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CLASS ACTION Won J. Kim Kim Orr Barristers P.C. Tel: (416) 349-6570 Fax: (416) 598-0601 Toronto wjk@kimorr.ca Jessica A. Kimmel Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-4219 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto jkimmel@goodmans.ca Eliot N. Kolers Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5637 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto ekolers@stikeman.com Adrian C. Lang Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5653 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto alang@stikeman.com 60 | LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca Won J. Kim is the founding principal of Kim Orr Barristers. Certified by The Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Civil Litigation, Kim acts as lead counsel on significant multi-jurisdictional matters in the primary areas of securities, pharmaceutical and medical devices, complex commercial litigation and insurance law. Kim is a frequent speaker and lecturer in Canada and the US on class actions and litigationrelated matters. Since 1994 he has been the editor of Canadian Cases on the Law of Insurance and, in 2011, launched the Kim Orr Class Action Monitor with Thomson Reuters, which provides updates on material developments in the Canadian class-action practice. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1992, Kim is the founding director of the Korean Canadian Lawyers Association. Partner. Significant experience in corporate commercial and securities litigation, shareholder remedies, professional negligence, and product liability. Has worked on significant restructuring matters and major securities, competition and product liability class actions and appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and in the SCC. Has also acted for significant participants in public and private takeover/oppression litigation and in matters before the Ontario and British Columbia Securities Commissions. In addition to The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory recognitions, also named a leading lawyer by the Lexpert® Special Edition: Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers, by Chambers and PLC Which Lawyer? for dispute resolution and by The Best Lawyers in Canada for class action, corporate commercial and securities litigation. Ranked by Benchmark Canada as a "litigation star" for class actions, commercial litigation and securities. Founding chair of Goodmans' professional standards and conflicts committee. Past President of the Toronto Lawyers' Association. Partner in the firm's Litigation Group in Toronto. Practice concentrates on complex corporate commercial litigation, competition litigation, securities litigation and insurance litigation, frequently involving cross-border disputes. Involved in numerous class actions, particularly price-fi xing class actions and related criminal matters. Has handled numerous complex commercial and civil litigation matters, including injunctions and regulatory proceedings. Extensive experience on litigation matters involving Canadian corporations legislation including the oppression remedy and litigation related to proxy contests, corporate governance and take-over bids, numerous competition cases before the courts and Canadian Competition Tribunal, and several financial sector cases. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global's Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business, and one of Lexpert® 's 2009 Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40. Vice-Chair of the Private Actions Committee of the CBA's Competition Law Section and member of The Advocates' Society (Ontario). Adrian C. Lang is a partner with the Litigation Group in the Toronto office of Stikeman Elliott. Her practice concentrates on corporate commercial litigation, securities litigation and class-action litigation. She is also recognized by The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (for litigation class actions, securities litigation, corporate commercial litigation and directors and officers litigation), Benchmark Canada, and The Best Lawyers in Canada. She was named one of Lexpert® 's "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40" in 2008. She sits on the Advisory Board of Class Action Defence Quarterly and is a past board member of The Advocates' Society. She has been an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School teaching class actions, and a guest lecturer at Osgoode's Intensive Trial Advocacy Course. She is the current chair of the Board of Canadian Stage. She has spoken at various conferences on numerous topics, including on securities litigation, commercial litigation and class action litigation.