Sam Billard

David is a founding partner in Roy O’Connor LLP, a litigation boutique in Toronto. He was previously a partner in a large national law firm. His practice is focused on commercial and class action litigation (both defence and plaintiff side). He was recognized as a finalist by Benchmark Canada for Class Action Litigator of the Year in 2015 and again in 2017, and for plaintiff counsel of the year in 2019, 2020 and 2021. He has been consistently recognized by Benchmark Canada as a litigati...

Nora Osbaldeston is one of Miller Thomson’s leading financial services lawyers. She has extensive experience acting for financial institutions and corporate borrowers on a variety of domestic and international cross-border financing transactions including syndicated and bi-lateral transactions across a wide range of industries and sectors including agriculture and food, automotive and transportation, education, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, hotel and hospitality, construction, long te...

Marie-Eve Heming is a partner and practices in the firm’s Toronto office. Her practice encompasses all aspects of personal and corporate tax planning for a wide variety of clients, including private corporations and their owner-managers, public corporations, trusts, professionals, executives and high-net worth individuals, with a particular emphasis on corporate reorganizations, the structuring of investments and businesses, estate planning, business successions and immigration and emig...

David graduated with Honours from Montreal’s McGill University in 1978. He next received his Juris Doctorate degree, cum laude, from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles. In 1982 he was admitted by the Supreme Court of California to practice as an Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law in the courts of California. After receiving his Certificate of Qualification through the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, in 1985 David was admitted by the Law Society of Ontario as a Barrist...

Thomas (Tom) Meagher is a partner in the firm's Banking and Finance group. Tom’s banking and finance practice is focused exclusively on structuring, documentation and negotiation of complex corporate and commercial debt transactions on behalf of financial institutions, insurance companies, corporations and foreign law firms seeking Canadian banking and finance advice. Advising creditors and debtors both nationally and internationally, Tom has extensive experience in all areas of corpora...

David Ziegler’s robust civil litigation and arbitration practice encompasses business-critical commercial and financial disputes, class actions, product liability matters, construction matters (including adjudications), and disputes requiring international arbitration. His vast experience acting for both Canada- and US-based companies is sought after for domestic and cross-border disputes, spanning a broad range of industries including mining, rail, professional services, insurance, ban...

Richard P. Stephenson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law and Energy Law. Richard P., 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 Richard P. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

As a Specialist in Construction Law certified by the Law Society of Ontario and a Partner in the Koskie Minsky Litigation Group, Jeffrey advises and represents all facets of the construction industry including owners, developers, contractors, trades, engineers, suppliers and sureties. He is well adept at handling complex and multi-party disputes before all levels of court, including tort actions, construction lien litigation and breach of trust actions and has earned an excellent reputation w...

Martha was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1991, winning the Silver Medal and the Family Law and Advocacy Prizes. She has practised family law since her call, first in a large Bay Street firm, then at a large specialist boutique, and now with her own firm. Though Martha’s practice focuses on all aspects of family law, she has regularly advocated on behalf of same-sex couples. Martha’s work in M. v. H., Halpern, and the Same Sex Marriage Reference resulted in equal marriage and wid...

Cara Shamess is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law . Cara, who practices law in Markham, Ontario, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Cara is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.