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Justin is the Principal of de VRIES LITIGATION LLP. Justin was a partner at Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (now Dentons LLP) and a partner and counsel at Hull & Hull LLP. He is the founder of allaboutestates.ca; a popular collaborative blog on estate and trust matters. Justin is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), the Advocates’ Society, the Estate Planning Council of Toronto, and the Estate Planners’ Council of Halton. He has consistently been named ...

Sharaf Sultan focuses his practice on both employment and workplace immigration law. Sharaf has extensive experience in all aspects of employment law, including wrongful dismissal, design of policies and procedures, as well as workplace human rights matters. Sharaf advises both large and small employers on a wide range of workplace employment matters, including hiring and termination, performance management, drafting of workplace employment policies, restrictive covenants, and employment cont...

Vanessa Amyot is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Family Law. Vanessa practices law in Toronto, Ontario Best Lawyers has recognized Vanessa Amyot 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 Vanessa Amyot is held by other lawyers.

Ranjan Das is a partner at Youd Lev-Farrell Das Smiley LLP and has been with the firm since 1997. Based in Toronto, Ontario, he represents clients in a wide range of commercial and civil litigation matters, providing practical legal advice and advocacy tailored to each client’s objectives. Ranjan’s practice includes Administrative and Public Law, commercial litigation, civil litigation, land-based disputes, injunctions, professional liability matters, shareholder disputes, contrac...

Andrea McEwan is a Partner in the Wills, Trusts & Estates Practice Group at WeirFoulds LLP. Practising exclusively in the areas of wills, estates, trust, fiduciary and capacity-related litigation, Andrea possesses a deep knowledge of matters pertaining to passing of estate, attorney, guardian & fiduciary accounts, probate applications, guardianship issues, power of attorney disputes, and end-of-life and treatment decisions; and matters of elder law. Andrea represents a wide range of c...

Rachel (she, her) is a Partner in the firm’s Banking & Financial Services practice. She practised as a secured lending lawyer at a large national law firm before joining the law group of RBC Capital Markets, where she supported the derivatives solutions group. Rachel later moved to a fintech, lending to small businesses, serving as general counsel and VP, Operations (risk, credit adjudication, loan administration), and ultimately as Chief Operations Officer. Following the company&rs...

Andrew C. Lewis is a top lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Labour and Employment Law. Andrew is widely respected for his thoughtful and incisive work, expressed through clear, sharp writing and a meticulous attention to detail. He practices as a litigator in a wide variety of employment, civil, commercial and administrative matters. In employment law, Andrew is frequently consulted in contract ne...

Michael Watson is a partner in Gowling WLG's Toronto office, practising in the area of corporate and commercial litigation, administrative law, and employment and labour relations. Michael handles a wide variety of commercial, energy, constitutional and administrative matters. He has appeared before all levels of courts in Ontario, in the Federal Court of Canada, and in the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as the trial and appellate courts of Alberta.

Alan Rachlin earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in mineralogy and a Juris Doctor degree, all from the University of Toronto. He was admitted to the Bar in 1987 and since then has divided his time between representing injured people and defending claims on behalf of insurers. His practice is concentrated in automobile accidents, slip and fall, medical malpractice, disability and accident benefits cases. He has handled cases at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario,...

Cary Wong is an experienced pension and benefits lawyer with Toronto based firm, BMKP Law. Cary has practiced exclusively in the area of pension, benefits and executive compensation law for over 25 years. Cary has a wealth of experience providing advice to employers and plan administrators on legislative and regulatory compliance matters involving pension and benefit plans, including compliance with pension, tax and employment standards legislation. He assists clients with the interpretation ...