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TOP 25 MOST INFLUENTIAL LAWYERS 2024
MOST INFLUENTIAL LAWYERS 2024
Top 25
SPECIAL REPORT
CHANGEMAKERS
David Sowemimo
Founder and Managing Lawyer
WatchMaker Injury Law
Email: davids@watchmakerlaw.com
Website: watchmakerlaw.com
Ian Holloway
Professor and Dean of Law
University of Calgary
Paula Pepin
Client Strategy Advisor at Caravel
Founder of LexGO and GC Collective
Devin Persaud
Partner at Miller Thomson LLP
Past President of SABA Toronto
Fiona Wong
Employment Lawyer
Overholt Law LLP
HUMAN RIGHTS, ADVOCACY, CRIMINAL
Joven Narwal, KC
Partner
Narwal Litigation LLP
Phone: 604 681 2226
Email: jn@narwallit.com
Website: narwallitigation.com
Sarah Teich
Co-founder and President
Human Rights Action Group
Phone: 647 559 9595
Email: steich@rightsactiongroup.org
Website: rightsactiongroup.org
Leonard S. Tony Mandamin, IPC
Counsel
Witten LLP
Phone: 780 701 3774
Email: lmandamin@wittenlaw.com
Website: wittenlaw.com /our-people/contact_id/7718
Adam Goldenberg
Partner
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Alyssa Tomkins
Partner
Gowling WLG
BUSINESS
Allan Ritchie
Managing Partner
Loopstra Nixon LLP
Phone: 416 748 4754
Email: aritchie@LN.Law
Website: LN.Law
May Cheng
Partner
Dipchand LLP
Phone: 647 955 6180
Email: mcheng@dipchand.com
Website: dipchand.com/firm/may-m-cheng
Sukesh Kamra
Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer
Torys LLP
Carol Liao, PhD, SJD
Associate Professor and UBC Sauder Distinguished Fellow
UBC Allard School of Law
Shevaun R. McGrath
Partner, Co-Head of Private Equity
and Member of the Board of Partners
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
IN-HOUSE
David Luther
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
WSIB Ontario
Phone: 647 534 0149
Email: david_luther@wsib.on.ca
Website: wsib.ca
Ashley Butts
Senior Counsel
BASF Canada Inc.
Hina Latif
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Mercedes-Benz Canada Inc. and Mercedes-Benz
Financial Services Canada Corporation
Kamika McLean
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
WeShall Investments Inc.
Jennifer Suess
RioCan's Senior Vice President, General Counsel,
ESG and Corporate Secretary
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
GOVERNMENT, NON-PROFITS, ASSOCIATIONS,
JUDICIARY
Steeves Bujold, AdE
Partner at McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Former President, Canadian Bar Association
Ali Ehsassi
Member of Parliament and Chair,
Foreign Affairs Committee
Parliament of Canada
Leonard Marchand
Chief Justice of British Columbia
British Columbia Court of Appeal
Sheilah Martin
Justice
Supreme Court of Canada
Fred Myers
Justice
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
