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Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers Snowden, Marcus B. Snowden Law Professional Corporation > (416) 363-3343 marcus@snowdenlaw.ca Called to the Bar: 1990 (ON), 2006 (MB). An insurance coverage counsel, Marcus opines on, gives strategic advice for, and arbitrates or litigates to trial and appeal coverage and related issues under CGL, Umbrella/Excess, D&O and E&O liability, Commercial Property, statutory workers compensation coverage and related reinsurance programs. He provides coverage and monitoring counsel services on underlying domestic and international cross-border class action and other litigation. Marcus advises underwriters on new and revised wordings, assists policyholder in-house and outside corporate/ commercial and leasing counsel on insurance-related transaction-based risk management/transfer issues. A co-author of a leading Canadian insurance law text, Annotated Commercial General Liability Policy, he is consistently peer-nominated for insurance law in Lexpert and e Best Lawyers in Canada. Member: Canadian Defence Lawyers Association, Canadian Bar Association, American College of Coverage Counsel, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Defense Research Institute, Inc., American Bar Association, 2-year term on Canadian Insurance Institute ethics sub-committee. BA (Hons.) King's/Dalhousie, 1984, MA Dalhousie, 1987, LLB Queen's, 1988. Stainsby, Jonathan Aitken Klee LLP > (647) 317-6868 jstainsby@aitkenklee.com Jon is a partner in Aitken Klee's Toronto office. Called in 1990, he has considerable trial experience and appears regularly before the Ontario and Federal Courts and the Supreme Court of Canada. He has represented clients in complex patent, trademark and copyright matters, in a wide variety of industries and technical fields. He has acted in corporate/commercial and shareholder's disputes for both public and private companies and their shareholders, business disputes (contract and tort claims), fraud claims, share valuations, bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, receiverships, tax and labour related litigation, product liability claims (including defending class actions) and defamation actions. He has considerable experience as trial counsel, in injunctions and other pre-trial remedies, and on appeals and applications for judicial review. Jon's expertise is reflected in his inclusion in Chambers, Lexpert, Benchmark and in IAM Patent Litigation. Jon is listed in e Best Lawyers in Canada and by Who's Who Legal. He is a past Director of e Advocates' Society and has taught advocacy at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, the Law Society of Ontario and Osgoode's Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop. He is a frequent speaker on IP and advocacy. Thornton, Robert I. Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP > (416) 304-0560 rthornton@tgf.ca Known for his creativity and energy, Bob is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost insolvency practitioners in Canada. Bob is recognized as a Band 1 Leading Individual in Restructuring/Insolvency by both Chambers Global and Chambers Canada in 2022 and prior, and has been lauded as "a leading light" and "the most innovative in the field." Bob is recognized in the 2023 edition of e Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading lawyer in Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law. Bob has acted in leading roles in the restructurings of JTI-Macdonald Corp., Just Energy Group Inc., Carillion Group in Canada, Performance Sports Group Ltd., Stelco Inc., Pacific Exploration, GuestLogix Inc., Coopers & Lybrand, Mobilicity, Hollinger, AbitibiBowater, Fraser Papers, Calpine, Air Canada, and the reorganization of BCE. Bob is the President of the Insolvency Institute of Canada and a Fellow of both the American College of Bankruptcy and the Insolvency Institute of Canada. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1984. Smith, Douglas O. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6015 dsmith@blg.com Partner in the Disputes Group of BLG's Toronto office. Civil litigation practice includes governmental and police liability, banking insurance litigation, product liability, administrative and regulatory law, and health law. Commercial litigation practice covers contract disputes, commercial insolvency, priority disputes, and general bankruptcy and insolvency matters. Has acted as counsel at more than 25 trials before the Superior Court of Justice and Federal Court of Canada on issues such as police liability, products liability, and Crown liability. Also has extensive experience before appellate courts, including the Ontario Court of Appeal, Ontario Divisional Court, and Federal Court of Appeal. Recognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada (Insurance Law; Personal Injury Law). Education: BSc (McMaster University); LLB (Queen's University). Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1995. 76 www.lexpert.ca