The 2018 edition of Benchmark Canada went to press in April, and rankings and editorial have since been published online.
Congratulations to all those who have been nominated as litigation stars or future stars. An additional congratulations to all those who have been nominated to the elite category of the Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada. (See below)
Thank you to all of the firms who generously supported Benchmark Canada during the 2018 cycle:
Babin Bessner Spry
Bennett Jones LLP
Bereskin & Parr
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Crawley MacKewn Brush
Farris Vaughan Wills & Murphy
Fasken
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Field Law
Fillmore Riley
Langlois Lawyers
Guild Yule
Harper Grey
Hill Sokalski Walsh Olson
Hunter Litigation Chambers
Lawson Lundell LLP
LCM Avocats
Lenczner Slaght
McEwan Partners
Merrick Jamieson Sterns Washington & Mahody
Miller Thomson
Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson
Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein
Polley Faith
Renno Vathilakis
Rueters LLP
Shapray Cramer Fitterman & Lamer
Singleton Reynolds Urquhart Vogel
Stockwoods
Sugden McFee & Roos
Thornton Grout Finnigan
WOODS LLP
The Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada were also announced. See below for a complete list:
| David Aitken |
Aitken Klee |
| Benjamin Zarnett |
Goodmans |
| Joseph Groia |
Groia & Co. |
| Matthew Gottlieb |
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb |
| Jonathan Lisus |
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb |
| Sarit Batner |
McCarthy Tétrault |
| Paul Steep |
McCarthy Tétrault |
| Michelle Awad, QC |
McInnes Cooper |
| Peter Roy |
Roy O'Connor |
| Sheila Block |
Torys |
| Patricia Jackson |
Torys |
| Bryan Finlay, QC |
WeirFoulds |
| Mark Andrews, QC |
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin |
| Geoffrey Cowper, QC |
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin |
| Robert Harrison |
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin |
| Tom Curry |
Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin |
| Peter Griffin |
Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin |
| Monique Jilesen |
Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin |
| Irwin Nathanson, QC |
Nathanson Schachter & Thompson |
| Stephen Schachter, QC |
Nathanson Schachter & Thompson |
| Chris Paliare |
Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein |
| Peter Linder |
Peacock Linder Halt & Mack |
| Perry Mack, QC |
Peacock Linder Halt & Mack |
| Karim Renno |
Renno Vathilakis |
| Howard Shapray, QC |
Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer Fitterman Lamer |
| Brian Gover |
Stockwoods |
| Paul Le Vay |
Stockwoods |
| Patrick Ouellet |
Woods |
| James Woods |
Woods |
| Jeffrey Leon |
Bennett Jones |
| Munaf Mohamed |
Bennett Jones |
| Robert Staley |
Bennett Jones |
| Richard Swan |
Bennett Jones |
| Blair Yorke-Slader |
Bennett Jones |
| Michael Barrack |
Blake Cassels & Graydon |
| Jeff Galway |
Blake Cassels & Graydon |
| William Brock |
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg |
| Guy Du Pont |
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg |
| Kent Thomson |
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg |
| Kenneth McEwan, QC |
McEwan Partners |
| Gunars Gaikis |
Smart & Biggar |
| Hein Poulus, QC |
Stikeman Elliott |
| William Kenny, QC |
Miller Thomson |
| Andrew Faith |
Polley Faith |
| Guy Pratte |
Borden Ladner Gervais |
| Doug Mitchell |
IMK |
| Éric Azran |
Stikeman Elliott |
| David Byers |
Stikeman Elliott |
| Marc-André Coulombe |
Stikeman Elliott |
| Peter Howard |
Stikeman Elliott |
