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Rochon, Joel P., Rochon Genova LLP Toronto - (416) 363-1867 Ext.222 - jrochon@rochongenova.com
Joel Rochon is managing partner at Rochon Genova LLP and heads the firm's class action practice with em-
phasis on product liability, securities, transportation law and consumer goods litigation. His achievements
of note include the certification and settlement of the Wilson v. Servier Canada diet drugs litigation (the
first defective drug case to be certified in Canada). Joel is or has been lead or co-lead counsel on a number of
significant class actions, including the resolution of Nortel securities litigation, Maple Leaf Foods tainted
meat, Toyota unintended acceleration litigation, and ongoing class action litigation involving CIBC, Barrick
Gold, Market Timing in mutual funds and SNC-Lavalin which resolved in late 2018. He has also been co-
lead counsel in the Lac-Mégantic train derailment case and the Rana Plaza factory collapse. Joel attended the
University of Western Ontario, McGill University, and graduated from the Université de Moncton, Faculty
of Law (in French) in 1986. He is admitted to the Ontario Bar.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Finnigan, John L., Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP Toronto - (416) 304-0558 - jfinnigan@tgf.ca
John is a founding partner of TGF and has a broad practice in complex commercial litigation with signifi-
cant experience in insolvency and restructuring litigation including multiple cross-border mandates. John
has been lauded as "a spectacular lawyer in huge insolvency proceedings" and "a very credible, no-nonsense
litigator who is extremely effective in court" in Chambers Global. e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
2018 lists John as a Most Frequently Recommended lawyer in Corporate Commercial Litigation, and Re-
peatedly Recommended in Insolvency Litigation and Financial Restructuring. He is also recognized in e
Best Lawyers in Canada and as a "litigation star" for Canada in Benchmark. Currently, John is the court-ap-
pointed lead counsel representing the interests of 630,000 policyholders in the C$2 billion demutualization
of a property and casualty insurer.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Waddell, Margaret L., Waddell Phillips Professional Corporation Toronto - (416) 477-6979 - marg@waddellphillips.ca
Margaret Waddell is a partner of Waddell Phillips Professional Corporation, and a leader in its Class Action
Practice Group. She has particular experience and expertise in this specialized field, where she acts for both
plaintiffs and defendants. She has appeared as counsel in a number of precedent-establishing and well known
class actions. She is regularly requested to appear as a lecturer at both substantive and practical skills continu-
ing legal education programs. Margaret is a member of the Executive of the Toronto Lawyers' Association,
Chair of e Advocates' Society Class Action Practice Group, past Chair of the Ontario Bar Association
Class Action Subgroup, a past member of both the Law Commission of Ontario's Advisory Committee on
Class Action Reform and the CBA's National Class Action Task Force, and a former Director of e Advo-
cates' Society where she was Chair of its Subcommittee on Advocacy and Practice.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Anand, Raj, LSM, WeirFoulds LLP Toronto - (416) 947-5091 - ranand@weirfoulds.com
Practises civil, professional negligence, human rights, constitutional, administrative and labour law. Past
Chief Commissioner, OHRC (1988–89). Founding Chair, Human Rights Legal Support Centre (2008–
10). Acts for parties in internal, Ontario and federal human rights cases, and for NGOs in public interest
litigation. Vice-Chair, Law Society Tribunal Hearing Division, and adjudicates, investigates and mediates
at request of parties. Counsel to several administrative tribunals. Speaks and writes on diverse legal topics,
including chapters on "Professional Negligence" in Canadian Legal Practice; "Judicial Review" in Bullen
and Leake. Adjunct Professor in legal ethics and administrative and constitutional law. First recipient, e
Advocates' Society's Award of Justice, 1997. Awarded Law Society Medal, 2003; ICCC Professional Man
of the Year, 2007; Distinguished Career Awards, SABA 2010, FACL 2017 and OBA 2018. McMurtry Fel-
low, Osgoode Hall, 2013. Constitutional Litigator in Residence, Asper Centre, 2015. Law Society Bencher,
2007–19. Current governor, Law Commission of Ontario.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
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