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CLASS ACTION Joel P. Rochon Rochon Genova LLP Tel: (416) 363-1867 Ext. 222 Fax: (416) 363-0263 Toronto jrochon@rochongenova.com Sylvie Rodrigue Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-8105 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto srodrigue@torys.com Linda R. Rothstein, LSM Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Tel: (416) 646-4327 Fax: (416) 646-4301 Toronto linda.rothstein@paliareroland.com Joel Rochon is a partner at Rochon Genova LLP and heads the firm's class-action practice with emphasis on product liability, securities, transportation law and consumer goods class action litigation. Rochon's achievements of note include the certification and settlement of the Wilson v. Servier Canada diet drugs litigation (the first defective drug case to be certified in Canada). Rochon is or has been lead or co-lead counsel on a number of significant class actions, including the $1.2-billion resolution of Nortel securities litigation, Maple Leaf Foods tainted meat settlement, the landmark Toyota unintended acceleration litigation and ongoing class-action litigation involving CIBC, SNC Lavalin, and market timing in mutual funds. Rochon was educated at the University of Western Ontario, McGill University, and graduated from the Université de Moncton, Faculty of Law (in French) in 1986. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1988. Partner at the Montréal and Toronto offices of Torys LLP. Chair of the Canadian Bar Association Task Force on National Class Actions. Founder and past Chair of the class actions section of the Ontario Bar Association. Co-Chair of the international class actions subcommittee of the class actions and derivative suits committee of the American Bar Association. Co-chair of the Class Action/Collective Redress Group of the International Bar Association. Practices primarily in commercial and civil litigation with significant experience in class actions. Involved in major Canadian class-action litigations relating to product liability (including drug and medical devices), securities, anti-trust, employment and consumer complaints cases. Appears before all trial courts and appeal courts of Canada. A regular guest speaker and has published numerous articles on class-action litigation. Consistently recognized as a leading class-action lawyer in Canada by various organizations. Managing partner of the Montréal office. Practices in both Toronto and Montréal. Québec Bar (1993), Ontario Bar (2008). Managing partner of Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein, a 34-lawyer litigation boutique. Practices in the areas of civil and administrative litigation with particular expertise in class actions, commercial litigation, professional liability and misconduct, public law, employment and human rights, judicial review and appeals. Commission counsel to the Goudge Inquiry (2007–2008); lead counsel to the City of Toronto in the Computer Leasing Inquiry (2002–2005). Toronto Regional Bencher of The Law Society of Upper Canada. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow and Board Member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America. Past President (2005–2006) of The Advocates' Society (Ontario). Co-author of Lawyers' Professional Liability 3rd ed. (LexisNexis Canada, 2013) and "Professional Liability" (ch. 9) in D. Lundy, G. MacKenzie and M. Newbury, Barristers & Solicitors in Practice, (Butterworths, 1998). Recipient of the prestigious Law Society Medal and the "Award of Distinction" from the Toronto Lawyers' Association and the 2013 Lexpert® Zenith award. Ronald G. Slaght, QC Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Tel: (416) 865-2929 Fax: (416) 865-2862 Toronto rslaght@litigate.com Founding partner. Extraordinary negotiating abilities, superb advocacy and sophisticated business acumen ensure Ronald Slaght's continued leadership among Canadian litigators. In addition to a formidable reputation in commercial and securities litigation, he has built an eclectic practice based on his vast experience in administrative law, real property, intellectual property and class actions. The former head of the trial practice program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Slaght has received the highest honors from leading lawyers' organizations for his contributions to the profession — and particularly for his efforts to encourage civility in litigation. LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 63