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www.lexpert.ca 35 Boyle, Kate Wagners - A Serious Injury Law Firm > (902) 425-7330 kboyle@wagners.co Kate Boyle is a partner at Wagners and plays a leadership role in the firm's national class actions practice. She represents plaintiffs in complex litigation involving institutional abuse, sexual misconduct, privacy breaches, contaminated medical products, environmental harm, and systemic negligence in long-term care. Kate is one of the primary lawyers at Wagners working on the Tobacco CCAA restructuring, under the firm's court appointment as Representative Counsel for Canadians harmed by tobacco. That multibillion-dollar resolution provides direct compensation for victims of tobacco-related disease and establishes a $1 billion fund to improve health outcomes. Her recent work includes national class action settlements for individuals affected by sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, patients injured by Wright Profemur hip implants, and former students of Deaf and Hard of Hearing residential schools (settlement approval pending). She also acts in certified and proposed class actions, including Northwood LTC COVID-19 deaths, the Air Canada Flight 624 crash, RCMP Operational Stress Injuries, and a privacy breach at Nova Scotia Health. Kate has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, and courts across multiple provinces. LAWYER TO WATCH IN MEMORIAM Brock, Brian J.E., KC Dutton Brock LLP It is with sadness that we announce the passing of our dear friend and founding partner, Brian J.E. Brock, KC. Brian Brock was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1969, appointed King's Counsel in 1981 and received a Specialist in Civil Lit- igation. Brian was a valiant leader of lawyers, dedicating himself to the practice and education in the areas of Commer- cial Insurance, Products Liability, Class Actions, Professional Liability and Personal Injury. Brian taught at Osgoode Hall Law School, University of Toronto and the Law Society of Upper Canada. He was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. He served as President of the Toronto/County of York Law Association, the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto, as a Director of The Advocates' Society and Editor of The Advocates' Society Journal. He served on the Regional Senior Justices Bench and Bar Committee. He was a permanent member of Canadian Defence Lawyers, DRI – Lawyers Representing Business, and the Canadian Bar Association. Brian was instrumental in Dutton Brock LLP becoming a premier insurance defence firm in Canada. His legacy will live on with family, friends and colleagues within the legal community that he devoted his life to. Thank you, Brian, you will be missed. Brush, Robert J. Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP > (416) 217-0822 rbrush@cmblaw.ca Robert Brush is one of Canada's leading securities and corporate commercial litigation lawyers. Robert is ranked by Lexpert as one of the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and is featured in the Lexpert Special Edition on Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers. In 2020, he was named Securities Litigator of the Year by Benchmark Litigation. He is also recognized as a leader in the fields of securities litigation and commercial litigation by Chambers and as a leading securities and corporate commercial litigator by The Best Lawyers in Canada. Robert regularly represents public companies, investment dealers, officers, directors, shareholders, investment advisors, and investors in the myriad disputes that can arise in the capital markets. His litigation practice includes disputes arising out of mergers & acquisitions, class actions, proceedings before securities regulators, directors' and officers' liability claims, shareholder and corporate governance disputes, oppression remedy matters, takeover bid litigation, negligence claims against investment advisors and dealers, cyber-fraud investigations and claims in the financial sector, breach of contract suits, business tort claims, professional negligence suits, and wrongful dismissal claims involving the financial sector. Bucholz, Ren Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP > (416) 646-6303 ren.bucholz@paliareroland.com Ren Bucholz's trial and appellate practice spans complex disputes that often involve intellectual property, defamation, new technologies, and competition law. He regularly acts in cross-border disputes involving public and private companies, and his broad advocacy experience includes dozens of trials, appeals, international and domestic arbitrations, coroner's inquests, administrative tribunal hearings, and internal investigations. Ren prosecutes and defends class actions. He spent several years representing a non-governmental organization at a specialized agency of the United Nations based in Geneva, and served as a Google Policy Fellow while completing graduate work on competition law, technology standards and intellectual property. In 2018, Ren was recognized with a Precedent Setter Award by Precedent Magazine and in 2020, he was recognized by Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40. His legal expertise is consistently recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada and Benchmark Litigation. Boyd, Keegan Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6444 keeganboyd@blg.com Keegan Boyd is a partner in the Health Law Group at BLG. Keegan defends hospitals, healthcare organizations and professionals against allegations of professional misconduct and negligence in both civil and regulatory contexts. He also represents corporate and individual clients in a broad range of commercial disputes, including contract disputes, product liability claims, mass torts, and class actions. Keegan regularly advises clients on matters related to medical devices and technology, incident management, adverse events, physician credentialing, privacy, and risk management. Keegan has acted as lead counsel at all levels of court in Ontario, and has represented clients before other courts, administrative bodies and tribunals, including the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the College of Nurses of Ontario, the Licence Appeal Tribunal, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, and the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench. Keegan was formerly an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Law at Queen's University, teaching the Trial Advocacy course. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers