54 Lawyers Recognized in the 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers

Aug 24, 2022

We’re pleased to announce that the following lawyers have been recognized by their peers and colleagues as leading lawyers across 24 areas of practice in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada™.

Adam J. Patenaude: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence
Alden Dychtenberg: Personal Injury Litigation
Andrea H. Plumb: Administrative & Public Law; Health Care Law; Medical Negligence
Andrew C. Murray: Personal Injury Litigation
Angus T. McKinnon: Class Action Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Anne E. Spafford: Administrative and Public Law; Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law
Anthony J. Bedard: Insurance Law
Bryan R.G. Smith: Family Law; Family Law Mediation
C. Kirk Boggs: Appellate Practice; Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Medical Negligence
Carolyn Brandow: Administrative and Public Law; Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law
Cynthia B. Kuehl: Administrative and Public Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Practice; Corporate and Commercial Litigation;Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law
Dara M. Lambe: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law
David D. Lyons: Corporate Law
David G. Waites: Trusts and Estates
Domenico Magisano: Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Earl A. Cherniak QC, FCIArb: Administrative and Public Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Defamation and Media Law; Director and Officer Liability Practice; International Arbitration; Legal Malpractice Law; Product Liability Law; Securities Law
Elizabeth Grace: Administrative and Public Law; Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Personal Injury Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law
Emily Y. Fan: Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Erin Reid: Family Law
Graham Bennett: Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation
Graham C. Porter: Corporate Law
Gregory Hatt: Corporate Law
Ian D. Shewan: Corporate Law
Jason Squire: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Practice Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Jennifer L. Hunter: Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law
Joanne H. Stewart: Family Law
Kevin L. Ross: Class Action Litigation; Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Law
Kimberley K. Munro: Personal Injury Litigation
Lisa C. Munro, FCIArb, Q.Arb: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Class Action Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law
Lucas E. Lung: Administrative and Public Law; Appellate Practice; Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Maia L. Bent: Personal Injury Litigation
Mark D. Lerner: Health Care Law
Matthew K. Dale: Personal Injury Litigation
Nada Nicola-Howorth: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law
Nadia Marotta: Health Care Law
Nancy McAuley: Personal Injury Litigation
Nigel G. Gilby: Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Law
Peter W. Kryworuk: Appellate Practice; Class Action Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Legal Malpractice Law; Medical Negligence; Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Law
Pino J. Cianfarani: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law
Robert B. Bell: Appellate Practice; Aviation Law; Class Action Litigation; Insurance Law; Product Liability Law
Robert B. Ledgley: Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation
Ronald C. Delanghe: Real Estate Law
Sarah Conlin: Family Law
Shannon Gaudet: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law
Shauna K. Powell: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Personal Injury Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law
Sonia Fabiani: Medical Negligence
Stephen R. Schenke: Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Medical Negligence
Stephen Ronan: Health Care Law
Stuart Zacharias: Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law
Trevor Fisher: Health Care Law
William A. G. Simpson: Personal Injury Litigation
William E. Pepall: Class Action Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Director and Officer Liability Practice; Legal Malpractice Law; Professional Malpractice Law
William R. Clayton: Family Law
Yola S. Ventresca: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Medical Negligence

Lawyer of the Year

Five of our lawyers have achieved further recognition as “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective fields:

Andrea H. Plumb: Health Care Law/Medical Negligence – London/Windsor
Carolyn Brandow: Professional Malpractice Law – London/Windsor
Lisa C. Munro: Alternative Dispute Resolution – Toronto
Peter W. Kryworuk: Product Liability Law – London/Windsor
Shannon Gaudet: Professional Malpractice Law - Toronto

Ones to Watch Eight of our lawyers have been recognized in their respective fields in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch in Canada™: