126 | LEXPERT • December 2014 | www.lexpert.ca
Pascale Pageau is the founding president of Delegatus, a trailblazing law fi rm cited in the
2013 CBA's "Legal Future Initiatives" report. She is a seasoned commercial litigation law-
yer: her practice focuses on actions for damages, liability, construction, fraud, injunction,
seizure and shareholder disputes. She also advises her domestic and international clients on
strategy, and regularly acts as Québec advisor for US law fi rms. Pageau has received many
accolades from the business and legal communities, including the Top 100 of the most
infl uential women in Canada (Women's Executive Network), Choice of the Jury Award as
the "Infl uential Woman of the Future" (La Presse), Québec's Top 8 Women Entrepreneurs
(Première en Aff aires), Women of Distinction (Women's Y Foundation), Top 25 of Qué-
bec Future Leaders (Les Aff aires), New Woman Entrepreneur of the Year (Quebec Busi-
ness Women Network) and Young Professional of Québec Award (Arista, Montréal
Young Chamber of Commerce/YBAM). Prior to founding Delegatus in 2005, she worked
for seven years with two large Montréal fi rms.
Partner. Rikin Morzaria devotes his practice to representing individuals who have suf-
fered serious or catastrophic personal injuries and families who have lost loved ones in
wrongful death cases. He has written and published more than 20 journal articles and
chapters in leading textbooks in the fi eld of civil litigation and personal injury law. He is
regularly invited to give lectures to lawyers and health professionals about litigation and
personal injury law. Morzaria was co-counsel at trial in McNeil v. Bryan, and achieved an
C$18.4-million judgment, the largest personal injury damages award in Canadian history.
He has also represented clients in several precedent-setting cases, including a decision that
prevented an insurer from obtaining defense medical examinations that would have de-
layed a trial of a multi-million-dollar action. Morzaria is currently a Director and the Sec-
retary of the Board of Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights (CLAIHR) and
also serves on the Board of Directors of the Ontario Trial Lawyers' Association.
Éric Préfontaine is a partner in the litigation department of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
LLP. He is Co-chair of Osler's Class Actions Specialty Group. Préfontaine's practice in
litigation and general commercial law is primarily focused on all aspects of litigation and
dispute resolution, including advising clients on highly complex litigation or commercial
issues and representing them before commercial, civil or administrative tribunals and in
arbitration proceedings. He is involved in the defense of high-profi le class actions and
complex commercial disputes, and has extensive experience in urgent and special proce-
dures, such as injunctions and seizures, as well as in Anton Piller proceedings.
Michael Richards is a partner of the fi rm practicing in all areas of employment and labor
law. He regularly advises on the application of employment standards legislation, labor law,
workplace safety and insurance legislation, occupational health and safety, and human
rights legislation. Richards provides advice to national and international organizations,
assisting them in dealing with the legal issues that arise with respect to the recruitment,
hiring and termination of employees. He is regularly engaged by clients to ensure the suc-
cessful and cost-eff ective defense of wrongful dismissal claims, grievances and human
rights applications. Lastly, Richards regularly negotiates and advises on the negotiation of
collective agreements. He was named one of Lexpert®'s "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Un-
der 40" in 2013, in the 2011 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Liti-
gation Lawyers in Canada and in the Lexpert®/Report on Business Special Edition – Cana-
da's Leading Litigation Lawyers, in 2011.
Pascale
Pageau
Delegatus
services
juridiques inc.
Tel: (514) 316-1355
Ext. 706
Fax: (514) 316-1356
Montréal
Rikin R.
Morzaria
McLeish
Orlando LLP
Tel: (416) 366-3311
Fax: (416) 366-3330
Toronto
Éric
Préfontaine
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (514) 904-5282
Fax: (514) 904-8101
Montréal
Michael S.
Richards
Davis LLP
Tel: (416) 941-5395
Fax: (416) 777-7427
Toronto
ppageau@delegatus.ca
rmorzaria@mcleishorlando.com
eprefontaine@osler.com
mrichards@davis.ca
LITIGATION LAWYERS TO WATCH