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22 www.canadianlawyermag.com/inhouse TOP 10 PRAIRIE LAW FIRMS SASKATCHEWAN 6. McDougall Gauley LLP mcdougallgauley.com Total lawyers: 82 Offices (# of lawyers): Regina (41), Saskatoon (41) Core practice areas: Litigation, including complex commercial, class actions and insurance defence; criminal; corporate-com- mercial; insolvency and restructuring; banking and financial services; labour and employment; wills and estates Key clients: North Ridge Development Corp., SaskPower, Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, University of Regina, Business Development Bank of Canada Notable mandates: Representing corporate 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; representing 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 practice. 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. 7. McKercher LLP mckercher.ca Total lawyers: 78 Offices (with # of lawyers): Saskatoon (51), Regina (27) Core practice areas: Personal injury and insurance litigation, corporate commercial litigation, estate litigation, class actions, admin- istrative litigation including professional regulation for professional organizations as well as professional defence, labour and employment, agriculture and agribusiness, corporate/commercial, mining, natural resources and environmental, Indigenous law Key clients: Canadian Medical Protective Association, University of Saskatchewan,