A huge thank you to the judges for the 2024 Lexpert Rising Stars Awards!

Panel of 42 esteemed private practice leaders and in-house lawyers took the time to award excellence

A huge thank you to the judges for the 2024 Lexpert Rising Stars Awards!

On behalf of Lexpert, we would like to thank our external advisory panel, comprised of the following esteemed private practice and in-house counsel leaders, who dedicated their time to selecting and awarding excellence

Maneli Badii 
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner 
Tyr LLP 

Sarbjit Basra 
Managing Partner 
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP 

Jacqueline Beckles 
Acting Deputy Director General 
Department of Justice Canada 

Stephen Beney 
Managing Partner 
Bereskin & Parr LLP 

Jennifer Biernaskie 
Partner 
McLennan Ross LLP 

Bruce Chapple 
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner 
McMillan LLP 

John Ciardullo 
Managing Partner, Toronto Office 
Stikeman Elliott LLP 

Matthew W. Cockburn 
Managing Partner 
Torys LLP 

Jeffrey Cohen 
Managing Partner 
Torkin Manes LLP 

George Cooper, KC 
Chief Executive Officer and Partner 
Cox & Palmer 

Jo-Anne Demers 
Partner 
Clyde & Co 

Martin K. Denyes 
Firm Managing Partner 
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP 

Paul Fruitman 
Partner 
Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP 

Tim Haney 
Canada Chief Executive Officer 
Dentons Canada LLP 

Collin K. Hirschfeld, KC 
Partner and Chair- Executive Committee 
McKercher LLP 

Michael Innes 
National Chair, Corporate Group 
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP 

Farah Ismail 
Senior VP, Chief Legal, Privacy & Compliance Officer 
SE Health 

Monique Jilesen 
Managing Partner 
Lenczner Slaght 

Damilola (“Dami”) Katibi 
Senior Counsel 
Vale Canada Limited 

Kevin J. Kiley, KC 
Managing Partner 
McInnes Cooper 

James Kosa 
Partner 
WeirFoulds LLP 

David M. Kramer 
Senior Legal Counsel 
Suncor Energy Inc. 

Cynthia Kuehl 
Partner, Chair of Firm 
Lerners LLP 

Dale H. Lastman, C.M. 
Chair 
Goodmans LLP 

Jonathan Leibtag 
Senior Corporate Counsel- Corporate, External & Legal Affairs, CPS Pursuit Team, Americas 
Microsoft 

Dave Leonard 
Chief Executive Officer, Partner Toronto 
McCarthy Tétrault LLP 

Zohar Levy 
Founding Partner 
Lundy Levy Eski Baum 

Vaughn MacLellan 
Toronto Office Managing Partner 
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP 

Steve McKersie 
Chief Executive Officer 
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP 

John Mercury 
Executive Chair and Chair of the Board 
Bennett Jones LLP 

John G. Murphy 
National Managing Partner & CEO 
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) 

Nora Osbaldeston 
Ontario Regional Managing Partner 
Miller Thomson LLP 

Sophie Perreault 
Chair of the Board of Directors 
Langlois Lawyers, LLP 

Clifford G. Proudfoot, KC 
Managing Partner 
Lawson Lundell LLP 

Bo Rothstein 
Managing Partner 
Farris LLP 

Laura Salvatori 
General Counsel 
Anson Funds 

Sharon Seung 
Chief Legal Officer 
Pizza Hut Canada 

Bryson A. Stokes 
National Managing Partner 
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP 

Kristin Taylor 
Managing Partner 
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP 

Jennifer Teskey 
Managing Partner – Canada 
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP 

Charmaine Toms 
General Counsel 
MNP 

Sharon Vogel 
Partner 
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP