Best Lawyers Near You in Maple, Ontario

Caroline Youdan is a Partner in Fasken's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. She focuses on advanced legal research, legal analysis, and written advocacy. Caroline advises on some of the firm's most complex and high-stakes disputes, helping shape strategy, address difficult legal and evidentiary issues, and advance persuasive arguments. Her practice spans class actions, consumer protection, product liability, labour and employment, and complex commercial litigation. Caroline is also acti...

Alan G. James is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Private Funds Law. Alan G. practices law in Toronto, Ontario Best Lawyers has recognized Alan G. James since 2022. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Alan G. James is held by other lawyers.

Andrea R. Lim is a Partner of Dutton Brock LLP. She practices in the area of insurance defence with an emphasis on first party accident benefits. Ms. Lim has authored various published articles regarding first party accident benefits in Ontario, including “My Beautify Dark Twisted Fantasy: Combining Physical and Psychological Impairment”, Toronto Law Journal , June 2012, and “The Fine Line Between Custodial and ‘On Call’ Care”, Claims Canada , October 2012....

Tamara Katz is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Real Estate Law. Tamara practices law in Toronto, Ontario Best Lawyers has recognized Tamara Katz since 2022. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Tamara Katz is held by other lawyers.

Tom Whitby’s construction litigation practice is focused primarily in the area of professional negligence. In over 25 years at Miller Thomson, Tom has litigated on behalf of architects and engineers in all types of construction claims including fee disputes, bidding and tendering claims, architectural and engineering design negligence claims, construction deficiency claims, sustainable design claims, P3 claims, and delay claims. Tom acts for general contractors in litigation involving c...

Daniel Paperny is a Partner and co-lead of the Estate Litigation practice group at Loopstra Nixon LLP. He practices exclusively in the areas of wills, estates, trusts, powers of attorney, guardianship, and capacity related litigation. Daniel has practiced estate litigation since his call to the Bar in 2015 and has developed an expertise in the area. Daniel is passionate about estate litigation and recognizes the importance of this time in the lives of his clients. By utilizing technical skill...

Mark Zigler is a senior partner in the Pensions and Benefits Group with over 35 years of experience. He also chairs the firm’s class action committee. Mark also served as the firm’s managing partner from 2006 – 2012. Mark advises trustees of pension and benefits trusts as well as unions and groups of employees and pensioners. He has also acted as counsel in many high profile cases and class actions across Canada involving pensions, benefits and other employment related issue...

Lily Harmer is a top lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law and Labour and Employment Law. Drawing on extensive experience in commercial litigation and administrative law, Lily has a deep knowledge of complex regulatory regimes, and an exceptional capacity to support clients with strategic, sensible solutions. Lily acts for clients in insolvency proceedings, pension matters, professional discipline...

Denise Cooney is a top lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law, Health Care Law, Labour and Employment Law and Trusts and Estates. Denise is a thoughtful and practical advocate who is a trusted advisor to her clients. She has both a deep knowledge of the law and an understanding of the interpersonal dynamics underlying disputes. Denise acts for clients in complex commercial, estates, and employment disputes, as well as administrative law and ...

Jeffrey Long is the leader of Koskie Minsky’s Construction Group and the Firm’s Managing Partner. Jeffrey manages a dynamic advocacy practice specializing in commercial and construction litigation with an unrelenting delivery of effective and strategic legal counsel. Named as one of Canada’s Best Lawyers for the past several years, Jeffrey has over 30 years of experience and represents many of Ontario’s largest builders, general contractors, subcontractors, trade union...

Alex is a lawyer in the Business Law Group and the Financial Services Group and advises clients on a broad range of corporate, commercial and financing matters, including mergers and acquisitions, secured lending, corporate finance and general corporate/commercial matters. Prior to joining Gardiner Roberts, Alex articled and practiced as an associate at a preeminent national law firm spending time in both the Toronto and New York offices. Representative Work Acted for the vendors in a sale of...

Christine Elliott, former Ontario Minister of Health and Deputy Premier, is Counsel with the Fasken Health Law group in our Toronto office. With over 15 years of experience in public service, she is ideally positioned to assist clients with navigating existing and emerging complexities in the healthcare space. During her tenure as Ontario’s Minister of Health from 2018 to 2022, Christine played an integral part in overseeing the province’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In thi...

Shannon Beddoe is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Family Law. Shannon practices law in Toronto, Ontario Best Lawyers has recognized Shannon Beddoe since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Shannon Beddoe is held by other lawyers.

Orestes Pasparakis is co-chair of our Canadian special situations team, which encompasses Canada’s leading shareholder activist practice, sophisticated securities litigation and complex reorganization transactions. Mr. Pasparakis has led and won some of Canada's most contentious and complex corporate disputes. Mr. Pasparakis focuses on high-stakes disputes that often proceed in “real time” or on an urgent basis. His approach is practical and results-oriented. Many of his cas...

A senior partner in our Commercial Real Estate Group, Sidney has a very broad business and commercial law practice. In addition to his traditional real estate law practice involving the purchase, sale and financing of commercial property, he is consulted regularly by industry, title insurers and lawyers for his expertise and his practical and creative approach to real estate problem solving, trouble shooting, and getting deals done. He also serves as counsel to the Lawyers’ Professional...

A partner at the firm since 1999, Kelly Gill is best known for his intellectual property litigation practice, particularly in the areas of trademarks and unfair competition. Kelly is leader of the firm’s Trademarks Group and interim leader of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Kelly is ranked as a leading IP lawyer by some of the world’s foremost legal directories, such as the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory , Who’s Who Legal , Chambers Global and the Best Lawyers ...