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w w w . c a n a d i a n l a w y e r m a g . c o m M A R C H 2 0 1 9 43 NELLIGAN O'BRIEN PAYNE LLP NELLIGANLAW.CA Total lawyers: 48 Office: Ottawa Core practice areas: litigation (including personal injury, commercial litigation, insurance law and mediation); labour and employment law; family law; real estate and development; Indigenous law; estate law; fertility law; family arbitration; busi- ness law; intellectual property law; not-for-profit and charity law Key clients: Institutional clients include chartered banks, trust companies and financial institutions, major insurance companies and their insureds, many unions and labour organizations, real estate developers (commercial, institutional and residential), non-profit and public interest corporations and small- and medium-size enterprises. In addition, the IP Group represents some of the largest companies in the Asia/Pacific region, including trade organizations, as well as local startups and mid-size corporations. Notable mandates: Current and ongoing class actions have included representing employee groups in several insolvency proceedings, including Nortel, Canwest and Plasco; representing former patients of Norman Barwin, who is alleged to have negli- gently inseminated his patients with the wrong sperm; representing air pilots employed by Air Canada over a breach of contract; repre- senting former students of the residential schools system and their entitlements under the 2007 Residential Schools Settlement Agree- ment; and representing employees of BlackBerry Canada after a transfer of employees. Other cases include successful judgments in leading personal injury decisions, such as Monks v. ING and Gardiner v. MacDonald, successful defence of liability waiver in Isildar v. Kan- ata Dive Supply, as well as several claims (including constitutional challenges) against the federal government. The firm has also been involved with many major redevelopment projects in Ottawa, includ- ing LeBreton Flats, Zibi and Greystone Village. Star alumni: John Nelligan, one of Canada's leading advocates; Ontario Superior Court Justice Denis Power; Ontario Superior Court Justice Catherine Aitken; Ontario Superior Court Justice Giovanna Toscano-Roccamo Affiliations: Lexwork Firm history: John P. Nelligan was called to the Ontario bar in 1949, and in 1963, he opened his own firm. With Denis Power, he established the Nelligan Power partnership in 1969. In October 2000, Power was appointed as a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the firm's name changed to Nel- ligan O'Brien Payne LLP, in recognition of long-time firm part- ners Allan O'Brien and Janice Payne. Since then, the firm has grown to 45 lawyers and more than 60 staff. "Talented lawyers who take hard cases and are leaders in their community." 10 TOP 10 ONTARIO REGIONAL FIRMS 7RURQWR+HDG2IğFH 9DXJKDQ2IğFH )LQDQFLDO'LVWULFW2IğFH Woodbine Place The Deloitte Building Richmond-Adelaide Centre 135 Queen's Plate Dr. 400 Applewood Crescent 120 Adelaide Street West Suite 600 Suite 100 Suite 1901 Toronto, Ontario Vaughan, Ontario Toronto, Ontario ZZZORRSVWUDQL[RQFRP With over 45 years of experience, Loopstra Nixon is a full-service business and public law firm. We are dedicated to serving clients involved in business and finance, litigation and dispute resolution, municipal, land use planning and development and commercial real estate. Major financial institutions, insurance companies, municipal government and real estate developers along with corporate organizations and individuals are among those we are proud to serve. 3URXGWREHUHFRJQL]HGDVD7RS 2QWDULR5HJLRQDO/DZ)LUP E\&DQDGLDQ/DZ\HUPDJD]LQH (;&(//(1&(ō6(59,&(ō9$/8( Untitled-2 1 2019-02-12 10:07 AM

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