87 Lawyers Recognized in the 2025 Editions of Best Lawyers in Canada™ and Best Lawyers in Canada Ones to Watch in Canada

This year, our firm was recognized across a wide variety of practice areas across all of our offices.

Join us in congratulating the following lawyers who have been recognized by their peers and colleagues as leading lawyers across 31 areas of practice in the 2025 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

• Alfonso E. Campos Reales

  • Personal Injury Litigation

• Andrea H. Plumb

  • Administrative & Public Law

  • Health Care Law

  • Medical Negligence

• Andrew C. Murray

  • Personal Injury Litigation

• Andrew Elias

  • 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

  • Appellate Practice

  • 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

• 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

• Emily Y. Fan

  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation

  • Director and Officer Liability Practice

• 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

  • 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

• 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

  • Health Care Law

  • Insurance Law

  • Director and Officer Liability Practice

• 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

  • 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

• 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 S. Fabiani

  • Medical Negligence

• Stephen R. Schenke

  • Health Care Law

  • Insurance Law

  • Medical Negligence

• 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

• 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

  • Administrative and Public Law

  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation

  • Health Care Law

  • Medical Negligence

  • Professional Malpractice Law

Lawyer of the Year

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

• Andrea H. Plumb

  • Health Care Law, London/Windsor

• Andrew C. Murray

  • Personal Injury Litigation, London/Windsor

• Anthony J. Bedard

  • Insurance Law, London/Windsor

• Carolyn Brandow

  • Professional Malpractice Law, London/Windsor

• Cynthia B. Kuehl

  • Professional Malpractice Law, Toronto

• Kevin L. Ross

  • Product Liability Law, London/Windsor

Ones to Watch

19 of our up-and-coming leaders have been recognized in their respective fields in the 2025 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

• David Isaac

  • Health Care Law

  • Personal Injury Litigation

• Debbie Boswell

  • Appellate Practice

• Émilie-Anne Puckering

  • Family Law

• Erika Tower

  • Personal Injury Litigation

• Gregory Willson

  • Personal Injury Litigation

• Hilary A. Leitch

  • Trusts and Estates

• Jacob R.W. Damstra

  • 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

• Joshua D. Lerner

  • Health Care Law

• Kimberly A.F. Cura

  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation

• Lindsay Abercrombie

  • Family Law

• Mitchell C. Brown

  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation

  • Medical Negligence

• Natalie E. Carrothers

  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation

  • Health Care Law

• Spencer Jones

  • Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law

  • Legal Malpractice Law

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

ABOUT LERNERS LLP

Lerners LLP is a full-service law firm with over 130 exceptionally skilled lawyers and multiple locations throughout Ontario.  For over 90 years, Lerners LLP has provided successful client service and representation with an uncompromising commitment to serving its clients’ interests and ensuring a successful outcome.

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Founder and Principal

Andrea Anders Inc.

andrea@andreaandersinc.com