The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.
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LITIGATION LAWYERS TO WATCH Dominique T. Hussey Bennett Jones LLP Tel: (416) 777-6230 Fax: (416) 863-1716 Toronto husseyd@bennettjones.com IP Litigation Practice Group leader. Litigates primarily in the areas of pharma, oil and gas, telecom and biotech. Litigates, negotiates and structures settlements of all types of IP disputes. Involved in complex pharma international arbitration. Counsels on regulatory, trade-mark, copyright and patent matters including on transactions. Works on consumer and retail product, pharmaceutical and biotechnology clearance. Practiced in New York, litigating and counseling on pharmaceutical and consumer products matters in the areas of patents, trade secrets and false advertising. Frequent speaker on patent and advocacy law issues. Admitted to the US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Ranked: World's Leading 1000 Patent Professionals (IAM Patent 1000 (2012,2013)); World's Leading 1000 Trademark Professionals (WTR 1000 (2013)); World's Leading 250 Life Sciences Patent Litigators (IAM Life Sciences (2010, 2011)); Named one of Lexpert® 's "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40" in 2012. Future litigation star in Ontario (Benchmark Canada (2012, 2013)). Monique Jilesen Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Tel: (416) 865-2926 Fax: (416) 865-2851 Toronto mjilesen@litigate.com James Kondopulos Roper Greyell LLP Tel: 604.806.0922 Fax: 604.806.0933 Vancouver jKondopulos@ropergreyell.com Daphne C. Lainson Smart & Biggar/ Fetherstonhaugh Tel: (613) 232-2486 Ext.433 Fax: (613) 232-8440 Ottawa dclainson@smart-biggar.ca 140 | LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca Partner. In her extensive litigation practice, Monique Jilesen acts as lead counsel in highly complex proceedings from inception through to trial. Her areas of specialty include contract and shareholder disputes, civil fraud, pension issues, bankruptcy and insolvency matters, securities and derivatives cases, and professional liability. She also has deep experience in the emerging area of e-discovery. Jilesen is on the Gale Cup Moot Committee, which oversees one of Canada's most prestigious law school competitions. She also teaches in the Intensive Trial Advocacy program at Osgoode Hall Law School and in continuing legal education programs sponsored by The Advocates' Society. James Kondopulos is a partner (practicing through a law corporation) with the Vancouver-based employment and labor law boutique of Roper Greyell LLP. He acts for and provides legal advice to employers in employment, labor relations and human rights matters. He also provides representation to employers and employees in wrongful dismissal actions, and investigates and reports on allegations of workplace harassment, bullying and code of conduct violations. James has appeared before all levels of court and a wide range of employment-related administrative tribunals in British Columbia. He is the Chair of the Canadian Bar Association's British Columbia Branch - Employment Law Section. He is also an Executive Member of the Canadian Bar Association's National Labour and Employment Law Section. James has on a number of occasions been a guest speaker for the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia and the BC Human Resources Management Association (BC HRMA). He regularly writes for BC HRMA's HRVoice magazine and is an editor for the Canadian Bar Association's Labour and Employment Law Perspective newsletter. In 2011, James was a national finalist in Lexpert's Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 competition. Has specialized in securing patent protection for chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology related inventions for over a decade. Advises clients on pharmaceutical regulatory law, including providing strategic advice during patent prosecution and following patent grant for both pharmaceuticals and biologics. Has been called upon to advise innovative pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in matters relating to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations and the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board. Named by Lexpert® as one of Canada's 2012 "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40" and awarded Ottawa Businesswoman of the Year 2011 in the professional category by the Women's Business Network of Ottawa. Fellow of IPIC. Member of CBA (Patent Committee); AIPLA (Chair of the Mentoring Committee, past Chair of the Women in Intellectual Property Law Committee); Chemical Institute of Canada, Canadian Society for Chemistry; and the Women's Business Network of Ottawa. B.Sc. Hons. (Chemistry); M.Sc. (Chemistry); LLB. Called to the Ontario Bar in 2001.