leading lawyers 40 and under
Thank you to our esteemed judges for lending their time and expertise to help recognize and celebrate
excellence in the legal profession.
2025 JUDGES
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GASSIM BANGOURA
Senior Director, Legal Affairs and Assistant
Corporate Secretary, Birks Group Inc.
and Past President
CABL-Quebec
SARBJIT BASRA
Managing Partner
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
JOSIANNE BEAUDRY
Partner – Leader,
Business Law Group
Lavery
STEPHEN BENEY
Principal
Smart & Biggar
JENNIFER BIERNASKIE
Partner
McLennan Ross LLP
BRUCE CHAPPLE
CEO & Managing Partner
McMillan LLP
CHRISTINE CHEN
General Counsel
University Pension Plan Ontario
JOHN CIARDULLO
Managing Partner, Toronto Office
Stikeman Elliott LLP
MATTHEW W. COCKBURN
Managing Partner
Torys LLP
JEFFREY COHEN
Managing Partner
Torkin Manes LLP
GEORGE COOPER, KC
Chief Executive Officer and Partner
Cox & Palmer
MARTIN K. DENYES
Firm Managing Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
DAVID DI PAOLO
National Managing Partner and Chief
Executive Officer
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
PAUL FRUITMAN
Partner
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP
TIM HANEY
Canada Chief Executive Officer
Dentons Canada LLP
NICK HENN
Chief Legal Officer, Loblaw Companies
Limited and Member Board of Directors
Pro Bono Ontario
COLLIN K. HIRSCHFELD, KC
Partner and Chair- Executive Committee
McKercher LLP
MICHAEL INNES
National Chair, Corporate Group
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
MONIQUE JILESEN
Managing Partner
Lenczner Slaght
SUNIL KAPUR
Chief Executive Officer,
Partner Toronto
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
KEVIN J. KILEY, KC
Managing Partner
McInnes Cooper
CYNTHIA KUEHL
Partner, Chair of Firm
Lerners LLP
DALE H. LASTMAN, C.M, O.ONT.
Chair
Goodmans LLP
JENNIFER LAU
Senior Counsel, M&A
TELUS
STEVE MCKERSIE
Chief Executive Officer
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
JOHN MERCURY
Executive Chair and Chair of the Board
Bennett Jones LLP
JAMES MURDOCH
Managing Partner
THORSTEINSSONS LLP
