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www.lexpert.ca 65 Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers Lebo, James L., KC, FCIArb McLennan Ross LLP > (403) 303-9111 jim.lebo@mross.com Jim Lebo finds legal solutions that protect businesses. He handles corporate commercial litigation, appeals, and arbitrations. He has substantial experience in appeals including complicated regulatory proceedings as well as an interest in constitutional litigation. Jim's clients come to him for help with a range of issues including construction disputes, oil and gas, product liability, utility regulation, estates, commercial real estate and shareholder disputes. He defends officers and directors of companies, and professionals—including lawyers and engineers—count on Jim when facing liability claims. He has worked with clients on a variety of matters, from disciplinary proceedings against individuals to multi-million-dollar actions against firms. In his commercial arbitration practice, Jim acts both as counsel and arbitrator. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has conducted arbitrations in several commercial disputes as both sole arbitrator and counsel as well as lead counsel with panels of arbitrators. Jim is the Chair of the Board of Directors of Lawyers Financial/Canadian Bar Insurance Association. He is also an active member of the Canadian Bar Association and has held a variety of senior positions in the CBA. Lew, Ellery C. Witten LLP > (780) 441-3209 elew@wittenlaw.com Ellery is a commercial civil litigator. His practice includes a broad range of commercial disputes. He has experience with franchising, shareholder rights and disputes, intellectual property, construction claims, property disputes, breach of contract claims and claims involving fraud. He is also a trademark agent and prosecutes federal trademark applications. Ellery has appeared in all levels of court in Alberta, including the Court of King's Bench and Alberta Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Ellery also has experience appearing before arbitration tribunals. Ellery is an active volunteer for organizations including Law Society of Alberta, Canadian Bar Association, Franchise and Distribution Journal, Canadian Franchise Association, e Apple Schools Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Edmonton. Ellery is listed in the following directories: e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Franchising, Lexpert Special Edition — Litigation, International Who's Who of Franchise Lawyers. Ellery is the author or co-author of articles published on Franchise Law and Intellectual Property Law and has delivered lectures on many legal topics. Linder, Peter T., KC Peacock Linder Halt & Mack LLP > (403) 296-2282 plinder@plhlaw.ca Peter Linder has over 30 years' experience in handling complex cases at all levels of the Canadian Court system and as both counsel and arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations. He has extensive experience with administrative and regulatory proceedings. He clerked to the Alberta Court of Appeal, called to the Alberta Bar in 1986 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 2004. Mr. Linder holds an MA in Jurisprudence, Christ Church, Oxford; and an LLB and BA (With Distinction and First Class Honours), Dalhousie University. He has handled major cases in fields of oil & gas, securities litigation, complex corporate and commercial disputes, insolvency, construction, products liability, insurance law, environmental and employment law. He has achieved major successes in precedent-setting securities and shareholders' rights lawsuits and was appointed by the United States District Court, Central District of California, as an expert in Alberta corporate law. Mr. Linder is known as a fierce but fair advocate who achieves extraordinary results for his clients. Lisus, Jonathan C. Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP > (416) 598-7873 jlisus@lolg.ca Jonathan's practice focuses on commercial and public law trial and appellate litigation. He has deep experience with infrastructure and P3-related litigation, class actions for plaintiffs and defendants, product liability, oppression remedies, and securities litigation. He appears as counsel in courts and arbitral tribunals across the country and the Supreme Court of Canada. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is a member of the Chief Justice of Ontario's Advisory Committee on Professionalism and a member of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute. He is a Director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and regularly acts as Special Counsel on constitutional challenges to government actions. Jonathan has been lead counsel in many landmark decisions in the area of class actions, professional liability, public and constitutional law, and commercial litigation. He has tried over 80 cases to judgment and argued over 55 appeals in provincial appellate courts and the Supreme Court of Canada. Lokan, Andrew K. Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP > (416) 646-4324 andrew.lokan@paliareroland.com Andrew Lokan practises in the areas of constitutional law, appellate advocacy, complex commercial litigation, and administrative and labour law. He teaches constitutional litigation at Osgoode Hall Law School, and has taught at the University of Ottawa and Monash University in Australia. Andrew obtained his LLB from the University of Ottawa in 1988, LLM from Harvard University in 1989, clerked for former Justice Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in 1989–90, and was called to the Bar in 1991. He is Chair of the Board of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and regularly acts as pro bono counsel for the Association. Andrew advocates before all levels of court in Ontario and has appeared in over 25 cases at the SCC and over 30 cases at the Ontario Court of Appeal. He has also appeared before courts in several other provinces on constitutional and administrative law cases. He is co-author of Lokan & Dassios, Constitutional Litigation in Canada, and has published widely on public law matters. Andrew is listed in e Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of administrative and public law and in Benchmark Canada as a Litigation Star in constitutional and appellate litigation.