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www.canadianlawyermag.com 55 TOP LITIGATION BOUTIQUES 2024–25 Top 10 – East Stockwoods LLP Phone: 416 593 7200 Email: reception@stockwoods.ca Website: stockwoods.ca Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP Phone: 416 499 9940 Email: info@agbllp.com Website: agbllp.com Lundy Levy Eski Baum Phone: 416 966 9955 Email: info@lleb.ca Website: lleb.ca Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Phone: 416 646 4300 Website: paliareroland.com The team is enormously proud of its novel strategy to train associates, which involves partnerships with sister firms specializing in tax, employment, construction, and regu- latory law. Associates and partners attend monthly sessions, providing advantages that bolster the firm's legal excellence. "We've designed our own curriculum, so we're giving our associates the practical benefit of the training, we are getting good practice tips from the sessions, and the associates are building their network and connections," Levy adds. "This is a great example of the creativity and innovation you can bring to bear when it's your shop." L e vy notes that there's been an increasing shift of high-quality work to boutique litigation firms, driven by their ability to offer first-rate service and value. She notes that clients have become more sophisticated and demanding, with higher expectations for responsiveness and exper- tise. Flexibility in fee structures is also gaining popularity, as clients prefer flat or capped fees, something smaller firms can handle more nimbly. "A trend I think is significant is the emerging awareness of mental health and INSIGHTS As part of our editorial process, Key Media's researchers interviewed the subject matter experts below for an independent analysis of this report and its findings. Hassan M. Ahmad Assistant Professor Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Erik S. Knutsen Professor Queen's University the mental health toll that more traditional law models tend to put on people," she says. "There's a general sense and understanding that it doesn't have to be that way." Babin Bessner Spry LLP Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP Lenczner Slaght LLP Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP Woods LLP Top 5 – West Hunter Litigation Chambers Phone: 604 891 2405 Email: mabdollahi@litigationchambers.com Website: litigationchambers.com HMC Lawyers LLP Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP Peacock Linder Halt & Mack LLP