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McCague Borlack LLP (Toronto, Ottawa) mccagueborlack.com Paul McCague and Howard Black established this boutique in 1994 with nine other lawyers. Nearly two decades later the firm boasts 80 lawyers, including five in Ottawa, working in 37 practice areas. The firm has built a reputation through top-notch representation of insurance companies when the stakes are at their highest, securing the dismissal of a multibillion-dollar class action claim on behalf of Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd. at the Ontario Court of Appeal in 2005. In the last year, an alliance with U.K. giants DAC Beachcroft has strengthened its international presence while its client list also packs a punch, counting Chartis Insurance, Northbridge Insurance, Ontario Power Generation, TD Insurance, and Zurich Insurance. "Great solicitors and the service is very good," says one fellow Bay Streeter. Reisler Franklin LLP (Toronto) reislerfranklin.com The firm was founded in 2000 by Dan Reisler and Bob Franklin, both of whom were already seasoned insurance litigators. It has been on a steep growth curve since then, going from seven to its current complement of 32 lawyers in just over a decade. Some of the country's biggest insurance companies call on the firm for representation, including State Farm Canada, Intact Financial Corporation, TD Insurance, and Royal and SunAlliance Canada. Since 1994 Dolden Wallace Folick LLP has been providing a wide range of defence, coverage and policy wording services for insurers, managing general agents and insurance brokers located throughout Canada, the United States and Britain. The firm's goal continues to be the providing of timely professional advice in the areas of general liability defence, including liquor liability and hospitality claims, together with first party property policies. Over the past decade the firm has been at the forefront in the development of newer and more specialized forms of insurance coverage including E&O policies for newly emerging professional groups, directors' and officers' liability policies, employment practice liability coverage, fiduciary liability coverage, cyber liability policies and technology liability policies. In 2011 Dolden Wallace Folick LLP was selected as one of the Top 5 insurance boutique law firms in Canada by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. LITIGATION COUNSEL • WWW.DOLDEN.COM KELOWNA VANCOUVER TENTH FLOOR – 888 DUNSMUIR STREET, VANCOUVER, B.C. V6C 3K4 TEL: 604.689.3222 FAX: 604.689.3777 308 – 3330 RICHTER STREET KELOWNA B.C. V1W 4V5 TEL: 1.855.980.5580 FAX: 604.689.3777 oldenWallace_CL_Jan_13.indd Clyde & Co is an international law firm with a pioneering 1 heritage and a resolute focus on advocacy. The firm provides tailored solutions to its clients' needs... redefining boutique. Clyde & Co Canada LLP 630 René-Lévesque Blvd. West, Suite 1700, Montréal, Quebec H3B 1S6 T: +514 843 3777 F: +514 843 6110 www.clydeco.com Untitled-3 1 390 Bay Street, Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2Y2 T: +416 366 4555 F: +416 366 6110 12-12-06 3:47 PM 30 offices in 17 countries across 6 continents www.CANADIAN L a w ye r m a g . c o m 12-12-10 11:16 AM Jan uary 2013 37

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