85 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 63 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
Angus T. McKinnon (retired): Class Action Litigation; Corporate and Commercial 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
William A. G. Simpson (retired): Personal Injury Litigation
Yola S. Ventresca: Administrative and Public Law; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Medical Negligence; Professional Malpractice Law

Also recognized are retired partners William A.G. Simpson and Angus McKinnon.

Lawyers of the Year

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

Carolyn Brandow: Medical Negligence
Carolyn J. Lloyd: Family law
Dara M. Lambe: Health Care Law
Graham Bennett: Insurance Law
Robert J. Fenn: Aviation Law
Shauna K. Powell: Professional Malpractice Law

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™:

Alec Yarascavitch: Health Care Law
Andrew T. Johnson: Franchise Law; Privacy and Data Security Law; Technology Law
Cale Sutherland: Health Care Law
Carly Moore: Personal Injury Litigation
Clark Armstrong: Corporate Law
David Isaac: Health Care Law; Personal Injury Litigation
Debbie Boswell: Appellate Practice; Health Care Law
Émilie-Anne Puckering: Family Law
Emily Woods: Personal Injury Litigation
Gregory Willson: Personal Injury Litigation
Hilary A. Leitch: Trusts and Estates
Jacob R.W. Damstra: Appellate Practice; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Insurance Law; Medical Negligence
Jane Scholes: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
Jennifer Amer: Personal Injury Litigation
Jennifer Cook: Family Law
Jordan McKie: Family Law
Joshua D. Lerner: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
Justin Martin: Health Care Law; Insurance Law
Kimberly A.F. Cura: Appellate Practice; Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Mitchell C. Brown: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Medical Negligence
Natalie E. Carrothers: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
Spencer Jones: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law; Legal Malpractice Law