55 Lawyers Recognized in the 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers

Aug 23, 2023

This year, our firm was recognized across a wide variety of practice areas across all of our offices. In addition to the individuals identified in the guide, Lerners is particularly proud to have been named “Law Firm of the Year” nationwide, in the area of Medical Negligence.

Join us in congratulating the following lawyers who have been recognized by their peers and colleagues as leading lawyers across 21 areas of practice in the 2024 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
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
Carolyn Lloyd: Family 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
Domenico Magisano: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Earl A. Cherniak LL.D, KC, 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;
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
Gregory Hatt: Corporate Law
Jason Squire: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Jennifer L. Hunter: Appellate Practice; Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law
Joanne H. Stewart: Family Law; Family Law Mediation
Kevin L. Ross: Class Action Litigation; Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Law
Kimberley K. Munro: Personal Injury Litigation
Lindsey Love-Forester: Family Law
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; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Director and Officer Liability Practice; Insurance Law; Product Liability Law
Robert B. Ledgley: Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation
Robert J. Fenn: Aviation Law
Sarah Conlin: Family Law
Sarah E. Martens: Medical Negligence
Shannon Gaudet: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law
Shauna K. Powell: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Personal Injury Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law
Stephen R. Schenke: Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Medical Negligence
Stephen Ronan: Health Care Law; Insurance 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; Professional Malpractice Law

Lawyer of the Year

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

Anne Spafford: Professional Malpractice Law – Toronto
Nigel Gilby: Personal Injury Litigation – London/Windsor
Peter W. Kryworuk: Health Care Law – London/Windsor
Robert J. Fenn: Aviation Law – Toronto
Shauna K. Powell: Professional Malpractice Law – London/Windsor

Ones to Watch 12 of our up-and-coming leaders have been recognized in their respective fields in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™:

Alex Sharpe: Health Care Law; Insurance Law
Andrew Hentz: Commercial Leasing Law; Real Estate Law
Andrew T. Johnson: Franchise Law; Privacy and Data Security Law; Technology Law
Cale Sutherland: Health Care Law
Debbie Boswell: Appellate Practice
Gregory Willson: Personal Injury Litigation
Hilary A. Leitch: Trusts and Estates
Jacob R.W. Damstra: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Insurance Law
Jane Scholes: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
Natalie Carrothers: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
Rebecca Shoom: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Labour and Employment Law
Renée Zatzman Stein: Health Care Law