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44 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 7 w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m Total lawyers: 78 Lawyers by office: London, 70; Toronto, 8 Core practice areas: business law; class actions; litigation; labour and employment; personal injury Key clients: covers diverse sectors including business; finance; environmental; governmental; academia; real estate; franchisees and franchisors as well as individuals for personal injury, class actions and administrative legal services Notable mandates: lead counsel in $2-billion diesel settlement with Volkswagen and the $69-million settlement in Dugal v. Manulife Financial; lead counsel in SNC-Lavalin investor class action; cur- rently lead counsel in transvaginal mesh settlement cases and the only firm to get this type of case certified in a contested motion; recovered more than $100 million for clients in market currency in FX price-fixing case; obtained a $3.5-million judgment from a jury following a five-week personal injury trial; acted as counsel in numerous cross-border transactions including the acquisition of the largest golf course in Canada; successfully defended clients in numerous high-profile environmental cases Star alumni: Superior Court justices David Broad, Denise Korpan and Laddie Haines; Ontario Court Justice Katie McKerlie Affiliations: Siskinds Desmeules, Quebec Firm history: Siskinds was founded in 1932 when Abe Siskind started practising law in London, Ont. The firm has continuously expanded its areas of practice through mergers with other firms as well as the recruitment of specialty lawyers. The class action team has expanded significantly to include an office in Toronto and affiliate offices in Montreal and Quebec City. The firm says it's currently focused on becoming more aligned with the con- temporary lifestyle of its clients. "Excellent, responsive, timely." "Understand the needs of the client." SISKINDS LLP SISKINDS.COM © 2017 Thomson Reuters Canada Limited 00246FT-A87003-NK Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of British Columbia Annual Practice Relied on by a generation of lawyers and judges, British Columbia Annual Practice continues to provide comprehensive, accurate, and authoritative insight on the rules of civil procedure in British Columbia. The Honourable Madam Justice Janice R. Dillon was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1995 and served as a member of the Attorney General's Rule Revision Committee for more than 15 years. Madam Justice Dillon's experience encompasses law reform, health law, and civil litigation. Gordon Turriff, Q.C., was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1975 and retired from practice in July 2015. Mr. Turriff is a visiting scholar, with the title Bencher-in- Residence, at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC. He was formerly counsel to Stikeman Elliott LLP in Vancouver and is a past President and now Life Bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia. He was a founding member and is a former director of the British Columbia Law Institute, successor to the Law Reform Commission of British Columbia, and is the author of the Annotated British Columbia Legal Profession Act, also published by Thomson Reuters. 9