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Heenan Blaikie’s thriving Litigation group brings together experienced practitioners, many of whom are recognized as leading advocates in the business and legal communities. We offer innovative and effective representation in corporate/commercial disputes and in a full range of civil litigation matters, including regulatory law, public law, intellectual property, administrative law, and employment disputes.

Whenever possible, we help our clients avoid litigation by seeking alternative means of resolving disputes. When litigation proceeds to trial, our primary concerns are to minimize risk, ensure cost-effectiveness and achieve practical results. We are recognized as highly effective problem solvers.

Services Overview

We provide litigation advice in connection with:

  • Administrative and constitutional law
  • Appellate litigation and judicial review
  • Arbitration and dispute resolution
  • Class actions, including securities class actions
  • Competition/antitrust and foreign investment
  • Construction
  • Contract disputes
  • Corporate and commercial
  • Cross-border litigation, including securities, product liability and antitrust/competition law
  • Defamation
  • Domestic and international commercial arbitration
  • Education
  • Energy, including natural gas and nuclear energy
  • Entertainment, sports and media
  • Environment
  • Financial services, banking and insolvency
  • First Nations and Aboriginal relations
  • Franchising
  • Government relations
  • Health law
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property, including pharmaceutical patent litigation
  • Labour and employment law
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Municipal law
  • Privacy and access to information
  • Procurement
  • Product liability
  • Professional liability
  • Real estate and condo
  • Securities and mergers and acquisitions
  • Shareholder disputes, including oppression remedies, and derivative actions
  • Tax, trusts and estates
  • Trade
  • Transportation

Members of the Litigation group include former judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Courts of Appeal of Ontario and Quebec, the Quebec Superior Court and the Provincial Court of Alberta as well as several Fellows of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers. Our lawyers have expertise in a broad range of areas and advocate clients’ interests before the courts, quasi-judicial bodies and, whenever appropriate, in direct negotiations across a conference table. They have also argued some of the most significant and high-profile cases in the country.

Heenan Blaikie’s strong team of litigators, law clerks and trained support staff is able to handle complex files. We are especially well equipped to manage large document cases and electronic information of all kinds. By closely monitoring today’s market and the emerging trends in litigation, we can successfully help clients deal with the complexities introduced by litigating in the electronic era.

Organizational Involvement

Many lawyers in our Litigation group are members of associations and organizations that are relevant to their area of expertise, including the following:

  • American College of Trial Lawyers
  • ADR Institute of Ontario
  • Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (United States)
  • The Advocates’ Society
  • Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
  • ADR Chambers

