Lexpert has selected 10 MLT Aikins lawyers for inclusion in its 2025 Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation– more than double the number featured in 2024. Join us in congratulating Milad Alishahi, Gregory Fleetwood, Thor Hansell, Douglas Hodson, Deron Kuski, Jeff Lee, Ryan Lepage, James Mercury, Jason Mohrbutter and Shaunt Parthev on this well-deserved recognition.

This annual publication highlights Canada’s leading litigation lawyers and features in-depth editorial content on significant business decisions, arbitration, mediation, class actions and other litigation-related topics.

  • Milad Alishahi – Milad is a partner in Regina who assists individuals and businesses with a broad range of corporate and commercial litigation matters, focusing on contractual disputes, shareholder disputes, commercial landlord and tenant disputes, construction litigation, agribusiness disputes and municipal law.
  • Gregory Fleetwood – Greg is a Winnipeg partner with a civil and commercial litigation practice, focusing on commercial disputes, corporate and shareholder disputes, IP enforcement and litigation, professional malpractice and negligence defence, banking litigation and debt recovery.
  • Thor Hansell – Thor is a Winnipeg partner who practises civil and commercial litigation. He is recognized as a strong advocate with a direct and practical approach to complex disputes and has appeared before all courts in Manitoba, the Federal Court, the Tax Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada and numerous administrative tribunals.
  • Douglas Hodson, K.C. – Douglas is a Saskatoon partner focusing on commercial litigation with significant experience in complex arbitrations, transportation law and shareholder disputes. He has argued significant cases before all levels of court in the western provinces and Ontario and before the Federal Courts and the Supreme Court of Canada.
  • Deron Kuski, K.C. – Deron is a Regina partner practising broadly in litigation, including commercial litigation, construction litigation, constitutional law and all aspects of creditor and commercial leasing law, with a focus on complex commercial and construction dispute resolution.
  • Jeff Lee, K.C. – Jeff is a Saskatoon partner who represents companies in financial distress, lenders and court officers in restructuring and insolvency proceedings across Western Canada. In his commercial litigation practice, Jeff represents parties involved in shareholder disputes, banking litigation, landlord-tenant matters and builders’ lien litigation.
  • Ryan Lepage – Ryan is a Saskatoon partner who practises litigation involving complex commercial disputes and has appeared before various trial and appellate courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada.
  • James Mercury – James is a Winnipeg partner whose practice is focused on municipal law matters as well as construction litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He has extensive experience advising on property tax matters, expropriation law, subdivision and rezoning applications, development agreements and municipal annexation proposals. James regularly appears before tribunals and courts including the Board of Revision, the Manitoba Municipal Board, the Land Value Appraisal Commission and all levels of court in Manitoba, and has successfully represented clients before the Supreme Court of Canada.
  • Jason Mohrbutter, K.C. – Jason is a Regina partner recognized among Canada’s leading class action lawyers. His extensive experience includes acting for national and international clients, as well as numerous statutory entities, in complex multi-party, representative and mass-complaint actions. His commercial litigation practice also includes contractual disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, insurance and agricultural claims.
  • Shaunt Parthev, K.C. – Shaunt is a Saskatoon partner who focuses on defending complex multi-party claims, with emphasis on class actions, mining and industrial site litigation, large loss construction claims and insurance actions.

Congratulations to these outstanding litigators for their continued commitment to excellence and client service.

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