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Tom Curry
Lenczner Slaght
Royce Smith
Griffin LLP
Tel: (416) 865-3096
Fax: (416) 865-9010
Toronto
tcurry@litigate.com
Alan L.W. D'Silva
Stikeman
Elliott LLP
Tel: (416) 869-5204
Fax: (416) 947-0866
Toronto
adsilva@stikeman.com
Partner. Recognized nationally as a leading trial and appellate counsel, Tom Curry has
a long record of high-profile success in commercial litigation, class actions, arbitrations,
business disputes, administrative law, judicial review, intellectual property and professional liability cases. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, he is a regular
speaker on a wide variety of subjects relating to trial practice and substantive law. Curry
is also a contributing editor of Corporate Liability, a journal devoted to examining issues
of liability under criminal and regulatory law.
Senior partner in the Toronto office's Litigation Group. Recognized by Canadian
Lawyer in 2013 as one of the 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada. Diverse commercial litigation practice with extensive trial and appeal experience before all levels of
courts in Ontario, the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Practice emphasizes defense of class actions, corporate/commercial disputes, securities,
shareholder/oppression cases, insurance, auditors' negligence, professional negligence
and directors' & officers' liability. Frequently acts in significant public policy and constitutional matters. Numerous recognitions, including The Best Lawyers in Canada, The
Canadian Legal Lexpert ® Directory, the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers,
and Corporate INTL's "50 Best Lawyers in Canada." Frequent speaker and author of
more than 50 legal articles and co-author of two legal texts. Adjunct Professor, Faculty
of Law, University of Western Ontario and University of Toronto, and Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa.
James D.G.
Douglas
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: (416) 367-6029
Fax: (416) 361-2747
Toronto
jdouglas@blg.com
Partner and Chair of BLG's Securities Litigation Group. Extensive experience in securities litigation, including shareholder disputes, mergers & acquisitions litigation, broker
liability suits, regulatory proceedings and prosecutions. Appears regularly as counsel
before all levels of courts, the Ontario Securities Commission and other securities industry regulatory bodies. Former senior investigation counsel with the Ontario Securities
Commission. Frequent writer and speaker on topics relating to securities litigation and
regulation, shareholders' rights and broker liability. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1981.
Michael A.
Eizenga
Bennett Jones LLP
Tel: (416) 863-1200
Fax: (416) 863-1716
Toronto
eizengam@bennettjones.com
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Michael Eizenga is Chair of Bennett Jones' Class Actions Practice. A fellow of the
ACTL, Eizenga is one of Canada's leading class-action litigators and is recognized in
Chambers Global, The Best Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert ® Directory, as well as The Lexpert ®/American Lawyer Guide to Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.
Among other published works, Eizenga is co-author of Class Actions Law and Practice.
Eizenga is Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, teaching
Class Actions. He has presented to organizations such as the International Bar Association, the Canadian Bar Association, The Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian
Institute and The Advocates' Society. He currently sits on the Board of the Toronto
Rehabilitation Foundation.