Our Team


Name Title Office Telephone Email
Abdel-Aziz, Ahab
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6929
Email
Amyot, Bernard
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2321
Email
Aronovitch, Stuart S.
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2339
Email
Badreddine, Mohamed
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.7239
Email
Banfai, Geza
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6968
Email
Baribeau, Sylvie
  • Paralegal
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2352
Email
Barton, Sandra
  • Partner
  • Trade-mark Agent
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6809
Email
Bastarache, Michel
  • Counsel
  • Montreal
  • Ottawa
  • 514 846.2369
  • 613 236.3488
Email
Beeman, D. Robb
  • Partner
  • Calgary
  • 403 261.3452
Email
Bélair-Noël, Catherine
  • Associate
  • Ottawa
  • 613 236.1052
Email
Bélisle, Amélie
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2224
Email
Bercovici, Vivian
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6869
Email
Bernard, Max R.
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2216
Email
Bertrand, Justin
  • Associate
  • Ottawa
  • 613 236.1627
Email
Bhattacharjee, Subrata
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6830
Email
Bich-Carrière, Laurence
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2391
Email
Blaikie, Peter M.
  • Founding Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2328
Email
Bolduc, Yvan
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2222
Email
Brabant, T. Alexander
  • Partner
  • Paris
  • 01 40 69 26 55
Email
Bratt, Andrew
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6894
Email
Brazil, Laura
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6942
Email
Breton, Frédérick
  • Associate
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.4139
Email
Brosseau, Renée
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6992
Email
Brouillette, Benoit
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2241
Email
Buswell, Alexandre W.
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2291
Email
Caron, Sébastien C.
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2259
Email
Carrière, Louis
  • Partner
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5465
Email
Chamberland, Geneviève
  • Associate
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.2562
Email
Champagne, Pierre
  • Partner
  • Ottawa
  • 613 236.4859
Email
Chênevert, Jean-Philippe
  • Associate
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5467
Email
Chester, Simon
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6905
Email
Clancy, Brendan
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6911
Email
Conlin, Charlotte
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6945
Email
Cournoyer-Proulx, Magali
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2292
Email
Cousineau, Marie
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2346
Email
Couture, Sylvie
  • Paralegal
  • Québec
  • 418 524.5131
Email
Craig, John D. R.
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3527
Email
Crawford, Dean
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1162
Email
Cress, Rosalie
  • Associate
  • Vancouver
  • 778 329.9037
Email
Croteau, Nicolas
  • Associate
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5477
Email
Daechsel, W. Kip
  • National Co-managing Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3531
Email
Davis, Mark Edward
  • Partner
  • Trade-mark Agent
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6867
Email
De Stefano, Corrado
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2235
Email
Delisle, Pierre
  • Associate
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5642
Email
Di Iorio, Nicola
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2327
Email
Diamond, M. Christopher
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6838
Email
Diskin, Matthew
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3538
Email
Duchesne, Benoit M.
  • Partner
  • Ottawa
  • 613 236.1946
Email
Dupont, Robert
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2314
Email
Dussault, René
  • Counsel
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5053
Email
Dye, Jonathan L.
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6841
Email
Edinger, H. David
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1158
Email
Edwards, Cheryl A.
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.2897
Email
Escayola, Rodrigue
  • Partner
  • Ottawa
  • 613 236.3235
Email
Falevich, Julia
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6979
Email
Farley, Ralph D.
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • Sherbrooke
  • 514 846.2320
  • 819 346.4619
Email
Ferland, Patrick
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2251
Email
Fillion, Stéphane
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2308
Email
Fineberg, Neil
  • Patent Agent
  • Trade-mark Agent
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6859
Email
Flibotte-Danis, Suzanne
  • Paralegal
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.4499
Email
Florent, Julie
  • Law Clerk
  • Ottawa
  • 613 236.1668
Email
Frank, Jillian
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1160
Email
Frenière, Michèle
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2347
Email
Gagné, Maxime
  • Associate
  • Trade-mark Agent
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2245
Email
Gall, Peter A.
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1152
Email
Gallien, Pascale
  • Partner
  • Paris
  • 01 40 69 26 53
Email
Gaudet, Serge
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2293
Email
Gaudreault, Richard
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2202
Email
Gauthier, Danielle
  • Partner
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.8073
Email
Gauthier, Marie-Pierre
  • Associate
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.7928
Email
Gilbert, Cheryl
  • Associate
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.2207
Email
Gilbert, Dominique
  • Associate
