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Siskinds LLP 10 Total Lawyers: 67 Lawyers by Office: London, Ont., 63; Toronto, 3; Windsor, 1 Core Practice Areas: class actions and product liability; business law; corporate and commercial litigation; per- sonal injury and medical malpractice Key Clients: Wal-Mart Canada Corp., Goodlife Fitness Centres Inc., Pacific & Western Bank of Canada, County of Brant and Middlesex Centre, We Care Home Health Services Inc., Trojan Technologies Inc. Cromarty linked up with Ivey & Dowler in 1989, adding a respected corporate commercial presence to the fold. Berg Kennedy Cleaver Broad LLP came on board in 2002, creat- ing one of the largest business law practices in southwest- ern Ontario. The firm has since beefed up its presence in the areas of immigration, labour and employment, securi- ties class actions, and commercial aviation law. "We have a management system here where our goal is to create an infrastructure which allows a lawyer to do what a lawyer does best, which is practise law," says Jim Mays, a member of the firm's board of directors. Notable Mandates: Silver v. IMAX Corp., the first securi- ties class action brought under Part XXII.1 of the Ontario Securities Act; Dobbie v. Arctic Glacier Income Fund, involving allegations of the failure to disclose informa- tion to investors; class counsel in the Yasmin/Yaz oral contraceptive litigation; class counsel in a proceeding against Great-West Lifeco Inc. and Canada Life Financial Corp. over allegations of a failure to provide information to shareholders, which led to a settlement; represented the plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit against Canadian Pacific Railway regarding negligence on behalf of the rail company Star Alumni: Ontario Superior Court justices Roland Haines and Kathryn McKerlie, retired Ontario Municipal Board member Robert Beccarea, Goodlife Fitness Centres Inc. corporate counsel Stephanie Ross, Canadian Transit Co. vice president Paula Lombardi Affiliations: Dacheng Law Offices in China, Siskinds Desmeules in Quebec City The Firm: In 1959, Don Cromarty joined A.B. Siskind and quickly established a reputation for their firm as a leading destination for real estate and litigation matters. Siskind Toronto, Canada blaney.com Expect the Best. Helping our clients grow and succeed by providing quality advice, results and value ntitled-5 1 Administrative Law 95 Wellington Street West Suite 1200 Toronto-Dominion Centre Toronto, ON M5J 2Z9 416.864.9700 foglers.com Fogler_CL_May_11.indd 1 Banking and Financial Services Bankruptcy & Insolvency Commercial Real Estate Condominium Law Construction Law Corporate Commercial Corporate Finance Education Law Energy Law Environmental Law Health Law Intellectual Property Labour and Employment YOUR Business Law Firm™ www.CANADIAN Lawyermag.com M AY 2011 45 4/14/11 11:14:44 AM Litigation Mining Municipal and Planning Law Pension & Benefi ts Tax, Wills & Estates Technology Transportation Law 4/12/11 10:48:47 AM (siskinds.com)