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Gayle Brock founded Brock Medical Malpractice Law PC in Barrie, Ontario , in April 2010 after practising for 14 years in medical malpractice litigation at a personal injury law firm. Her interest in both medicine and law continues to shape her work representing patients and families involved in medical negligence and health care law matters throughout Ontario. With nearly three decades of legal experience, Gayle has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Divisional...

Tracy Hooey is Vice Chair of Fasken's Business Law practice in Ontario. Her practice is focused on securities and mergers and acquisitions. She advises public and private clients on a range of transactional matters including securities offerings, acquisitions and divestitures, investment product structuring and corporate governance and securities law compliance matters. Tracy has a broad practice advising public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, asset and share purchase trans...

Geoff Clarke has over 25 years of experience in investment banking, financial advisory, corporate finance and securities law. Geoff is the Leader of Miller Thomson LLP’s Mining Law practice area. Geoff represents and advises public companies, institutional investors and investment banks in securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, shareholder activism, exchange sponsorships, fairness opinions, continuous disclosure, stock exchange matters, securities litigati...

When lawyers and financial advisors have complicated estate and guardianship problems, they call Margaret. Specialized work in complex, high-conflict family estate and guardianship situations, international estate administration matters, and difficult estate planning scenarios are Margaret’s chosen practice area. As an advocate, client counsel and as a mediator, Margaret is a problem solver, using all of the available tools to achieve solutions that work. When necessary, she is ready, a...

Becky Potter is a seasoned tax litigator and a partner based out of the firm’s Toronto office. Becky brings a strategic and practical approach to tax disputes, and is known for her ability to distill complex technical tax matters down to their core principles. Using her honed advocacy skills and breadth of tax knowledge, Becky has successfully represented clients at every level of court both provincially and federally, including a landmark win at the Supreme Court of Canada. In addition...

Frank Walwyn is known for his resourceful approach to litigating some of the most challenging business cases in Canada and the Caribbean. Frank is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is repeatedly named as one of Canada’s top lawyers in the area of Corporate and Commercial Litigation in The Best Lawyers in Canada , Who’s Who Legal , Benchmark Canada, the Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys , and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory , am...

R. Ian Macdonald is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Competition / Antitrust Law. R. Ian practices law in Toronto, Ontario Best Lawyers has recognized R. Ian Macdonald since 2019. 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 R. Ian Macdonald is held by other lawyers.

Founding Partner and Mediator with Kelly D. Jordan Family Law Firm in Toronto, Ontario. Practises in the areas of family and fertility law, wills and estates. Certified as a Specialist in Family Law by the LSUC. Particular expertise in family law issues pertaining to the gay and lesbian community and assisted human reproduction. Fellow of the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys. Co-counsel on Baker v. Francis (1999) and Miglin v. Miglin (2002) before the Supreme Cou...

Rebecca practises in the area of bankruptcy and insolvency. She has experience in receiverships, security enforcement, debt collection, creditors' rights, debtor protection and forbearance agreements and has represented lenders, debtors, receivers, trustees, inspectors, court-appointed monitors and DIP financiers in regional, national and cross-border insolvencies. Rebecca is the recipient of a TMA Toronto “Women of Excellence” award for Emerging Talent (2018) and a Lexpert Rising...

Michelle L. Staples is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Maritime Law and Transportation Law. Michelle, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michelle is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.