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.1240
Email
Giulione, Lisa
  • Paralegal
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2354
Email
Godfrey, Ian
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3551
Email
Goodman, Adam S.
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6857
Email
Grant, Robert W.
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1150
Email
Gravel, Justin
  • Associate
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.2543
Email
Graves, Sarah
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3550
Email
Grégoire, Louis-Pierre
  • Partner
  • Ottawa
  • 613 236.1751
Email
Grodinsky, Michael D.
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2333
Email
Guimond, Lucie
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2304
Email
Guy, Trevor
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6913
Email
Hachey, Jean-Pierre
  • Associate
  • Ottawa
  • 613 236.3598
Email
Hanert, Caireen E.
  • Partner
  • Calgary
  • 403 234.1262
Email
Hassan, Najeeb
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1164
Email
Heaney, John S.
  • Associate
  • Victoria
  • 250 381.9599
Email
Heenan, Roy L.
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2264
Email
Heyne, Alain
  • Partner
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.4140
Email
Hiebert, Lisa
  • Associate
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1192
Email
Hines, Mark
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6967
Email
Hogue, Marie-Josée
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2201
Email
Horne, Susan B.
  • Associate
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1193
Email
Hucman, Anna
  • Law Clerk
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6834
Email
Hudon, Jean-François
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.7050
Email
Iezzoni, Véronique
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2230
Email
Jacobson, Clay
  • Associate
  • Calgary
  • 403 781.3395
Email
Joanisse, David
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2261
Email
Jolin, Bernard
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2205
Email
Karayannides, George J.
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3521
Email
Kaufer, Danny J.
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2269
Email
Klinck, Jennifer
  • Associate
  • Ottawa
  • 613 236.2265
Email
Koschinsky, Jennifer
  • Associate
  • Calgary
  • 403 261.3460
Email
Koudounis, Kathy
  • Paralegal
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.1212
Email
Koudounis, Kris
  • Paralegal
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2355
Email
Kraft, Kenneth David
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6822
Email
Krupat, Howard
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6969
Email
Labbé, Caroline
  • Paralegal
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2385
Email
Laberge, Simon
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.7248
Email
Labrecque, Annie
  • Associate
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5472
Email
Lafleur, Marie-Julie
  • Associate
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5461
Email
Lalonde, Paul M.
  • Partner
  • Ottawa
  • Toronto
  • 613 236.5942
  • 416 643.6828
Email
Lamarche, Chantal
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2239
Email
Landry, Isabelle
  • Associate
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5479
Email
Laroche, Élisabeth
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2215
Email
Larrivée, Pierre
  • Partner
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5532
Email
Latulippe, Ginette
  • Partner
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5471
Email
Lavallée, Myriam
  • Associate
  • Trois-Rivières
  • 819 373.0339
Email
Lawson, Tim
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3522
Email
Leclerc, Karen
  • Partner
  • Paris
  • 01 40 69 26 56
Email
Leclerc, Louis
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2267
Email
Legault, Francine
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2348
Email
Legge, John A.
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1187
Email
Lemire, Pierre-Marc
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2350
Email
Lepage, André
  • Partner
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5487
Email
Lipchen, Charlene
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6982
Email
MacGillivray, Michelle
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6926
Email
MacNeill, Kevin D.
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.2602
Email
Manevich, Alejandro
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6944
Email
Massé, Frédéric
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2386
Email
Maufront, Vincent
  • Associate - Paris
  • Paris
  • 01 40 69 26 60
Email
Mc Mahon-Mathieu, Mélissa
  • Associate
  • Trois-Rivières
  • 819 373.5497
Email
McGinnis, Greg
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6957
Email
McGlynn, Debbie
  • Law Clerk
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3534
Email
McIntyre, Andrew
  • Associate
  • Trade-mark Agent
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6930
Email
McKinnon, Angus T.
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.2632
Email
McLean, Gregory
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.2894
Email
McNeil, Marcia
  • Partner
  • Victoria
  • 250 220.4348
Email
Ménard Dumas, Pierre-Olivier
  • Associate
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5073
Email
Ménard, Dominique
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2238
Email
Mitchell, Lynn
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6931
Email
Molinari, Patrick A.
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2343
Email
Morden, John W.
  • Counsel
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6870
Email
Munroe, Craig T.
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1176
Email
Munroe, Donald R.
  • Counsel
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1155
Email
Neelin, Elisabeth
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.7218
Email
Newton, Mark
