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Adair, Geoffrey D.E., KC Adair Litigation > (416) 476-8195 gadair@adairlitigation.com Geoff is one of Canada's leading trial and appellate lawyers. His experience is unparalleled, having tried over 250 cases and argued over 100 appeals. Geoff 's courtroom experience includes acting as lead counsel in lawsuits ranging from the most sophisticated commercial litigation matters to major tort cases, contentious insurance claims, income tax appeals, and murder trials. For his excellence in litigation, Geoff has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and appointed King's Counsel, amongst myriad other recognitions from his peers and leading legal publications. His practice currently centers on commercial litigation as well as professional and product liability claims for plaintiffs and defendants alike. He also focuses on substantial insurance coverage disputes and directors' and officers' liability cases, representing both insurers and insured parties. Geoff also handles significant tort litigation, encompassing defamation suits, bad faith claims, wrongful death actions, and substantial personal injury matters. Geoff is the author of On Trial, Advocacy Skills Law and Practice, a leading text on trial advocacy frequently cited by courts and relied on by litigators throughout Canada. He is also a contributing editor of Ontario Courtroom Procedure. Adair, John Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP > (416) 573-1779 jadair@agbllp.com John's practice is focused on commercial litigation with an emphasis on partnership, contractual, and estates disputes. John also regularly represents clients in directors' and officers' liability claims, enforcement of foreign judgments, and professional liability matters. John has a robust appellate practice, having appeared at the Court of Appeal for Ontario on over 40 appeals and before the Supreme Court of Canada on multiple occasions. For his excellence in litigation, John is consistently recognized as a leading litigator by his peers and leading publications. John is regularly invited to speak at conferences and conduct advocacy demonstrations. He has authored of numerous articles related to litigation issues, for which he has won awards. John is a former co-chair of The Advocates' Society Commercial Litigation Practice Group. John is an engaged alumnus of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where he is invested in developing and supporting new lawyers. He has served as an instructor of Trial Advocacy, mentored students through the Alumni-Student Mentorship Program, and is presently an Adjunct Professor of Access to Justice and the Legal Process. Afarian, Hovsep Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP > (416) 956-5093 hafarian@lolg.ca With more than 20 years of experience, Hovsep has litigated some of the biggest insurance claims in Canada involving crime bonds, errors and omissions policies, directors and officers policies, commercial general liability policies, property policies, life insurance policies, marine policies, and environmental liability policies. He has unrivalled expertise in cyber insurance claims and has acted on some of the largest and most significant insurance claims in Canadian history. Hovsep is an expert in every area of an insurance claim: vetting the language of the policy before inception, drafting notices to insurers, strategically preparing complex proofs of loss, providing strategic coverage advice in response to coverage denials, strategizing the optimal settlement and, when necessary, tenaciously litigating claims. He has appeared before all levels of Court across Canada as policyholder counsel. Agarwal, Rahool Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP > (416) 645-1787 ragarwal@lolg.ca Rahool acts for both plaintiffs and defendants on complex commercial and civil litigation. His experience includes class actions, contractual disputes, franchise litigation, shareholder disputes, contested corporate transactions, directors' and officers' liability, commercial arbitrations, and complex fraud cases. He has acted in a broad range of constitutional and public law matters, including cases involving the constitutionality of a safe injection site, the application of state immunity to claims of torture, and the discretion of physicians to unilaterally withdraw life support. He also focuses a significant portion of his practice to litigation involving Indigenous peoples. He has appeared in trial and appellate courts in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Quebec, and has appeared as counsel in six cases in the Supreme Court of Canada. He also regularly appears before the Toronto Commercial List. Rahool is an active member of the South Asian Bar Association and The Advocates' Society. He is a regular speaker at professional development programs related to substantive law, legal ethics & practice, and equity, diversity, and inclusion. Ahmed, Owais McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (604) 643-5964 oahmed@mccarthy.ca Owais is a partner with McCarthy Tétrault principally practicing in the areas of commercial and securities litigation. Owais has successfully represented clients in securities litigation and commercial litigation disputes including civil matters involving shareholders, claims against directors and officers, and securities class actions, and regulatory matters involving the British Columbia Securities Commission, Ontario Securities Commission, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, and the TSX and CSE. www.lexpert.ca 23 Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers