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www.canadianlawyermag.com 35 Thanks to her exceptional client service, Edith Jacques was recognized among the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer's magazine Client Approach at Heart Human Rights, Advocacy and Criminal GERALD CHAN Partner, Stockwoods LLP, Toronto Gerald Chan has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada many times including as counsel for the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers. Chan practises criminal, constitutional and regulatory litigation. He defends clients facing all manner of criminal charges, including cybercrimes, fraud, drug offences and sexual offences. He also defends clients in white collar and quasi- criminal matters under federal, provincial and municipal law and conducts related civil litigation. Chan also acts for lawyers before the Law Society of Ontario, and he is preferred counsel for LawPRO on criminal matters involving issues of ineffective assistance of counsel. He is a member of the Ontario Inmate Appeal Duty Counsel Program (a roster of criminal lawyers who argue pro bono appeals for indigent inmates in the Court of Appeal). Chan is co-editor of Digital Privacy: Criminal, Civil and Regulatory Litigation (2018). He is co-author of the ninth edition of Sentencing (2017) and Digital Evidence: A Practitioner's Handbook (2017). Human Rights, Advocacy and Criminal KYLA LEE Acumen Law Corporation, Vancouver Kyla Lee has successfully led the development of administrative law in B.C. through judicial reviews of administrative decisions concerning the Immediate Roadside Prohibition legal scheme. Her reputation has earned her three invitations to present to federal criminal law committees in Ottawa and two presentations to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights concerning bills C-51 and C-46. Lee produces and appears in a weekly video blog, "Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn't" and maintains a popular blog. Lee volunteers for the Canadian Bar Association mentorship program, lectures at the Indigenous Community Legal Clinic in Vancouver and funds a UBC scholarship program for Indigenous law students.