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Partner. Chair of fi rm's Ontario Litigation group, Co-chair of the fi rm's Class Actions
group. Experienced commercial litigator. Extensive experience in class actions in compe-
tition, securities, product liability, mass torts and employment law, including in respect of
Part XXX.1 securities and common law claims, numerous cartel cases (including LCD,
DRAM, SRAM, ODD, air cargo, packaged ice, vitamins and rubber chemicals) and
claims related to environmental contamination, medical devices and insurance. Repre-
sents clients in complex multi-jurisdictional proceedings and complex commercial dis-
putes. Experienced in complex alternate dispute resolution processes. Recognized by e
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2014 for Class Actions. Named a local litigation star
in Ontario and for arbitration and class actions in Canada by Benchmark Canada 2014.
Recipient of the Lexpert® Zenith Award 2013. Named in the Top 25 Women Litigators
in Canada by Benchmark Canada 2014. Taught class actions course at Queen's Univer-
sity Faculty of Law.
Recognized as one of Canada's leading trial, arbitration and appellate counsel with over
100 complex trials, applications and arbitrations, 80 administrative tribunal hearings, and
60 appeals, including the Canadian Provincial and Federal Courts of Appeal and the Su-
preme Court of Canada, in class-action defense, corporate, commercial, securities, injunc-
tions, corporate governance, constitutional, product liability, mining, competition, energy
and arbitration. Class actions include Bre-X for Nesbitt Burns, Boston Scientifi c, VIA
Rail, Air Canada, UPS and e Dominion. Public inquiries include United Nations Oil
for Food and Gomery Inquiry. Former: President of the Federation of Law Societies of
Canada, Chair of Fasken Martineau, Adjunct Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall and the
University of Toronto, President of the Empire Club, and a Director of the CBC. A fre-
quent lecturer and author. Recognized in Chambers Global, Who's Who Legal, e Best
Lawyers in Canada, Euromoney and several Lexpert® publications. Called to the Bar in
Ontario and Northwest Territories in 1974.
Partner. Recognized nationally as a leading trial and appellate counsel, Tom Curry has a
long record of high-profi le success in commercial litigation, class actions, arbitrations,
business disputes, administrative law, judicial review, intellectual property and profession-
al 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 liabil-
ity under criminal and regulatory law.
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, e Best Lawyers in Canada and e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Direc-
tory, as well as e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Can-
ada. Among other published works, Eizenga is co-author of Class Actions Law and Prac-
tice. 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 Associa-
tion, the Canadian Bar Association, e Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian
Institute and e Advocates' Society. He currently sits on the Board of the Toronto Re-
habilitation Foundation.
Laura F.
Cooper
Fasken
Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
Tel: (416) 865-5471
Fax: (416) 364-7813
Toronto
John A.
Campion
Fasken
Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
Tel: (416) 865-4357
Fax: (416) 364-7813
Toronto
Tom Curry
Lenczner Slaght
Royce Smith
Griffi n LLP
Tel: (416) 865-3096
Fax: (416) 865-9010
Toronto
Michael A.
Eizenga
Bennett
Jones LLP
Tel: (416) 777-4879
Fax: (416) 863-1716
Toronto
lcooper@fasken.com
jcampion@fasken.com
tcurry@litigate.com
eizengam@bennettjones.com
