Best Lawyers in Canada has released its 2022 edition, recognizing 66 MLT Aikins lawyers in their respective practice areas.
Best Lawyers is an annual publication that provides recommended lawyers by practice areas and region based on peer reviews.
The following 11 lawyers have been recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” by the publication. This recognition is awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each practice area and location.
Winnipeg
Brian Lerner – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
David Filmon Q.C. – Securities Law
Thor Hansell – Alternative Dispute Resolution
Todd Thomson – Commercial Leasing Law
Regina
Aaron Runge – Securities Law
Deron Kuski Q.C. – Construction Law
Jason Mohrbutter – Class Action Litigation
Len Andrychuk, Q.C. – Administrative and Public Law
Saskatoon
Kurt Wintermute – Tax Law
Shaunt Parthev, Q.C. – Insurance Law
Edmonton
Meaghan Conroy – Aboriginal Law
Congratulations to the following lawyers on their recognition in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2022 Edition. Five lawyers have been included in the ranking for the first time by the publication and 50 of the recognized MLT Aikins lawyers have been named consecutively over periods of five, 10 or 15 years.
Winnipeg, MB
Richmond Bayes – Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law
J.J. Burnell – Employee Benefits Law, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Todd Campbell – Alternative Dispute Resolution, Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law
David Carrick – Information Technology Law, Technology Law
Milt Christiansen – Labour and Employment Law
Shandra Czarnecki – Labour and Employment Law
Keith Ferbers – Banking and Finance Law, Class Action Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
James Ferguson Q.C. – Corporate Governance Practice, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law
David Filmon Q.C. – Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law
Gregory Fleetwood – Banking and Finance Law, Personal Injury Litigation
Robert Fleischaker – Construction Law
Kristin Gibson – Labour and Employment Law
Thor Hansell – Alternative Dispute Resolution, Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Director and Officer Liability Practice, Personal Injury Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law
Pamela Hilderman – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Steven Kohn – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Jonathan Kroft – Administrative and Public Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Defamation and Media Law
Robert Lee – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Brian Lerner – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
John Martens – Construction Law, Insurance Law
James Mercury – Construction Law, Municipal Law
Michelle Redekopp – Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law
Maria Reimer – Real Estate Law
Brent Ross – Class Action Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Defamation and Media Law, Insurance Law
Nigel Thompson – Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law
Todd Thomson – Commercial Leasing Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law
Curtis Unfried – Class Action Litigation
Helga Van Iderstine – Personal Injury Litigation
Regina, SK
Len Andrychuk, Q.C. – Aboriginal Law, Administrative and Public Law, Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law
Randy Brunet, Q.C. – Health Care Law, Information Technology Law, Technology Law
John Dipple – Construction Law, Corporate Law, Public Procurement Law
Conrad Hadubiak, Q.C. – Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Jordan Hardy, Q.C. – Professional Malpractice Law, Trusts and Estates
Robert Kallio – Intellectual Property Law
Bob Kasian – Real Estate Law
Deron Kuski Q.C. – Banking and Finance Law, Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Maurice Laprairie, Q.C. – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Class Action Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
Eileen Libby, Q.C. – Administrative and Public Law, Labour and Employment Law
Stathy Markatos – Corporate Governance Practice, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law
Jason Mohrbutter – Class Action Litigation
Aaron Runge – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Governance Practice, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law
Nathan Schissel – Corporate Law, Information Technology Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Technology Law
Saskatoon, SK
John Agioritis – Tax Law
Erin Bokshowan – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Alain Gaucher, Q.C. – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Douglas Hodson, Q.C. – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Class Action Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Railroad Law, Transportation Law
Rangi Jeerakathil – Energy Regulatory Law, Environmental Law
Jeff Lee, Q.C. – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Shaunt Parthev, Q.C. – Class Action Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Director and Officer Liability Practice, Insurance Law
Todd Rosenberg – Tax Law
Kevin Wilson, Q.C. – Labour and Employment Law
Kurt Wintermute – Tax Law
Calgary, AB
Michael Clark – Corporate Law
Scott Davidson – Intellectual Property Law
Scott Exner – Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
Jean Torrens – Labour and Employment Law
Ryan Zahara – Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Edmonton, AB
Sam Amelio, Q.C. – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Trusts and Estates
Meaghan Conroy – Aboriginal Law
Garnet Matsuba, Q.C. – Tax Law
Adam Merrick – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
Brent Mielke – Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Vancouver, BC
Jonathan O’Connor – Corporate Governance Practice, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law
Britt Redenbach – Securities Law
Mahdi Shams – Corporate Law
William E. J. Skelly – Asset-Based Lending Practice, Banking and Finance Law, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law, Railroad Law, Transportation Law
Kevin Sorochan – Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law
Congratulations to all the lawyers recognized in this 16th edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada.