Top 10 Litigation boutiques Irving Mitchell Kalichman (Montreal)
"The top commercial litigation boutique in Montreal," says one Montreal litigator of this 15-lawyer firm. Colin Irving and Doug Mitchell started the firm in 1997 after leav- ing Borden Ladner Gervais LLP predeces- sor McMaster Meighen. Peter Kalichman signed on three years later. Health-care giant McKesson Canada and the Bank of Montreal are among the firm's clients, and Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corp. Ltd. also called on IMK as it squared off with Hydro-Québec in an attempt to reopen the 1969 contract that locks CFLC into providing discounted power to Hydro-Québec until 2041. The firm shows its range in another high-profile mandate, representing the estate of Zahra Kazemi, a Canadian-Iranian photojournalist allegedly tortured and killed by Iranian authorities in 2003 in its quest for damages against the for- eign government.
Lax O'Sullivan Scott Lisus LLP (Toronto)
Now home to 18 lawyers, this firm has developed an outstanding reputation since its establish- ment in 1997 by Clifford Lax, Terry O'Sullivan, and Eleanore A. Cronk, who has since gone on to become a judge at the Ontario Court of Appeal. A slew of notable clients have called on the firm for representation, including British American Tobacco, the National Hockey League, as well as law firms such as Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP and McCarthy Tétrault LLP. "If you're dealing with a tricky issue, something that might be publicly sensitive, then Lax O'Sullivan is the place to go. They're excellent," says a big firm Toronto lawyer. The firm's name has changed several times since its founding to accommodate new talent, with the latest addition of rising star Jonathan Lisus. Voters identified Lisus and other bright lights Matthew Gottlieb and Rocco DiPucchio as a new generation capable of picking up the mantle from the firm's founders.
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