Ryan Kniznik

Michael is a partner in Ogletree Deakins’ Toronto office. His diverse practice spans all areas of employment law, labour law, privacy, wage and hours issues, human rights, accessibility, and employee benefits and executive compensation. Michael also has experience with class actions, appellate litigation, M&A/restructuring, and general litigation. He regularly represents employers in judicial review proceedings.

Lynne Golding is Co-Leader of the firm’s Health Law Group. She has an active corporate/commercial practice based principally in the health industry. Dealing with both for-profit and not-for-profit entities, Lynne advises clients on transactions in regulated and unregulated industries. A highly regarded name in the health regulatory space, Lynne’s practice is principally comprised of clients in the health sector for whom she provides governance advice and structuring and transactio...

Michelle MacGillivray is a labour and employment lawyer who takes a focused, strategic, and practical approach to solving workplace problems. Michelle works to find the most efficient way to resolve issues, or to support employers through major initiatives, including sale and acquisition of businesses, reductions in force, and policy changes. She prides herself on providing proactive, timely, and high-quality advice to her clients to help them manage the litigation and reputational risks that...

James (Jim) Klotz is in the Business Law Group of Miller Thomson LLP in Toronto and practices in the firm’s International Business Transactions area. Jim served as Secretary-General of the International Bar Association for a two year term ending in 2018, and thereafter served as IBA Vice-President until 03/2020. From 2011-2014, he was a member of the Independent Governance Committee of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), serving as one of its five...

Sinziana Hennig is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group and a member of the Students Committee in the Toronto office. Her practice focuses on class actions and complex commercial litigation. Sinziana has defended class actions involving competition, securities, consumer protection, product liability, and franchise law claims. She has significant experience in defending multi-jurisdictional and cross-border class actions, as well as in obtaining dismissal of securities cl...

Daniel J. Stober is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trusts and Estates. Daniel J., who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Daniel J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

John Papadakis is a partner in Blaney McMurtry's Corporate/Commercial and Real Estate practices. John focuses his work on secured lending, acting mainly for financial institutions extending credit facilities to their clients. John is particularly active in the financing of large-scale high rise and low rise residential developments and commercial real estate, including shopping centres and office towers. John has arranged financing for a wide variety of products and purposes, including aircra...

Bill graduated from Queens University in 1987 with a B.A. (Hons) in History and Political Science. He then did M.A. work at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, and after receiving his LL.B. from Dalhousie Law School in 1993, he articled with the boutique insurance firm of Dyson & Kacaba, Bill was called to the Bar in 1995, and he joined the firm in 1997 after doing plaintiff personal injury and general litigation work for two years. Bill practices i...

Michael Fenrick is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law, Appellate Practice, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Labour and Employment Law. Michael, 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 Michael is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Ian Hull co-founded the firm with his father, Rodney Hull, in 1998. Ian also maintains a mediation practice through Hull Estate Mediation Inc. Ian is a lecturer at the Ontario Bar Admission Course and guest lecturer for the Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Upper Canada. Ian is also the author of numerous articles and has written four books on estate law issues. All books and articles can be found on our website .