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w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 7 45 Total lawyers: 48 Office: Ottawa Core practice areas: litigation (including personal injury, commer- cial litigation, insurance law and mediation); labour and employ- ment law; family law; real estate and development; indigenous law; estate law; fertility law; family arbitration; business law; intellectual property law; not-for-profit and charity law Key clients: Over the years, the firm has represented a large number of individuals. Its institutional clients include chartered banks, trust companies and financial institutions, major insur- ance companies and their insureds, many unions and labour organizations, real estate developers (commercial, institutional and residential), non-profit and public interest corporations and small- and medium-size enterprises. In addition, the IP Group represents some of the largest companies in the Asia/Pacific region, including trade organizations, as well as local startups and mid-size corporations. Notable mandates: current and ongoing class actions have included representing employee groups in several insolvency proceed- ings, including Nortel, Canwest and Plasco; representing former patients of Norman Barwin, who is alleged to have negligently inseminated his patients with the wrong sperm; representing air pilots employed by Air Canada over a breach of contract; rep- resenting former students of the residential school system, and their entitlements, under the 2007 Residential Schools Settlement Agreement; representing employees of BlackBerry Canada after a transfer of employees. Other cases include successful judgments in leading personal injury decisions, such as Monks v. ING and Gardiner v. MacDonald, successful defence of liability waiver in Isildar v. Kanata Dive Supply, as well as a number of claims (including constitutional challenges) against the federal govern- ment. The firm has also been involved with a number of major redevelopment projects in Ottawa, including LeBreton Flats, Zibi and Greystone Village. Star alumni: John Nelligan, one of Canada's leading advocates; Ontario Superior Court Justice Denis Power; Ontario Superior Court Justice Catherine Aitken; Ontario Superior Court Justice Giovanna Toscano-Roccamo Affiliations: Lexwork Firm history: John P. Nelligan was called to the Ontario bar in 1949, and in 1963, he opened his own firm. With Denis Power, he established the Nelligan Power partnership in 1969. In October 2000, Power was appointed as a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the firm's name changed to Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP, in recognition of long-time firm partners Allan O'Brien and Janice Payne. Since then, the firm has grown to 45 lawyers and more than 60 staff. "A very, very long record of excellent service and top-flight counsel." "Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP is an innovative and progressive firm that prides itself on being open and informal." NELLIGAN O'BRIEN PAYNE LLP NELLIGAN.CA TOP 10 ONTARIO REGIONAL FIRMS REACH ONE OF THE LARGEST LEGAL AND BUSINESS MARKETS IN CANADA! AVAILABLE ONLINE AND IN PRINT With more than 300,500 page views and 100,000 unique visitors monthly canadianlawlist.com captures your market. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Colleen Austin: T: 416.649.9327 E: colleen.austin@thomsonreuters.com www.canadianlawlist.com Untitled-1 1 2017-08-15 3:54 PM 10

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