Stikeman’s Calgary office, while substantially smaller than the firm’s Eastern operations, consists of two partners,
Mike Mestinsek and Geoffrey Holub, who both have a dedicated client following. Mestinsek is called “a practical, aggressive, problem solver” by a client, who goes on to confirm, “Mike is exceptionally responsive and has presence. He is appropriately aggressive and mindful of strategy/tactics that will work for the given party and issue. He is great at identifying the right resource to assist.” Another client offers a particularly glowing and fulsome review:, “Mike is a gifted litigator who also excels at the customer service side of the business. Mike learned the complexity of the business and our underlying contracts. He managed each step of our litigation extremely well and communicated to us in a timely and detailed manner. Mike effectively managed a difficult counterparty extremely well - both their corporate representative and their lead counsel. He handled himself with professionalism all the time, even though it might have been challenging to do that at during many stressful times. Mike also did a great job supporting a parallel path of settlement discussions, at the right time, and giving honest views on pros/cons of all facets our case and the possible path of litigation.” Holub is not without his fans as well. “Geoff is very experienced and practical, plus he’s also very courteous, in a way that is not always the case with other litigators I’ve been involved with.” Holub provided Calgary counsel on the aforementioned matter for Teck. The Calgary office is also in growth mode; this year the firm lured Matti Lemmens, a versatile younger litigator with a swiftly rising profile, to its bench from another national firm.
