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CLASS ACTION Kent E. Thomson Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 863-5566 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto kentthomson@dwpv.com Mary M. Thomson Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Tel: (416) 862-4644 Fax: (416) 862-7661 Toronto mary.thomson@gowlings.com Head of the Litigation Department of Davies in Toronto, with extensive experience in complex, "high stakes" litigation at the trial and appellate levels. Has acted as counsel in a number of leading cases in Canada in a wide range of areas, including commercial disputes, securities cases, competition law and class actions. Has recently argued successfully a number of appeals in the Supreme Court of Canada involving the law of oppression, plans of arrangement, the intersection of copyright and broadcasting law and the law of contested elections. Has also conducted complex domestic and international arbitrations in Canada, the US, Europe and Africa. Recognized repeatedly as one of Canada's leading litigation counsel, including in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Named Canada's leading competition litigator in 2013 by Benchmark. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and recipient of Martindale-Hubbell's highest ranking for legal ability and integrity. Mary M. Thomson is the head of the Advocacy Department in Gowlings' Toronto office and national leader of the firm's Product Liability practice. She is one of Canada's pre-eminent practitioners in the areas of class actions, mass tort litigation, product liability, pharma litigation, health law, consent law and privacy issues. Thomson has 30 years of experience representing clients before the courts, public inquiries, professional regulatory bodies and other administrative tribunals. Thomson routinely acts as Canadian lead and coordinating counsel in class actions and manages complex litigation across Canada through robust project management. She combines her substantial courtroom experience with an ability to supervise high functioning teams providing detailed legal analysis, delivering solid value and providing dedicated client service. Thomson works closely with clients, assisting them in defining and implementing the necessary strategic plan for their litigation. Margaret L. Waddell Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Tel: (416) 646-4329 Fax: (416) 646-4301 Toronto marg.waddell@paliareroland.com Glenn M. Zakaib Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Tel: (416) 869-5711 Fax: (416) 350-6907 Toronto gzakaib@casselsbrock.com 64 | LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca Margaret Waddell is a senior partner of Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP, and leader of its Class Action practice group. She has particular experience and expertise in this specialized field, where she acts for both plaintiffs and defendants. Waddell has appeared as counsel in a number of precedent-establishing and well-known class actions. Waddell is regularly requested to appear as a lecturer at both substantive and practical skills continuing legal education programs. Waddell is a Trustee of the Toronto Lawyers' Association, an Executive Member of the Ontario Bar Association Class Action Subgroup, a member of the Law Commission of Ontario's Advisory Committee on Class Action Reform, and is a former Director of The Advocates' Society, where she was Chair of its Subcommittee on Advocacy and Practice. Partner — Product Liability and Class Proceedings. Practice is focused on product liability (drug and medical devices, automotive and aviation products, industrial equipment, electrical equipment, home appliances), and class proceedings (product liability, life insurance, misrepresentation claims, Competition Act claims). Involved in numerous precedent-setting cases and leading class-action cases. Member of the Defence Research Institute (DRI) Product Liability Committee, Drug and Medical Device Committee, and International Committee, and is noted as a leading lawyer by The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, the PLC Life Sciences Handbook, The Best Lawyers in Canada and the Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers. Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only honorary trial lawyer society. Immediate past Chair of the DRI International Committee, Canadian Regional Director with DRI and Chair of the International SLG with the Product Liability Committee for the DRI. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1983.