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25 INFLUENTIAL TOP MOST Justice Geoff Morawetz Ontario Superior Court, Toronto Peter Hogg Professor emeritus, Osgoode Hall Law School; scholar in residence, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto A member of our inaugural Top 25 Most Influential list in 2010, over the past year Peter Hogg has been heav- ily involved in the Supreme Court of Canada reference on a national securities regulator, landing him in the corporate-commercial cat- egory this year. Known, perhaps, as Canada's pre-eminent constitutional expert, the securities regulator refer- ence is just the latest in a long line of seminal cases he has been involved in. He was also reportedly the go-to guy for constitutional guidance for former governor general Michaëlle Jean. Justice Geoff Morawetz is the Commercial List judge overseeing the Nortel Networks Corp. bankruptcy dating back to January 2009, which has had worldwide press and application regarding creditors, assets, patents, and more. The dismantling of the once-iconic Canadian company is setting precedents and breaking new ground in bankruptcy law around the world, particularly because of the case's global reach. The most recent and notable Nortel decision in which he was involved was the approval of the sale of $4.5 bil- lion of the telecomm giant's patents to a group including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Research in Motion Ltd. Before being appointed a judge in 2005, he was a partner at Goodmans LLP. Paul Schabas Partner, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto Paul Schabas has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada numerous times, including on some of the most important decisions involving the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. His recent cases include persuading the Supreme Court to adopt the new public interest responsible communi- cation defence to libel. Schabas is an elected bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada, a director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto. Perhaps most importantly in terms of influence, he is a founding director and past president of Pro Bono Law Ontario and pioneered and championed the practice now followed by major Canadian firms of giving associates billable-hour credit for pro bono work performed. www.CANADIAN Lawyermag.com A U GUST 2011 31 W n p a a ha t rac t l v a k a ma icd w e r g o nt din l rs e t hadli ea h t t as l s s ma oic,w y : p e a ha k " in s A g j tudg e .h e en s e co" w mm h o i os n W u P ha t " g ty n in uni s mce er en y l a a " w o s. S p e h l m v to fb o a exa a e ha the b o nf d co c le a e ins i a s b s er e d n ice n so y co v y r e t p in a ues ind t t ne l hado e t h e t am-u-l b o s s y a hin- : b co un t hi s inf l ' o p li e W g l w n yo d " o d wa b u og ha t v o H t n d o ha H a n n g og de n ha s o b b H g e s,h l t a de t ty i ha t t lo k er ma exp f e n rs g-s t er s a e g o s. , a t ' o hada y main cr ts t din o s gm o es i n co h a y cr a cer t ma' a e t ha s h : e n o f y typ di " di d n P bet ier li e ty . e p ol- b CORPORATE-COMMERCIAL THE