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David is a Partner in Koskie Minsky’s Class Action Department. David’s focus is on complex legal disputes involving large numbers of vulnerable people. He has experience in various areas including employment, pension, regulatory negligence, Charter , institutional abuse, securities misrepresentation, and environmental litigation. David currently represents a diverse group of class members including: employees seeking to enforce their basic employment rights; pensioners seeking to ...

Janani is a passionate and dedicated advocate. Her track record speaks for itself. She has argued almost 40 appeals at the Ontario Court of Appeal. She has argued at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. She was co-counsel in R. v. Nur, the first case in over 30 years where the Supreme Court found a mandatory minimum sentence unconstitutional and in R. v. Williams, the Supreme Court's most recent case on entrapment. Janani is also a skilled trial lawyer. She was co...

A former Bay Street law firm partner, Marlon formed and built the firm’s platform for delivering e-discovery and information governance services. Motivated by his keen interest in meaningful legal innovation and recognizing a gap in the market for a seamless platform designed to deliver flexible, sophisticated legal and technology expertise, innovative technology and resourcing models all in one place, Marlon founded INNOV-8 Data Counsel & INNOV-8 Legal Inc. INNOV-8 is a law firm an...

Dave co-leads Fasken’s National Banking and Finance Group and co-chairs one of the Firm’s longest (more than 150 years) marquee client relationships. Dave has practiced exclusively in the area of banking and finance for over 20 years, representing lenders and borrowers in connection with complex corporate and commercial debt financings in Canada and abroad. He has extensive experience leading transactions within a broad range of industries and is particularly active in leveraged f...

Chris practices in the areas of labour law, civil litigation, and professional regulation/discipline. He is also a member of the firm's education and benefits law groups. Chris' labour and professional regulation/discipline practices focus on the representation of employees in all matters arising from their employment. This includes the representation of professionals before their regulators, as well as grievance arbitration and workplace human rights issues. In his civil litigation practice ...

Adrienne is a partner in the litigation department, with a practice that focuses on all aspects of franchise litigation and dispute resolution. She is widely recognized by her peers as a leading practitioner of Canadian franchise law. Adrienne is a trusted advisor to her clients. She provides legal and strategic advice to franchise businesses in all sectors, including the hotel, restaurant, retail cannabis, and grocery sectors, and is well-known for providing practical and business-oriented l...

Biography Arlan Gates practices commercial and regulatory law as a member of Baker McKenzie's Global International Commercial & Trade and Antitrust & Competition groups. He leads the Canadian Antitrust, Competition and Foreign Investment Practice, which has been ranked by The Legal 500 and Chambers Canada. He is also ranked by Chambers Canada and by Best Lawyers in the area of advertising, marketing and data protection law and leads the Canadian Advertising, Marketing and Regulatory P...

David Kornhauser practises business law with a focus on franchise law and corporate/commercial law in Toronto, Ontario. At Loopstra Nixon , he advises clients on a wide range of franchise, licensing, distribution, and commercial matters across multiple industries. David’s franchise law practice includes representing franchisors, franchisee associations, franchisor advisory councils, groups of franchisees, and individual franchisees. He provides guidance on franchise system development a...

Nationally known for his expertise in real estate property matters, Brett Tkatch numbers Canada’s top commercial and residential development companies and commercial institutional lenders among his clients. He is a partner in Blaney McMurtry LLP, practising in the firm's real estate group and is the Head of the Real Estate Practice Group. "I take great pride in knowing some of the people looking at my biography no doubt have visited some of the major development sites I have had the opp...

Ronald Manes is a founding partner of Torkin Manes LLP in Toronto, Ontario. His practice focuses on Corporate and Commercial Litigation , as well as complex civil litigation matters. Early in his career, Ron handled both criminal and civil cases before concentrating exclusively on civil litigation, representing clients in a broad range of matters including medical malpractice claims , Competition Act proceedings, shareholder disputes, and other significant tort and commercial litigation cases...