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6855
Email
O'Connor, Sharon
  • Law Clerk
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6847
Email
O'Toole, Erin
  • Special Advisor
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6995
Email
Ouimette, Andrée-Anne
  • Associate
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.8955
Email
Pagé, Jean-François
  • Partner
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.7999
Email
Paquet, Claude
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2378
Email
Paquette, Christian
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6937
Email
Paquette, Julie
  • Associate
  • Ottawa
  • 613 236.7291
Email
Pezard, Alice
  • Special Advisor
  • Paris
  • 01 40 69 26 59
Email
Pigott, Christopher
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6986
Email
Plant, Geoff
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1186
Email
Platt, Priscilla
  • Counsel
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3520
Email
Poirier, Michel
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2295
Email
Poirier, Sylvain
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2273
Email
Poissant, Marie-Sylvie
  • Paralegal
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.1212
Email
Poliquin, Gabriel
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2392
Email
Power, Mark C.
  • Partner
  • Ottawa
  • Toronto
  • 613 236.7908
  • 613 236.1668
Email
Proulx, Alexandre
  • Associate
  • Trois-Rivières
  • 819 373.7343
Email
Provencher, Sylvain
  • Partner
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.1435
Email
Quesnel, David
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2303
Email
Radhakant, Andy
  • Partner
  • Trade-mark Agent
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6915
Email
Ramdin, Shaun
  • Associate
  • Vancouver
  • 778 331.0283
Email
Rancourt, Gilles
  • Partner
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5493
Email
Reyes, Katrina
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6990
Email
Rivard, Gary
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2383
Email
Robbins, Tobin S.
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1194
Email
Roberts Jones, Bonnie
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3567
Email
Robinson, Samuel M.
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6889
Email
Roche, Nicolas
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2302
Email
Rosen, Gary S.
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2229
Email
Roy, Joseph-André
  • Associate
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5496
Email
Roy, Véronique
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.1212
Email
Ruel, Simon
  • Partner
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5491
Email
Salmas, John J
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3570
Email
Salmon, Joseph
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3540
Email
Sauriol, Mélanie
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2281
Email
Savard, Stéphanie
  • Associate
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5475
Email
Scemla, Sophie
  • Partner
  • Paris
  • 01 40 69 54 12
Email
Sheen, Peter R.
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1154
Email
Shier, E. Mitchell
  • Counsel
  • Calgary
  • 403 781.3394
Email
Shirreff, Rhonda
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6858
Email
Singh, Jai
  • Associate
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1191
Email
Skelly, William E. J.
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1177
Email
Skodyn, Andrew
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3498
Email
Smith, Casey
  • Associate
  • Calgary
  • 403 261.5237
Email
Smithen, Jon
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6918
Email
Sormaz, Lilly
  • Associate
  • Trade-mark Agent
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6897
Email
Spragg, Blythe
  • Paralegal
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.1212
Email
Stainsby, Jonathan
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3568
Email
St-Gelais, Bénédicte
  • Associate
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5484
Email
Sykes, Stephanie J.
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6906
Email
Taylor-Smith, Nicole
  • Partner
  • Calgary
  • 403 234.3130
Email
Teschner, Ryan
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6890
Email
Thackeray, Joana
  • Associate
  • Vancouver
  • 778 330.1061
Email
Thomson, Hilary
  • Associate
  • Vancouver
  • 778 329.9042
Email
Todd, Shane
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6958
Email
Tremblay, Maryse
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2288
Email
Tremblay, Philippe
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2237
Email
Tricart, Julien
  • Associate
  • Québec
  • 418 649.5641
Email
Trihey, Stephan H.
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.7228
Email
Turgeon, Yves
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2818
Email
Vachon, Claire
  • Partner
  • Ottawa
  • 613 236.7402
Email
Van Allen, Sara-Ann
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 777.4171
Email
Van Dyk, Evan
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6921
Email
VanDerMeulen, Jackie
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6987
Email
Vassenaix-Paxton, Anne-Sylvie
  • Partner
  • Paris
  • 01 40 69 26 51
Email
Villeneuve, Claude
  • Partner
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.4117
Email
Vipond, Melanie
  • Associate
  • Vancouver
  • 778 329.9035
Email
Vlasak, Yanick
  • Partner
  • Sherbrooke
  • 819 346.3720
Email
Vommaro, Maria
  • Paralegal
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2356
Email
Wagner, Charles
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.4764
Email
Warning, Jeremy
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6946
Email
Wihak, Lauren
  • Associate
  • Vancouver
  • 778 330.1060
Email
Wisniewski, Jeremy
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2274
Email
Witt, Lawrence
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2382
Email

