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Litigation 2015

The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.

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38 | LEXPERT December 2015 | www.lexpert.ca Chair of Torys' Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. Senior trial/appellate coun- sel with a broad civil litigation practice, including corporate/commercial and securities litigation, IP, defamation and administrative law cases. Has appeared as counsel on a wide range of leading cases before all levels of court in Canada and in international arbitrations and other tribunals. Has spoken and written extensively on advocacy and civil litigation. Has taught advocacy in Canada, the United States, England, Scotland, New Zealand and El Salvador. Recognized by Lexpert® and Benchmark as one of Canada's leading 25 women litigators. Chair, Touching Tiny Lives Foundation; President/Trustee, Harold G. Fox Education; Trustee, Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy, Geneva; President's Council, University of Ottawa; Advisory Board, Program on Ethics, Business and the Law, University of Toronto Law School. Recipient of numerous awards, includ- ing the University of Ottawa's Honorary LLD and Meritas Tabaret Award. LLB (Gold Medalist), 1972, University of Ottawa. Ontario Bar, 1974. Partner. Commercial litigator focused on securities class actions, corporate governance, complex commercial litigation and corporate investigations. Represents shareholders and boards of directors of both private and public companies. Before joining Goodmans in 2007, he was a partner and senior litigator at a leading Toronto litigation boutique. Re- ceived his LLM from Columbia University, was called to the New York Bar in 2006 and began practicing with a leading US securities and class-action firm. Previously taught trial advocacy for the Advocacy Society and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Since 2007 he has taught courses on corporate governance and M&A in the Schulich School of Business MBA program. Since 2012 David Conklin has also taught Corporate Governance at the University of Toronto in its GPLLM Program as an Adjunct Pro- fessor. Recognized in the areas of class actions and corporate commercial and securities litigation by The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and is recognized as a Litigation Star in securities by Benchmark Canada. Ontario Bar (1993). Partner. Chair of firm's Ontario Litigation group, Co-chair of the firm's Class Actions group. Experienced commercial litigator. Extensive experience in class actions in compe- tition, securities, product liability, mass torts and employment law, including numerous cartel cases (such as LCD, DRAM, SRAM, ODD, lithium batteries, auto parts, air cargo, packaged ice, vitamins and others) and claims related to environmental contamination, medical devices and insurance. Represents clients in complex multi-jurisdictional pro- ceedings and complex commercial disputes. Regularly works with clients and counsel in the US and globally. Recognized by The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and in the Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada for Class Actions. Named a local litigation star in Ontario and for arbitration and class ac- tions in Canada by Benchmark Canada. Recipient of the Lexpert® Zenith Award 2013. Named in the Top 25 Women Litigators in Canada by Benchmark Canada in 2014 and 2015. Ranked by Legal 500 in Competition. Taught class actions course at Queen's Uni- versity Faculty of Law. Sheila R. Block Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-7319 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto David D. Conklin Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-5164 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto Laura F. Cooper Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (416) 865-5471 Fax: (416) 364-7813 Toronto sblock@torys.com dconklin@goodmans.ca lcooper@fasken.com CLASS ACTIONS CLASS ACTIONS

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