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MCDOUGALL GAULEY LLP (3) MCDOUGALLGAULEY.COM 4 Total lawyers: 82 Offices: Saskatoon, 40; Regina, 7; Estevan, 3; Moose Jaw, 2 Core practice areas: Litigation, including complex commercial, class actions, and insurance defence, corporate-commercial, insolvency and restructuring, banking and financial services, labour and employment Key clients: Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., North Ridge Development Corp., Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, University of Regina, Exxon Mobil Corp. Notable mandates: Represents the court appointed receiver of the Big Sky Farms group of companies in a case involving $70-million of secured and unsecured debt; currently defending Telus in a class action over system access fees; represents the plaintiffs in a class action against the government of Saskatchewan concerning the level of benefits payable to former employees; recently acted for Potash Corp. in a mining dispute with Mosaic. Star alumni: Saskatchewan lieutenant governors George Brown and Frank Bastedo; Saskatchewan Court of Appeal justices Thomas Wakeling, Hector MacDonald, and Neal Caldwell; William Ready, chancellor of the University of Regina. Affiliations: Canadian Litigation Counsel The firm: Founded when Norman MacKenzie settled in Regina, N.W.T., in 1891. The firm has a history of developing partners from within, but major growth came in 2001 with the merger of McDougall Ready and Gauley & Co. Many of its present and former partners have held leadership roles in legal industry organizations, such as the Law Society of Saskatchewan, the CBA Saskatchewan branch, and Federation of Law Societies of Canada. "There are a variety of lawyers I can call upon at the firm . . . and each provides exceptional service," said one in-house lawyer in the insurance industry. "For some time, we've been enjoying a buoyant economy, and fortunately, lawyers are participants in that, and not just observers," says senior partner Gord Kuski, who expects the ride to continue on the back of the firm's long history and well earned reputation. Prairie Proud. 'Prairie proud' means surviving through our Saskatchewan winters, wearing the colours of our favourite team and seeing our 80 plus years of accomplishments as just another day on the job. McKercher LLP is 'prairie proud' of being named a Top Ten Prairie Law Firm for 2013. SASKATOON: 374 Third Avenue South Saskatoon, SK S7K 1M5 Tel: (306) 653-2000 38 Untitled-2 a1r y 2 0 1 3 Febru REGINA: 500 - 2220 12th Avenue Regina, SK S4P 0M8 Tel: (306) 565-6500 www.CANADIAN L a w ye r m a g . c o m BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS www.mckercher.ca 13-01-15 9:31 AM

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