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  • Graves, Sarah
  • Link, Mathias
  • Salloum, John P.
Heenan Blaikie Toronto Yes
Oct. 30, 2013 8-Minute Updates: Internal Investigations
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  • Godfrey, Ian
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Heenan Blaikie Toronto Yes
May 21, 2013 Employment-Related Class Action Litigation
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Canadian Bar Association - The National Labour and Employment Law Section  
Feb. 06, 2013 My Contract Contains an Arbitration Clause: Why Am I Summoned to Court?
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Nov. 15, 2012 Sophie Scemla to Speak on Natural and Humanitarian Disasters Seminar at AIJA Conference
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International Association of Young Lawyers Yes
June 08, 2012 Barreau du Québec 2012 Annual Conference
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  • Dussault, René
  • Langlois, Pierre
Barreau du Québec  
Apr. 25, 2012 Proxy Battles: Are you Ready?
  • Wiener, Neil
Heenan Blaikie Toronto Yes
Dec. 07, 2011 Civil Litigation Practice
Insight Information Yes
Dec. 02, 2011 The Twelve-Minute Civil Litigator 2011
Law Society of Upper Canada Yes
Nov. 01, 2011 Adam S. Goodman at the IBA Annual Conference
  • Goodman, Adam S.
International Bar Association  
Oct. 26, 2011 - Oct. 27, 2011 10th Annual Advanced Forum on Securities Litigation & Enforcement
The Canadian Institute  
Oct. 25, 2011 11th Annual Advanced Administrative Law and Practice
  • Ruel, Simon
The Canadian Institute Yes
Sept. 23, 2011 Construction Claims - Will You Be Prepared? Seminar
  • Grégoire, Louis-Pierre
Ottawa Construction Association  
Sept. 21, 2011 - Sept. 22, 2011 12th Annual National Forum on Class Action Litigation
  • Karayannides, George J.
The Canadian Institute  
May 27, 2011 5th Annual Planning, Law and Property Rights Conference
University of Alberta  
May 13, 2011 17th Annual East Region Solicitors Conference
  • Escayola, Rodrigue
County of Carleton Law Association  
Feb. 16, 2011 - Feb. 17, 2011 Managing the Regulatory Function Conference
Federated Press  
Apr. 30, 2010 Tendances en preuve et procédure civile
Barreau du Québec  
Nov. 12, 2009 Legal Risk Management in Retail Investment
Osgoode Professional Development  
Oct. 21, 2009 12th Annual National Forum on Directors', Officers' and Fiduciaries' Liability
  • Diamond, M. Christopher
The Canadian Institute  
June 12, 2009 Sébastien Caron speaker at the Canadian Association of Paralegals' Annual Convention
  • Caron, Sébastien C.
Canadian Association of Paralegals  
June 03, 2009 Defamation : Current State of the Law
Éditions Yvon Blais  
May 27, 2009 Administrative Law - Post-Dunsmuir
  • Bastarache, Michel
Ontario Bar Association  
May 12, 2009 Arbitration in Quebec
  • Hogue, Marie-Josée
Éditions Yvon Blais  
May 07, 2009 - May 09, 2009 Advanced Administrative Law and Practice Conference
  • Bastarache, Michel
The Canadian Institute  
Apr. 20, 2009 - Apr. 21, 2009 Securities Litigation and Enforcement
  • Caron, Sébastien C.
The Canadian Institute  
Apr. 15, 2009 International Law - Serge Gaudet to speak at CBA conference
  • Gaudet, Serge
Canadian Bar Association  
Apr. 03, 2009 Serge Gaudet to Speak at a Symposium on the Civil Code's 15th Anniversary
  • Gaudet, Serge
Université de Montréal / Canadian Bar Association  
Apr. 03, 2009 Global Perspectives on Appellate Law programme
  • Amyot, Bernard
Connecticut Bar Association / CT Bar Institute / the American Counsel Association  
Feb. 05, 2009 Conference on Administrative Law
  • Plant, Geoff
Pacific Business & Law Institute  


* Continuing Professional Development

 

Title Client Description
Eli Lilly v. Novopharm Limited Novopharm Limited (now Teva Canada Limited) Successfully represented Novopharm Limited (now Teva Canada Limited (Teva)) in resisting an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada from a decision upholding a judgment that found that Lilly’s “113 Patent” was invalid. The patent claimed olanzapine, a drug used to treat schizophrenia and one of the top ten selling drugs in Canada and the world. This is the final judgment in Teva’s successful effort to invalidate a key Eli Lilly patent, a matter which has been the subject of three judgments at each of the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal and, now, three Supreme Court leave applications, all since Teva first challenged this patent in 2004.
Mazzarolo v. BMO Nesbitt Burns ltée BMO Nesbitt Burns Successfully represented BMO Nesbitt Burns in Mazzarolo v. BMO Nesbitt Burns ltée.
Metamorphose Astral Media Successfully defended Astral Media against allegations of plagiarism in a television concept.
The Queen v. Richard Lewin, Trustee of the J.J. Herbert Family Trust J.J. Herbert Successfully represented a private family trust before the Federal Court of Appeal, which upheld the decision of the Tax Court that the distribution to a non-resident beneficiary by the trust was not subject to Part XIII withholding tax
Jurisdiction of Commissions of Inquiry in Manitoba Commissioner heading the Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Phoenix Sinclair Representation of the Commission of Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Phoenix Sinclair before the Manitoba Court of Appeal.
Employment Litigation City of Trois-Rivières Representing the City of Trois-Rivières in connection with an employment litigation case.
Acquisition of March Networks Corporation Infinova (Canada) Ltd Represented Infinova (Canada) Ltd in connection with its acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of March Networks Corporation.
Supreme Court Case on Jurisdiction of Ontario Courts Under Private International Law Confidential Representation of three interveners in an appeal before the Supreme Court of Canada that raised questions on the jurisdiction of Ontario courts to hear cases arising from accidents that happened in Cuba.
Electronic Pay Slip L'Oréal Canada Successfully defended L'Oréal against a grievance alleging that the employer's decision to deliver electronic versions of pay slips only was against s. 46 of the Labour Standards Act.
Îles-des-Sœurs Development Arthur Garmaise Representing Arthur Garmaise, one of the persons involved since the very beginning in the development of Île-des-Sœurs, in connection with a claim against Nuns Island Investment (NII).
Momentous.ca Corp. v. Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball Ltd. Momentous.ca Corp. The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in a case in which we represented the City of Ottawa as respondent.
Defending a manufacturer Confidential Defending a manufacturer against class action proceedings in Quebec and in British Columbia.
Victory Before the Superior Court of Québec Confidential We successfully represented an office equipment retailer against a class action based on Quebec's Consumer Protection Act, claiming the refund of premiums paid for extended warranties.
Constitutional Challenge on the Federal Jurisdiction Over Postal Services Canada Post Corporation Represented Canada Post Corporation before the Federal Court of Appeal in the review of a decision rendered by the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
Teva Canada Limited v. Eli Lilly and Company Novopharm (now Teva Canada Limited) We represented Novopharm and prevailed in a four week impeachment action and successfully invalidated Lilly’s patent claiming the use of atomoxetine as an effective treatment for ADHD.
Successful Appeal Before the Supreme Court of Canada Vancouver Airport Limited Argued an appeal before the Supreme Court of Canada in a class action brought in the name of investors in a hotel development project.
