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66 www.lexpert.ca Hasan, Nader R. Stockwoods LLP > (416) 593-1668 naderh@stockwoods.ca Nader Hasan practises criminal, regulatory, and constitutional law at the trial and appellate levels. He defends clients accused of all forms of criminal misconduct, including white collar crime, drug offences, homicide, sexual offences, and professional misconduct. He has experience in digital privacy law and search and seizure issues, and has appeared in many of the leading cases in these areas. He has appeared in more than 20 cases at the Supreme Court of Canada. He is a veteran adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where he lectures on criminal and constitutional law. He is a co-author of Search & Seizure (Emond Publishing, 2021); Sentencing, 9th edition (LexisNe- xis, 2017); and Digital Privacy: Criminal, Civil and Regulatory Litigation (LexisNexis, 2018). He is a graduate of Harvard University (BA), the University of Cambridge (MPhil), and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (JD), and a former law clerk to former Justice Marshall Rothstein of the Supreme Court of Canada. He is called to the bars in Ontario and New York. Heinsen, Patrick, KC Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (403) 232-9794 pheinsen@blg.com Patrick Heinsen is BLG's regional group manager of Specialized Litigation (Labour & Employment, Health and Insurance practices). He has been practising for 20 years, primarily in the area of complex insurance defence, and has recently been appointed as an adjudicator of Law Society of Alberta complaint hearings. Heinsen's practice spans a broad range of insurance areas with his primary focus on defending professionals. These include claims advanced against architects, engineers, project consultants and locating/surveying professionals. Heinsen has successfully defended manufacturers and distributors respecting product liability claims, insurers, insurance brokers, MGAs, real estate agents, and commercial hosts for many years. He acts for insurers respecting subrogated claims. He has acted for owners, general contractors and subcontractors in uninsured construction disputes, and for a variety of parties in shareholder disputes, estate litigation and intellectual property matters. He has provided coverage opinions for a number of insurers on a variety of policies, including CGL, D&O and EPL, and has assisted insurers in the develop- ment of their Canadian policy wordings. Hall, Geoff R. McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (416) 601-7856 ghall@mccarthy.ca Geoff is a partner in the firm's Litigation Group in the firm's Toronto office. As a leading litigator on corporate and commercial matters, Geoff represents a broad spectrum of organizations in contract disputes; shareholder disputes; banking disputes; tax disputes; administrative law litigation; constitutional litigation; Indigenous law disputes; and insolvency and bankruptcy cases. Highly effective and equally at ease as trial and appellate counsel, he consistently provides high-quality, strategic advice to clients and successfully resolves precedent-setting cases before all levels of Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and in domestic and international arbitrations. Halladay, Casey W. McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (416) 601-4348 challaday@mccarthy.ca Casey is one of Canada's leading competition lawyers, with a practice covering merger control, cartel defence, and antitrust litigation. He brings an analytical approach to competition law issues that is unique in the Canadian profession, having practiced with leading firms in Toronto, Washington and London. He has been named one of the world's top 40 competition lawyers under 40 (Global Competition Review, 2012), one of the top 40 lawyers in Canada under 40 (Lexpert, 2012), and is a two-time Finalist for GCR's worldwide "Lawyer of the Year - Under 40" Award (2014, 2013). His Harvard Law School LLM thesis on competitor collaborations under the Sherman Act was a selected runner-up in the international Swope Antitrust Writing Competition. Casey is admitted to practice in Ontario, New York, and England & Wales. He is a longtime member of the Leadership of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, including serving as a member of the section's governing Council. IN MEMORIAM Hamilton, Sheldon Smart & Biggar We are saddened to announce the passing of Sheldon Hamilton in August 2025, and we wish to honour his remarkable career and contributions to the IP community. Sheldon was a principal in Smart & Biggar's Toronto office. For close to 30 years, he was recognized as one of Canada's leading patent litigation lawyers. He acted as counsel for many of the world's most innovative companies, protecting their commercially valuable IP assets. He was praised by clients for his expertise in pharmaceutical litigation, appearing as both trial and appellate counsel. Sheldon was a brilliant advocate, known as a true gentleman in the profession. He will be greatly missed. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers