Patrick J. Hawkins

Christine Ashbourne is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Christine, 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 Christine is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

The founding partners at Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP shared a commitment to professionalism, integrity, and modern advocacy, with the goal of supporting individuals and families whose lives have been affected by serious accidents and medical errors. Neil E. Sacks is a founding partner at Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP, practising law in Toronto, Ontario. He has built a long-standing practice in personal injury litigation, representing individuals and families who have experienced significant h...

Matthew Gardner B.Sc. (Hons.), LL.B., is a Partner at Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP and is a Certified Specialist in Environmental Law by the Law Society of Ontario. Matthew practices environmental law and environmental litigation. He provides advice and solutions about environmental due diligence and compliance to a wide range of clients including industrial corporations, the construction and land development sectors and municipalities. Matthew also provides advice and solutio...

David Amato focuses on corporate finance and is co-chair of our asset-based lending team. As counsel to various foreign and domestic financial institutions, insurance companies, private equity funds and other credit providers, he has significant experience in sophisticated debt financing transactions and has led numerous multijurisdictional, international and domestic debt financing mandates (including cash-flow, asset based, acquisition, leveraged buyout, debtor-in possession, mine and proje...

Kathryn Frelick is the Leader of Miller Thomson’s National Health Group. Kathryn has specialized expertise in health and privacy and is a leading lawyer in these areas. She is a trusted advisor to public and private sector health industry clients on a broad range of matters, with a particular focus on regulatory, strategic, and risk management advice. Kathryn’s regulatory practice includes expertise in areas such as health information and privacy, quality and patient safety, menta...

In 2003, the Minister of Finance of Ontario selected David MacDonald from personal injury lawyers in the province as the authorized representative for injured persons and appointed him to be a member of the Executive Committee to the Superintendent of Insurance for the Province of Ontario’s Auto Reforms Implementation Committee. In this role, he advocates to the government of Ontario and its Ministries on behalf of persons injured in motor vehicle accidents. David’s practice is ex...

Len is the Chair of our Commercial Real Estate Group. His commercial real estate practice spans a broad spectrum of real estate matters from development to secured lending to leasing to cost-sharing. Len’s clients benefit from his wide ranging depth of knowledge and experience: he knows how the other side thinks, and the best way to act or react. His experience in coordinating a legal team, smoothly conducting all due diligence matters, including title and off-title searches, lease revi...

Jennifer L. King is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law, Appellate Practice, Environmental Law and Municipal Law. Jennifer L., who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jennifer L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

M. Elena Hoffstein, FEA, has a practice focused in all areas of estate planning, family business succession planning, corporate reorganization both pre and post mortem planning. She also advises on cross border and international matters, will, trusts and marriage contracts. Elena is also a recognized leader in charity law advising both charities and donors on effective legislative, tax and regulatory matters and on tax effective charitable gifting. Elena frequently advises clients on family b...

Robert Bell practises in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance defence, appeals, class actions.