
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Patrick PalmerAssociate | Vancouver
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Catherine Phillips-SmithAssociate | Toronto
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J.A. PrestageSenior Counsel | Toronto
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Alexandra PsellasAssociate | Toronto
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Jennine PunzalanAssociate | Vancouver
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Saeid RafieianAssociate | Vancouver
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Anna RivigliaLaw Clerk | Toronto
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Robel SahluAssociate | Calgary, Toronto
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Wajeeha SattarAssociate | Calgary
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Julia SchabasAssociate | Toronto
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Konrad SpurekAssociate | Vancouver
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Eric StacheckiAssociate | Montréal
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Casey StiemerAssociate | Calgary
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Heather StockAssociate | Calgary
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Daniel SzirmakAssociate | Toronto
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Nancy ThompsonLaw Clerk | Toronto
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Robert TorralboSenior Counsel | Montréal
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William TotzkeAssociate | Toronto
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Brittany TownAssociate | Toronto
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Randell TrombleyAssociate | Calgary
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Marie TurcottAssociate | Vancouver
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Connor VaanderingAssociate | Calgary
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Cate WhiteAssociate | Calgary
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Patrick WodhamsAssociate | Vancouver
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Thelma ZindogaAssociate | Vancouver