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Byers, David R. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5697 dbyers@stikeman.com
Mr. Byers is a partner in the Stikeman Elliott Toronto office and Co-Chair of
the National Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. He is highly experienced
in complex commercial litigation, including insolvency, product liability,
and securities, as well as in domestic and international arbitration. He is
a member of the Litigation Counsel of America and a former director
of The Advocates' Society.
Burke, Todd J. Gowling WLG
(613) 786-0226 todd.burke@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Burke is a senior litigator of the firm, recognized for his work in corporate
and commercial litigation. His dispute resolution practice focuses on
complex commercial litigation, professional liability, insurance and risk
management. With over 25 years of experience, he has handled complex
disputes for individuals, private and public companies, as well as government
and other public agencies.
Brush, Robert J. Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP
(416) 217-0822 rbrush@cmblaw.ca
Mr. Brush's commercial and securities litigation practice focuses on civil and
regulatory proceedings involving the capital markets, as well as the financial,
insurance and accounting sectors, among others. Due to his specialized
expertise, he has been counsel on a wide range of civil cases, class actions
and regulatory proceedings across the country.
Brown, Alexandra K. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
(416) 863-2367 alexandra.brown@blakes.com
Ms. Brown practises tax litigation and dispute resolution representing
domestic and international clients in disputes with Canadian tax authorities.
She has appeared at all levels of court in Canada and has argued a number
of significant tax cases.
Brodkin, Andrew Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4278 abrodkin@goodmans.ca
Mr. Brodkin is a partner, Executive Committee member and head of
Goodmans Litigation Group, described as "the Bay Street gold standard" by
Benchmark Canada. He focuses on IP litigation, including patent, trademark
and copyright disputes and the assessments of damages flowing from the
infringement of such rights. He appears at all levels of court and has argued
a number of significant cases.
Boyle, Sean K. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
(604) 631-3344 sean.boyle@blakes.com
Mr. Boyle's practice involves all aspects of commercial litigation with
a focus on business, securities and mining disputes. He has significant trial
and appellate experience and regularly acts for clients in take-over bids,
plans of arrangements and shareholder dissent proceedings. He frequently
advises on compliance with anticorruption legislation and conducts
international investigations.
in intellectual property, where most significant
cases are litigated in the Federal Court of Canada.
Hussey says the Federal Court has made consider-
able strides in recent years in streamlining the liti-
gation process and that's had an impact.
"With active case management and reasonably
cooperative lawyers, a case can proceed from start
to finish in about two years," she says. "In addi-
tion, if both parties are looking for a quick result
in court, there are several procedural tools that
can facilitate this, such as dispositive motions, or
applications based on paper evidence rather than
actions that lead to trials based on live witness
evidence." anks to these efforts, arbitration is no
longer an obvious choice for "a faster, less expensive
result," she says.
Arbitration is commonly described as an adjudi-
cative process that, like litigation, uses an adversar-
ial approach and is overseen by a neutral party, an
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