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IN-HOUSE AWARDS
Judged on the quantity, quality, importance, and innovativeness of legal work performed during calendar year 2024
CASE AWARD
Judged on a single case's size and complexity and the extent to which it set new standards of excellence in the delivery of
legal services by the team
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION TEAM OF THE YEAR
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
� Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Field LLP; Glaholt
Bowles LLP – Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction
Ltd v. Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Ltd, 2024 ABCA 74
� Borden Ladner Gervais; Stikeman Elliott LLP;
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP; Woods LLP;
Dentons Canada LLP – Republic of India v. CCDM
Holdings, 2024 QCCA 1620
� Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP; Orr Taylor
LLP; Stikeman Elliott LLP; WeirFoulds LLP;
McCarthy Tétrault LLP – Lilleyman v. Bumble Bee
Foods LLC, 2024 ONCA 606
� Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP; Gardiner
Roberts; Cambridge LLP; Scher Law; Supreme
Advocacy LLP; Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP – Rina
Del Giudice and Daniel Wood v. Paige Thompson, et al.,
2024 CanLII 88330 (SCC)
� Lenczner Slaght; O'Donnell, Robertson & Partners;
Stikeman Elliott LLP; Thomson Blackburn Lane Lefebvre
LLP; Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP; Clyde & Co
LLP; Blaney McMurtry LLP; Theall Group LLP – Loblaw
Companies Limited v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance
Company of Canada, 2024 ONCA 145
� Torys LLP; Law Office of Terry Corsianos; Cassels Brock
& Blackwell LLP; Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP;
Ministry of the Attorney General – Crown Law Office;
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP – Aquino v. Bondfield
Construction Co., 2024 SCC 31
THE LAWSON LUNDELL LLP AWARD FOR
LAW DEPARTMENT LEADER
OF THE YEAR
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY
Lawson Lundell is a full-
service business law firm
in Western and Northern
Canada known for its
practical and strategic
approach to legal and
business problems. The
Firm has more than 200
lawyers located in offices
in Vancouver, Calgary,
Yellowknife, and Kelowna.
www.lawsonlundell.com
THE DYE & DURHAM AWARD FOR
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE
LEGAL PROFESSION — IN-HOUSE
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY
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Our software helps law firms do more with less effort, get paid faster,
and make better decisions with confidence. From intake to invoice,
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This award recognizes and celebrates a leader with a minimum
of 30 years of experience who has contributed significantly to
advancing Canada's legal profession or justice system
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
� Cheryl Graden, TMX Group
� Corey MacKinnon, Cooke Inc.
� Gaurav Manhas, OpenRoad Group
� Heather Mullen, Kenvue Canada Inc.
� Hina Latif, Mercedes, Benz Canada
and Mercedes-Benz Financial Services
Canada Corporation (together, "MBCan")
� Lorne O'Reilly, Dow Canada
� Patricia Caza, The Regional
Municipality of Peel
� Sarah Jacklin, Stryker Canada