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Lenczner Slaght
Toronto | litigate.com
Since Canadian Lawyer last published the Top
Civil Litigation Boutiques list, Lenczner Slaght
has continued to be extraordinarily busy. "This
has been an exciting time for our whole team.
We have continued to operate at full tilt through
the pandemic," says managing partner Tom
Curry. "In the last year, our lawyers have
conducted virtual trials and appeals, set
precedents, helped modernize the justice
system, and utilized new technology to advance
our cases for clients across the country."
In March 2021, the firm made data-driven
decision-making a key part of their litigation
strategy by launching their new program,
Lenczner Slaght Data-Driven Decisions. The
firm's expert litigators can now advocate for and
advise clients based not just on their judgment
and analysis of applicable case law but also
based on research and empirical data, where it
is available. To date, the firm has collected and
analyzed three proprietary datasets not
previously available in the legal industry.
"Data-Driven Decisions is a comprehen-
sive program to harness data in order to
provide exceptional advocacy and strategic
advice to our clients," says Paul-Erik Veel, who
leads the project. "Sophisticated clients
expect sophisticated answers grounded in
actual empirical data, and this program will
help us deliver that."
"In Calgary, it seems that it's hard to find
lawyers who want to work for you, so it's nice
to have lawyers that want to work for us and
are service-oriented."
Chris Prokop, AltaGas Ltd (a client of JSS Barristers)
