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58 www.lexpert.ca Dupont, Jean-Sébastien Smart & Biggar > (514) 954-3547 jsdupont@smartbiggar.ca As an accomplished IP litigator and leader of the firm's litigation group, Jean-Sébastien is committed to providing legal solutions and achieving results that fit with clients' short- and long-term business plans. Clients rely on him to present potential options and to provide decisive guidance on the best course of action. Never one to compromise on quality, he is diligent in preparing and advocating for clients in court, while anticipating issues and challenges that may arise from the opposing side. Focusing on intellectual property litigation in the areas of patents, copyright and trademarks, Jean-Sébastien is involved in all aspects of litigation from preparing and initiating new court proceedings to bringing complex cases to trial. His practice includes finding and working with technical and financial experts; preparing and arguing various motions; as well as preparing and presenting evidence, witnesses, and submissions at trial before the Federal Court and Superior Court of Quebec. Jean-Sébastien also has significant experience in the conduct of appeals before the Federal Court of Appeal and Court of Appeal of Quebec. Duquette, Pierre Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (418) 640-5173 pierre.duquette@nortonrosefulbright.com Pierre Duquette has many years of experience with complex litigation matters. He represents clients involved in civil and commercial litigation. He also represents clients dealing with judicial reviews involving public bodies. He frequently acts in matters involving provisional, interlocutory, and permanent injunctions. He also regularly deals with matters relating to civil liability, environmental issues, restrictive covenants, defamation, and professional liability. On top of his regular commercial litigation practice, he recently has represented with success municipalities in an action against the Communauté Métropolitaine de Québec to invalidate some restrictive regulations based on the lack of scientific background to said regulations. He also has represented the City of L'Isle Verte during public inquiry into a deadly fire involving the work performed by the firefighters of the municipality. Duquette represents clients before all the courts of Quebec, including the Court of Quebec, the Superior Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as certain administrative tribunals. He is particularly knowledgeable about all aspects of civil procedure. He taught for several years at the Quebec Bar School and gives lectures for the Quebec bar. Drymer, Stephen L. Woods LLP > (514) 370-8745 sdrymer@woods.qc.ca Stephen L. Drymer is a partner and head of international arbitration at Woods LLP. His practice is focused on domestic and international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. He acts as counsel, as well as arbitrator and mediator, in domestic and international commercial and investment disputes, and advises parties on a broad range of issues associated with the design, negotiation, drafting, and implementation of dispute resolution agreements and strategies. Educated and trained in both common law and civil law, he has acted in disputes in a wide array of industries, involving the laws of many jurisdictions, in both institutional and ad hoc proceedings. He is also very active as counsel and arbitrator in the resolution of sport-related disputes in Canada and internationally. A member of various institutional rosters of arbitrators and mediators, he is recognized as one of the world's leading international lawyers and arbitrators. Dunn, Kaylea M., KC McKercher LLP > (306) 664-1279 k.dunn@mckercher.ca Kaylea is a litigation partner in the McKercher LLP Saskatoon office. Her practice focuses on defending actions involving personal injury, property damage and professional liability, providing policy coverage opinions and advancing subrogated claims for insurers. These actions often involve interpretation of complex commercial agreements. Kaylea has also developed considerable expertise in privacy and access to information law. She has worked with local authorities, government institutions, health service providers, non-profit entities, financial institutions, and private sector businesses. For years Kaylea maintained a general insurance broker's license and membership in the Insurance Brokers' Association of Saskatchewan (IBAS). She has prepared various papers and presentations for the CBA, Risk Management Counsel of Canada, Saskatchewan Association of Insurance Adjusters, IBAS and the Canadian Insurance Claims Managers' Association. Kaylea presently serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Bar Insurance Association / Lawyers Financial. Kaylea was called to the bar in 2002 and received her King's Counsel appointment in 2021. Donaldson, Michael J., KC Lawson Lundell LLP > (403) 218-7535 mdonaldson@lawsonlundell.com Mike has practised energy, commercial, and securities litigation and commercial arbitration in Calgary for over 25 years. He has extensive experience with claims in Alberta's electricity, petrochemical, and oil & gas industries. Mike has appeared as counsel before all Alberta courts, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada, and the Alberta and BC Securities Commissions, as well as in dozens of private commercial arbitrations. Mike took a sabbatical from his law practice in 2016–2017 and attended Columbia University, where he earned a Master of Laws degree, was awarded the designation of James Kent Scholar, and published several law review articles. In addition to maintaining a busy practice, Mike has taught effective writing, legal drafting, and written advocacy courses to lawyers and business people in law firms, industry, government, and regulatory bodies. Mike is recognized by Chambers Canada for his commercial litigation work; by The Best Lawyers in Canada for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate Practice, and Corporate and Commercial Litigation; and by Benchmark Litigation as a Litigation Star. He is called to the Alberta bar (1996). Mike is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers