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Celeste Poltak focuses extensively on class proceedings litigation and is a partner in our class actions department. She regularly appears before a variety of courts throughout the province including the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada. She has developed a particular expertise in class proceedings, having worked on some of the most notable Canadian cases, including a variety of common issues trials, and is well published in the area.Celeste is often asked to lecture on the to...

Zeynab Ziaie Moayyed is Founder of Visa Law Group and is Certified as a Specialist in Immigration Law by the Law Society of Ontario. She assists clients on all immigration and citizenship matters. With a practice that merges business and immigration law, she advises clients in a wide range of immigration issues and provides strategic advice for short-term visa planning and long-term immigration purposes. Zeynab advises multinational corporations, small and medium sized businesses and individu...

PRACTICE OVERVIEW Frank Sperduti is a leading expropriation lawyer, and contributing author to the most comprehensive textbook on expropriation law. He has been engaged as counsel in the largest infrastructure projects within Ontario, by both landowners and all levels of government. Frank is a past president of the Ontario Expropriation Association and has written extensively about issues arising in the context of expropriation. He has acted as counsel and appeared before the Ontario Superior...

Christopher Rae practices civil and commercial litigation. He has broad experience litigating a variety of civil and commercial disputes (including contract, shareholder and governance disputes), fraud, breach of confidence, product liability, professional negligence, insurance and insurance brokering. Christopher is also a member of Fasken’s Indigenous Legal Matters practice group. Christopher regularly represents clients across a range of industries, including agriculture, mining, aut...

John A. Olthuis is one of the founding partners of OKT. His practice includes litigation, comprehensive and specific land rights, self-government, and impacts and benefits agreements. John was on the legal team of the Assembly of First Nations in negotiations with Canada and the provinces lending to the inclusion of "Section 35" in Canada’s repatriated Constitution in 1982. John was legal counsel to Chiefs of Ontario and table negotiator at the Aboriginal Government table for the Assemb...

Terrance Carter, as the Managing Partner of Carters, practices in the area of charity and not-for-profit law, and has been recognized as a leading expert by Lexpert and The Best Lawyers in Canada , and Chambers and Partners . Mr. Carter is also a registered Trade-mark Agent and acts as legal counsel to the Toronto office of the national law firm Fasken on charitable matters. Mr. Carter is a co-author of Corporate and Practice Manual for Charitable and Not-for-Profit Corporations (Thomson Reut...

Kevin enjoys practising law and loves the challenges of civil litigation. He has broad experience in all aspects of insurance claims litigation, including personal injury, products liability, property losses, professional negligence, class proceedings, and coverage disputes. He is an expert in handling first-party accident benefits claims and disputes between insurers (loss transfer and priority disputes). Kevin is proud to assist many of the firm’s longstanding clients with tailored, p...

Mercedes is a lawyer and founding partner of PBP Lawyers. She has extensive litigation experience, having represented clients before a range of administrative tribunals and at all levels of court in Ontario, Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada. Her practice is diverse and includes mental health and capacity law, elder law, Charter litigation, civil actions, coroners’ inquests, guardianship proceedings, disability and accommodation disputes, and victim representation in crimina...

Dylan Chochla is a partner in the Toronto Insolvency and Restructuring group. His practice focuses on corporate bankruptcy, insolvency and restructurings under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, and under provincial and federal corporate statutes. He regularly represents clients in court and has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Dylan is involved in a wide vari...

Michael Kennedy is a labour and employment lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. Michael is counsel to a wide variety of broader public sector employers such as universities and municipalities and large employers in the private sector. Michael is the chair of the firm’s University Practice Group and is the former chair of the Municipal Practice Group. He is a trusted advisor to organizations across the country. Michael appears as counsel in labour and employment disputes involv...