Heenan Blaikie is pleased to announce the recognition of 85 of our lawyers, across 36 practice areas as leaders in their field in The Best Lawyers in Canada® 2013 (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). These lawyers, 18 of whom are appearing on the list for the first time, were selected by their peers for inclusion in the online publication. Three of our lawyers were also chosen as Lawyer of the Year:
Jim Russell -- Toronto, Entertainment Law
Patrick Molinari -- Montreal, Health Care Law
Mario Welsh -- Québec City, Construction Law
Only one lawyer in each practice area in major cities is honoured as the Lawyer of the Year. Their selection is based on confidential surveys in which thousands of lawyers across the country were asked to assess their peers' abilities, professionalism and integrity.
Below is a complete list of Heenan Blaikie's 2013 rankings in Best Lawyers Canada 2013.
Bernard Amyot, Ad. E. (Corporate / Commercial Litigation)
Susan P. Arnold (Labour and Employment)
Marcel Aubut, O.C., O.Q., Q.C., Ad. E. (Sports)
Norman Bacal (Entertainment)
Geza Banfai (Construction)
Michel Bastarache, C.C. (Appellate Law)
Catherine Bate (Advertising & Marketing)
Carl Bélanger (Mergers & Acquisitions)
Marie-Claude Bellemare (Environmental)
Max R. Bernard, Ad. E. (ADR, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Construction, Corporate / Commercial Litigation)
Peter M. Blaikie, Q.C. (ADR)
David F. Blair (Transportation)
Yvan Bolduc, Ad. E. (Corporate / Commercial Litigation)
Robert Bonhomme (Labour and Employment)
Mary Anne Bueschkens (Trusts and Estates)
André Bureau, O.C., O.Q. (Communications)
Brian W. Burkett (Labour and Employment)
Jeffrey M. Citron (Real Estate, Sports)
Peter L. Clark (Tax)
Jean E. Clerk, Q.C. (Railroad)
Corrado De Stefano (Labour and Employment)
Pierre Delisle, Q.C., Ad. E. (Administrative and Public Law)
Ken Dhaliwal (Entertainment)
Ilan Dunsky (Project Finance)
Robert Dupont (Labour and Employment)
Cheryl A. Edwards (Workers' Compensation)
Arthur Evrensel (Entertainment)
Virginie Fortin (Environmental)
Peter A. Gall, Q.C. (ADR, Labour and Employment)
Richard Gaudreault (Labour and Employment)
Michel Généreux (Information Technology)
Douglas G. Gilbert (Labour and Employment, Workers' Compensation)
Roy L. Heenan, O.C. Ad. E. (Labour and Employment)
Marie-Josée Hogue (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Corporate / Commercial Litigation)
Louise Houle (Trusts and Estates)
Don Jack (ADR, Corporate / Commercial Litigation)
Mark Jadd (Tax)
Pierre Marc Johnson, G.O.Q., FRSC (International Arbitration)
Adam Kardash (Advertising & Marketing)
George J. Karayannides (Corporate / Commercial Litigation)
Danny J. Kaufer (Labour and Employment)
Howard Krupat (Construction)
Paul M. Lalonde (International Trade Regulation, Public Procurement)
Pierre Langlois (Aboriginal, Natural Resources)
Bill Mayo (Intellectual Property)
Troy McEachren (Trusts and Estates)
Patrick A. Molinari, FRSC (Health Care, Lawyer of the Year)
John W. Morden (ADR)
Donald R. Munroe, Q.C. (Labour and Employment)
Dan Palayew (Labour and Employment)
James Pasieka (Natural Resources)
Anthony Penhale (Corporate, Securities)
Rhéaume Perreault (Labour and Employment)
Geoff Plant, Q.C. (Aboriginal)
Michel Poirier (Public Procurement)
Sylvain Poirier (Health Care)
Wendy S. Reed (Advertising & Marketing)
Tobin S. Robbins (Transportation)
L. David Roebuck (ADR, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Corporate / Commercial Litigation, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Legal Malpractice, Securities)
Kevin Rooney (Natural Resources)
Jim Russell (Entertainment, Lawyer of the Year)
John P. Salloum (Advertising & Marketing)
Eva Schmieg (Entertainment)
Peter R. Sheen (Labour and Employment)
E. Mitchell Shier (Natural Resources)
Andrew Skodyn (Intellectual Property)
Michael Smyth (Labour and Employment)
Jonathan Stainsby (Intellectual Property)
David Steinberg (Entertainment)
Bob Tarantino (Entertainment)
Suzanne Thibaudeau, Q.C. (Labour and Employment)
Manon Thivierge (Tax)
Guy Tremblay, Ad. E. (Labour and Employment)
Steve Vaughan (Natural Resources)
Jeremy Warning (Workers' Compensation)
Monty Warsh (Real Estate)
Mario Welsh (Construction, Lawyer of the Year)
Leslie Wittlin (Corporate / Commercial Litigation)
Sonia Yung (Securities)
Stephen Zolf (Communications)