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Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers Tomchak, Teresa M. FARRIS > (604) 661-1711 ttomchak@farris.com Teresa is a partner at Farris LLP. Teresa has extensive experience in securities litigation and regulation. Teresa has been involved in numerous shareholder disputes, hostile takeover bids, proxy fights, contested plans of arrangement, and securities class actions. Teresa has represented clients during investigations and enforcement hearings before various provincial securities commissions and IIROC. Teresa is a co-author of CLE's award-winning text, British Columbia Business Disputes. Teresa is recognized as Benchmark's Top 100 Women in Litigation in Canada (2020–2022). She is also recognized as a Litigation Star by Benchmark Canada and was shortlisted for Canada's Securities Litigator of the Year (2020–2021). She is recognized in Chambers Canada (2020–2023), and e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (2019–2022) for securities litigation and in e Best Lawyers in Canada in the areas of corporate & commercial litigation and securities law (2018–2023) Traves, Robert W. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6272 rtraves@blg.com Robert Traves is a partner in the Toronto office of BLG. He was formally the manager of the litigation department in the firm's Toronto office (2010–2014), a former member of the firm's Partnership Board (2007–2013), and former Chair of the firm's Respectful Workplace Taskforce. He is an accredited mediator through the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution. He practises major tort and property damage litigation, commercial insurance litigation, professional negligence claims, and personal injury with a particular emphasis on insurance defence litigation. He has extensive municipal liability expertise, including claims involving the design and maintenance of roadways, building design and inspections, liability of taxation and finance departments, sewage and drainage system claims, and police liability claims. Recognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada since 2010 and as the 2018 Toronto Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year. Recognized in the 2021 Lexpert Special Edition – Litigation. Member of the Ontario Civil Litigation Section of the Ontario Bar Association. Frequent speaker, demonstrator, and Chair on insurance and personal injury-related topics through Osgoode Professional Development and Insight programs. LLB, University of Ottawa. Ontario Bar, 1985. www.lexpert.ca 77 Upenieks, Edwin G.J. Lawrence, Lawrence, Stevenson LLP > (905) 452-6873 eupenieks@lawrences.com Ed Upenieks is a partner with Lawrence, Lawrence, Stevenson LLP of Brampton and Chair of its Litigation Group. Ed obtained his LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1981 and has been a Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation since 1998. Ed completed mediation training at the Harvard Law School in 1995. Ed's practice includes litigation in the areas of estates, commercial, shareholder and real estate, and assessments of costs. Ed routinely appears as lead counsel on a broad and diverse range of complex disputes at the Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal, and the Ontario Divisional Court of Justice. Ed also acts as a mediator and arbitrator on a variety of legal issues involving multiple parties. Ed has published numerous articles and is the co-author of Enforcing Judgments and Orders and Dispositions Without Trial. Ed's writings have been cited by both the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal. Ed has also written articles, presented at many CPD events, and lectured for many legal institutions and law schools. Ed served as President of the Ontario Bar Association for the 2015 to 2016 term. Ed has engaged in many charitable initiatives and is Chair of the Headwaters Health Care Foundation. Vachon, Richard Woods LLP > (514) 982-6103 rvachon@woods.qc.ca Partner at Woods LLP, Richard Vachon practises mainly in the fields of Commercial Litigation, Class Actions, Securities Litigation, Defamation, and Employment Law. He pleads regularly before the courts of first instance and the Court of Appeal of Québec, as well as arbitration tribunals. With an impressive track record, Richard is also greatly appreciated for his business acumen acting as strategic advisor to many of his clients. Among his many mandates, he currently represents or has acted for a major construction consortium in the context of a public-private partnership, institutions, and individuals in matters related to defamation and Media Law, the largest global provider of catering services for aircras and trains in the context of a complex commercial arbitration, several public corporations in the mining industry, individuals in public inquiries and numerous high level executives in Employment Law Matters. He is ranked highly by his peers and his clients in the most reputable legal publications.