Defense of Teva Canada Limited v. Eli Lilly and Company in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia Novopharm (now Teva Canada Limited) Class action proceedings in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia, involving product liability allegations regarding the use of an anti-depressant medication.
Defending a Lock Manufacturer Against Class Action Proceedings in Both Québec and Ontario Confidential Defending a push-button lock manufacturer against product liability class action proceedings.
Defending Backflip Studios Backflip Studios Currently defending software developer Backflip Studios in privacy class action proceedings.
Defending The Weather Channel The Weather Channel, Inc. Defending The Weather Channel in privacy class action proceedings.
Defending Novopharm/ratiopharm in One of Canada's Largest Class Action Ever Novopharm/ratiopharm Acting for Novopharm/ratiopharm in defence of proposed claims for C$3.8 billion, one of the largest class action ever in Quebec, if not in Canada, based on alleged rebates and gifts given to pharmacists in contravention of Quebec’s drug insurance plan.
Defending Korean Air Against Allegations of Price-Fixing Korean Air Defending class action proceedings brought in British Columbia and Quebec alleging a worldwide price-fixing scheme.
Defending AMF Against Claim in Relation to Norbourg Fraud Autorité des marchés financiers Defending Quebec’s financial market regulator against an authorized claim by 9,200 investors in relation to the infamous Norbourg fraud perpetrated by Vincent Lacroix.
Agent Orange Case Mosanto & Pharmacia Acted for Monsanto and Pharmacia in the Agent Orange class actions brought across Canada.
CHUM Hospital Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) The firm is doing the lion's share of the legal work in connection with all aspects of the modernization program, including a public-private partnership for the financing, construction and operation of a new 770-bed hospital in downtown Montreal, a $1.5B+ project.
Defending Aurelian Resources Inc. Aurelian Resources Inc. Defending the mining company in a claim brought by holders of expired warrants.
Defending L'Oreal L'Oréal Canada Defending L’Oréal in a suit alleging that L’Oréal Kids shampoo contained hazardous ingredients.
Defended Hydro-Québec Hydro-Quebec Defending Hydro-Québec against a class action instituted by a group of non-unionized retired employees.
Defended AGF Funds in Quebec and Ontario AGF Funds Inc. Defended a mutual fund dealer against market timing allegations.
Defending Hitachi Against Claims in Ontario and Québec Hitachi – LG Data Systems Defending Competition Act class claims in Ontario and Québec.
Successful Defence of BMW Canada Inc. and BMW North America in Canadian Competition Class Proceedings BMW Canada Inc. Successful defence of BMW Canada Inc. and BMW North America in Canadian competition class proceedings brought in Ontario and British Columbia alleging that major automotive manufacturers violated the Competition Act in relation to importation of automobiles.
Defending Quebec Federation of Medical Specialists Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec Defending a class action instituted against the Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec.
Victory Before the Supreme Court of Canada Canada Post Corporation Representation of Canada Post before the Supreme Court of Canada in proceedings that gave rise to a precedent-setting decision in 2009.
Defending Institut Philippe-Pinel Institut Philippe-Pinel Defended a long-term public health care facility against class action proceedings by beneficiaries alleging unsatisfactory services.
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery Cemetery corporation of Notre-Dame de Montréal parish Representation of the Fabrique de la Paroisse Notre-Dame de Montréal in a class action proceeding launched on behalf of the families of deceased who could not be buried because of a labour conflict.
Defending Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Defending a claim launched in 2009 against the maker of allegedly defective television sets.
Defending Loto-Québec Loto-Québec Defended Loto-Québec, the state-operated lottery, in a $700M class action before the Québec Superior Court and Court of Appeal.

Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
Chambers Global, The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
The Best Lawyers in Canada
Who’s Who Legal
PLC Which lawyer?
Martindale-Hubbell
Option Droit & Affaires
Benchmark Canada
Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers

 

Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory

The 2012 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory identified several Heenan Blaikie offices and lawyers as leaders in their field.

Corporate Commercial Litigation

  • Max R. Bernard, Ad. E.

Directors' & Officers' Liability

  • Marie-Josée Hogue, Ad. E.
  • L. David Roebuck

Intellectual Property Litigation

  • Jonathan Stainsby

Professional Liability

  • Marie-Josée Hogue, Ad. E.
  • L. David Roebuck

Securities Litigation

  • Bernard Amyot, Ad. E.
  • Marie-Josée Hogue, Ad. E. 
  • L. David Roebuck 

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The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada

Several of our lawyers are listed among Canada's leading practitioners (Most Frequently Recommended) in their respective areas of expertise in the 2012 edition of The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (ALM 500).

Corporate Commercial Litigation

  • Marie-Josée Hogue, Ad. E.: Montreal
  • L. David Roebuck: Toronto

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Chambers Global, The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business

Chambers Global 2012: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business recognized numerous Heenan Blaikie lawyers as leaders in their fields. Heenan Blaikie also ranked in several practice areas overall, including the highest ranking for our Labour and Employment practice. Lawyer rankings are based on, among other things, “technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client.”

BandU (Up and Coming)

  • Andrew Skodyn

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The Best Lawyers in Canada

The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013 (Woodward/White) has ranked numerous Heenan Blaikie lawyers as top lawyers, with several of them recognized in two or more fields, across some 50 practice areas. The Best Lawyers in Canada compiles lists of outstanding lawyers annually by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

Administrative and Public Law

  • Pierre Delisle, Q.C., Ad.E.: Québec

Appellate Law

  • The Honourable Michel Bastarache, C.C.: Ottawa

Bet-the-Company Litigation

  • Max R. Bernard, Ad. E.: Montreal
  • Marie-Josée Hogue, Ad. E.: Montreal
  • L. David Roebuck: Toronto

Corporate and Commercial Litigation

  • Bernard Amyot, Ad. E.: Montreal
  • Max R. Bernard, Ad. E.: Montreal
  • Yvan Bolduc, Ad. E.: Montreal
  • Marie-Josée Hogue, Ad. E.: Montreal
  • George J. Karayannides: Toronto
  • L. David Roebuck: Toronto
  • Leslie A. Wittlin: Toronto

Director and Officer Liability

  • L. David Roebuck: Toronto

Legal Malpractice Law

  • L. David Roebuck: Toronto

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Who’s Who Legal

Who's Who Legal, the London-based publication and the official research partner of the International Bar Association (IBA) as well as the strategic research partner of the ABA Section of International Law, has published the annual edition of the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers as well as special reports that identify several Heenan Blaikie lawyers as leaders in their respective fields, across numerous practice areas.

International Who’s Who of Commercial Litigators 2011
L. David Roebuck is ranked among the leading commercial litigators worldwide.

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PLC Which lawyer?

PLC Which lawyer?, published in the UK by Practical Law Company (PLC), has recognized Heenan Blaikie across multiple practice areas.

PLC Which lawyer? is a guide to lawyers and law firms in more than 110 countries and provides independently researched market intelligence on lawyers active in core commercial practice areas. Its independent research is based on firm and lawyer track records, client feedback and peer reviews.

Highly Recommended

  • Canada - Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation

Recommended

  • Canada – Life sciences: Patent Litigation

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Martindale-Hubbell

Several Heenan Blaikie lawyers have been awarded Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer-review rating of AV® Preeminent™ for their legal skills and sense of ethics.

  • Max R. Bernard, Ad. E.
  • Yvan Bolduc, Ad. E.

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Option Droit & Affaires

Heenan Blaikie’s Paris office was featured in the Classements Contentieux feature in the May 2012 issue of Option Droit & Affaires magazine, listing the best litigation firms.

Heenan Blaikie is listed in white-collar crime, financial and regulatory litigation, M&A litigation and international arbitration.

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Benchmark Canada

Heenan Blaikie has been ranked as a “recommended” firm in the first annual edition of Benchmark Canada, where in we can read that “the firm is noted for having a ‘large and interesting litigation practice,’ with a number of litigators across the province garnering peer and client praise.”

The guide also recognizes several of the firm’s lawyers.

Benchmark Canada, published by Benchmark Litigation (affiliated with Euromoney's Legal Media Group), is based on a four-month research that included extensive interviews with litigators and their clients.

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Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers

The College comprises the best of the trial bar from the United States and Canada. Fellowship in the College is extended by invitation only and only after careful investigation, to those experienced trial lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality.

  • Bernard Amyot, Ad. E.
  • The Honourable Michel Bastarache, C.C.
  • Max R. Bernard, Ad. E.
  • Yvan Bolduc, Ad. E.  
  • Roy L. Heenan, O.C., Ad. E.
  • Marie-Josée Hogue, Ad. E.
  • L. David Roebuck
 
 
 
 
 

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