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Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers Chan, Gerald Stockwoods LLP > (416) 593-1617 geraldc@stockwoods.ca Practises criminal, constitutional, administrative, and select civil litigation. Defends white collar/regulatory matters (e.g., RCMP-IMET, OSC Joint Serious Offences Team). Litigates cases at the intersection of technology and criminal law. Represents lawyers facing negligence and conflict allegations, subpoenas, and professional discipline. Counsel in judicial reviews and appeals, including over 20 cases in the Supreme Court of Canada (e.g., data privacy, cannabis, foreign corruption, and insider trading). Member of the Ontario Inmate Appeal Duty Counsel Program. Named Top 25 Most Influential by Canadian Lawyer in 2019. Recognized in Lexpert, e Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Canada, and Benchmark Litigation. Co-author of Sentencing, 9th ed. (LexisNexis, 2017) and Digital Evidence: Practitioner's Handbook, 2nd ed. (Emond, 2021). Co-editor of Digital Privacy: Criminal, Civil and Regulatory Litigation (LexisNexis, 2018) and Litigating Artificial Intelligence (Emond, 2021). Faculty member of the National Criminal Law Program and U of T, Faculty of Law. Member of the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee. Past President of the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, Ontario. Clerked for Abella J. and graduated co-gold medallist from Osgoode Hall. Chênevert, Karine Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (514) 954-3180 kchenevert@blg.com Karine Chênevert brings her multi-jurisdictional expertise to a broad range of litigation areas including class actions, conflicts between shareholders, governance, competition, securities, privacy, consumer protection, and special remedies such as in- junctions. She regularly acts for significant clients in class actions involving securities, allegations of conspiracy, and consumer protection claims. Her commercial litigation practice includes advising clients on highly complex commercial litigation and representing them before civil courts and administrative tribunals and in arbitration proceedings. Karine has extensive experience in governance and advises directors and officers regarding ethical and corporate governance practices. She acts as a trainer in the university certification program in corporate governance offered by the Collège des administrateurs de sociétés. She has participated as a delegate of the YBAM, in parliamentary commission hearings of the Québec National Assembly on the Act to Amend the Code of Civil Procedure to prevent improper use of the courts and promote freedom of expression and citizen participation in public debate. Recognized since 2018 in e Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate and Commercial Litigation) and since 2021 (Class Action Litigation). Chernos, David Chernos Flaherty Svonkin LLP > (416) 855-0402 dchernos@cfscounsel.com David's practice focuses on corporate and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on matters involving shareholders' dis- putes (including those involving family and other closely held companies), insolvency and corporate restructuring, income tax, directors', officers' and professional liability, and insurance coverage disputes. David has broad experience in complex estates litigation matters, having acted for numerous trustees and beneficiaries, as well as Ontario's Office of e Children's Lawyer. He has appeared as lead counsel before the Ontario trial courts, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada, and the Tax Court of Canada. Since 2012, David has been recognized as one of Canada's leading Litigation – Corporate Commercial lawyers by e Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and in the Lexpert Special Edition – Litigation. Directorship, the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Membership, e Advocates' Society. Ontario Bar, 1993; LLB, 1991, Queen's University; BA (Honours), 1988, University of Toronto. Chiasson, Craig R. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4221 cchiasson@blg.com Craig Chiasson is a partner in the International Arbitration Group of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Vancouver. He began his career as a student and then associate at BLG in its Disputes Group. In December 2005, he moved to Paris, France, where he practised at Freshfields in its International Arbitration Group until November 2011. Craig has extensive experience in international and domestic arbitration, including investor-state disputes, as counsel and arbitrator. His arbitration experi- ence includes cases seated in and governed by substantive laws of many jurisdictions, and in a vast array of industries. Craig is recognized by Chambers Global and Canada, GAR's Who's Who, Lexpert and Benchmark Canada, among others, and is Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rated. Craig is an active member of numerous arbitral institutions and associations, including on Roster of Arbitrators, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the London Court of International Arbi- tration, the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee, including as a listed arbitrator, the International Council for Commercial Arbitration and an advisory member of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration. Craig is also a member of the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre as a rostered arbitrator and is on its Rules Committee. Clarke, Dominic T. Blaney McMurtry LLP > (416) 593-3968 dclarke@blaney.com Dominic practises principally in the area of insurance litigation encompassing both coverage and defence matters. A "go-to" counsel for insurers both nationally and internationally, Dominic's expertise is sought out on large and complex coverage claims. He specializes in advising and representing insurers with respect to commercial general liability, directors' and officers' liability, and commercial property policies. He has significant experience in the defence of products liability and sexual abuse litigation. A force in the courtroom, he has appeared in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal. A leading expert in insurance coverage and reinsurance matters, Dominic is a frequent lecturer and is hailed as "very experienced, very agreeable and highly competent" by Who's Who Legal, with respondents drawing praise for his litigation practice, especially in coverage disputes. He has published numerous thought leadership pieces in his over three decades of practice. www.lexpert.ca 37