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SPECIAL REPORT TOP PRAIRIE FIRMS 40 www.canadianlawyermag.com MCDOUGALL GAULEY LLP Saskatoon, Regina mcdougallgauley.com Total lawyers: 82 Offices (# of lawyers): Regina (41), Saska- toon (41) Core practice areas: Litigation, including complex commercial, class actions and insur- ance defence; criminal; corporate-commer- cial; insolvency and restructuring; banking and financial services; labour and employ- ment; wills and estates Key clients: North Ridge Development Corp., SaskPower, Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, University of Regina, Business Development Bank of Canada Notable mandates: Representing corpo- rate defendants in class actions; applications under the Charter including a successful appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to establish internet identity can only be disclosed with judicial authorization; repre- senting professionals in various regulatory and criminal matters Star alumni: Saskatchewan lieutenant governors George Brown and Frank Bastedo; Saskatchewan Court of Appeal justices Thomas Wakeling, Hector MacDonald and Neal Caldwell; Federal Court Justice James Russell; Tax Court of Canada Justice Geor- gette Sheridan; Queen's Bench justices Shawn Smith, Merri-Ellen Wright, Richard Danyliuk and Daryl Labach; Provincial Court Justice Kevin Lang; former chancellor of the University of Regina William Ready; James Rybchuk, Provincial Court judge Affiliations: Canadian Litigation Counsel The firm: McDougall Gauley LLP is a Saskatchewan firm with a diversified local, provincial, national and international prac- tice. Since 1891, it has served domestic and international organizations, insurance companies, individuals in business, govern- ment, law and finance, as well as local, national and multinational corporations. The firm is exemplary because of its "timely service," said one survey respondent. "They cover the province well, don't have conflicts and are a full-service firm in terms of practices," said another. MCKERCHER LLP Saskatoon, Regina mckercher.ca Total lawyers: 77 Offices (with # of lawyers): Saskatoon (51), Regina (26) Core practice areas: Personal injury and insurance litigation, corporate commer- cial litigation, estate litigation, class actions, administrative litigation including profes- sional regulation for professional organiza- tions as well as professional defence, labour SASKATCHEWAN