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83 Lerners Lawyers Recognized in the 2026 Editions of Best Lawyers in Canada™ and Best Lawyers Ones to Watch in Canada™

Sep 4, 2025

This year, our firm was recognized across a wide variety of practice areas across our London, Toronto, and Kitchener-Waterloo offices. 

Best Lawyers in Canada

Join us in congratulating the following 61 lawyers who have been recognized by their peers and colleagues as leading lawyers across 26 areas of practice in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada™.

  • Adam J. Patenaude: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice

  • Alden Dychtenberg: Personal Injury Litigation

  • Alex Sharpe: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence

  • Alfonso E. Campos Reales: Personal Injury Litigation

  • Andrea H. Plumb: Administrative and Public Law; Health Care Law; Medical Negligence

  • Andrew C. Murray: Personal Injury Litigation

  • Andrew D. Elias: Personal Injury 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; Class Action Litigation; Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Medical Negligence; Municipal Law

  • Carolyn Brandow: Administrative and Public Law; Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law

  • Carolyn Lloyd: Family Law

  • Christopher R. Dawson: Personal Injury Litigation

  • Cynthia B. Kuehl: Administrative and Public Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Practice; Construction Law; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Municipal Law; Professional Malpractice Law

  • Danielle Douek: Health Care Law; Labour and Employment Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law

  • Dara M. Lambe: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law

  • David D. Lyons: Corporate Law; Information Technology Law

  • David Woodward: 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

  • Erin Reid: Family Law

  • Graham Bennett: Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation

  • Gregory Hatt: Corporate Law

  • Jacob S. W. Aitcheson: Personal Injury Litigation

  • Jason Squire: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Corporate and Commercial Litigation

  • Jennifer L. Hunter: Appellate Practice; Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Medical Negligence; Privacy and Data Security Law; Professional Malpractice Law

  • Joanne H. Stewart: Family Law; Family Law Mediation

  • Joseph Hentz: Corporate Law

  • Kathryn Ball: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence

  • Kevin L. Ross: Class Action Litigation; Health Care Law; Insurance 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; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Director and Officer Liability Practice

  • 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 Jandali Chao: Privacy and Data Security Law

  • Nadia Marotta: Director and Officer Liability Law; Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Professional Malpractice Law

  • Nancy McAuley: Personal Injury Litigation

  • Nigel G. Gilby: Personal Injury Litigation

  • Peter W. Kryworuk: Appellate Practice; Class Action Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Insurance Law: Legal Malpractice Law; Medical Negligence; Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Law

  • Pino J. Cianfarani: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law

  • Renée Zatzman Stein: Health Care Law; Medical Negligence

  • 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: Personal Injury Litigation

  • Robert J. Fenn: Aviation Law

  • Ryan P.R. McNeil: Family Law

  • Sandev S. Purewal: Personal Injury Litigation

  • Sarah Conlin: Family Law

  • Sarah E. Martens: Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice 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

  • Stephen Ronan: Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Professional Malpractice Law

  • Stuart Zacharias: Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law

  • Tammy Ring: Personal Injury Litigation

  • William E. Pepall: Class Action Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Director and Officer Liability Practice; Legal Malpractice Law; Professional Malpractice Law

  • Yola S. Ventresca: Administrative and Public Law; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law

Lawyers of the Year

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

Ones to Watch

Twenty-two of our up-and-coming leaders have been recognized in their respective fields in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™:

Best Lawyers™ uses an internationally respected and sophisticated methodology based on peer review to identify the top lawyers across the world.

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