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Smith, Glenn, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-2927 - gsmith@litigate.com
Glenn has a diverse commercial litigation practice with an emphasis on class actions and complex insurance
litigation. He has been retained on some of the most significant insurance cases in Canada. He has a special
interest in product liability and cases involving insurance coverage for corporate directors and officers, as
well as the legal dimensions of technology. He appears regularly before a wide variety of courts and tribunals,
including the Supreme Court of Canada, acting both for and against public and private companies, financial
institutions and governments. Glenn is also recognized as a guru in e-discovery in Canada and was on the
Ontario Task Force for implementing the Ontario e-Discovery Guidelines. He frequently lectures to profes-
sional organizations on e-discovery, technology and the law. He has taught trial advocacy for many years and
is a certified mediator. Glenn has been recognized for his work in insurance law, corporate and commercial
litigation, dispute resolution and product liability by Lexpert, Chambers & Partners, Best Lawyers and the
Practical Law Company.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Capern, Gordon D., Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Toronto - (416) 646-4311 - gordon.capern@paliareroland.com
Gordon Capern is a senior partner and a leader of the corporate and commercial litigation practice. He ad-
vises clients and acts as counsel in the resolution of disputes in many areas of corporate and commercial activ-
ity, including issues arising from complex commercial transactions, M&A in a variety of industries, liability
of professional advisors, shareholder and partnership disputes, director, officer and employee litigation,
with expertise in their fiduciary obligations, and franchises and dealerships. He is recognized as a leading
corporate commercial litigation lawyer in e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers
in Canada. He is also ranked in Chambers Global for Dispute Resolution where he is described as "a very
prominent and effective litigator", as a "local litigation star" in Ontario by Benchmark Canada, and in the
2017 Best Lawyers in Canada for Corporate and Commercial Litigation. Gordon is a Fellow of the Interna-
tional Academy of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Paliare, Chris G., OO, LSM, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Toronto - (416) 646-4318 - chris.paliare@paliareroland.com
One of Canada's premier litigators, at trial & appellate levels; shareholder disputes, securities litigation, admin
law, Charter of Rights and Freedoms & constitutional litigation, class actions, employment law, pension
litigation & white-collar criminal law. Fellow, IATL (Eastern Canadian Chair); Fellow, ISB; Fellow, ACTL
& former Ontario Provincial Chair; Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, honorary member-COMBAR;
Consistently listed in Lexpert® US/Canada Cross-Border Guide — Litigation; 2006 Lexpert® Guide to the 100
Most Creative Lawyers in Canada; Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada;
e Best Lawyers in Canada in Bet-the-Company Litigation. LLB, Osgoode Hall (1970); LLM,
University of Texas at Austin (1971). Called to Ontario Bar (1973), with honors. Awarded the Order
of Ontario & Law Society Medal. OBA Award in Excellence in Civil Litigation (2016).
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Rothstein, Linda R., LSM, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Toronto - (416) 646-4327 - linda.rothstein@paliareroland.com
Linda Rothstein is a senior partner practicing in civil & administrative litigation, class actions, commercial
litigation, professional liability & misconduct, public law, employment & human rights, judicial review &
appeals. Commission counsel to Goudge Inquiry (07–08); lead counsel to City of Toronto in the Computer
Leasing Inquiry (02–05); lead counsel to Motherisk Hair Analysis Review (15–16). Toronto Regional
Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario (07–15). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow & Board
Member, International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America. Past President
(05–06), e Advocates' Society (ON). Co-author of Lawyers' Professional Liability, 3rd ed. (LexisNexis '13)
& "Professional Liability" (ch. 9) D. Lundy, G. MacKenzie and M. Newbury, Barristers & Solicitors in Prac-
tice, (Butterworths, '98). Awards include Law Society Medal, "Award of Distinction" from Toronto Lawyers'
Association, Lexpert Zenith Award ('13), U of Toronto Distinguished Alumnus Award ('14)
and OBA Award of Excellence in Civil Litigation ('18).
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
