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Former Chair, National Litigation Department. Practice focuses on complex litigation
and arbitrations at trial and on appeal. Recent engagements have involved class actions,
corporate governance matters, securities litigation and enforcement, fi duciary claims, con-
tested mergers & acquisitions, franchising disputes and environmental liability. Listed in
many leading legal publications, including e 2014 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to
the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and profi led as a recommended leading practitioner
in e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory for Franchising Law, Litigation – Corporate
Commercial, Litigation – Securities, Class Actions and Litigation – Directors' & Offi cers'
Liability. Frequent conference presenter and editor of Corporate Litigation, a quarterly
publication. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1983 and received law degrees from Oxford
University (1979) and the University of Toronto (1981).
Jonathan Lisus was called to the Ontario Bar in 1992. His practice focuses on complex
commercial disputes. He has a broad trial and appellate practice across the country and
regularly appears in the Supreme Court of Canada. He is an elected Fellow of the Ameri-
can College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is an
appointed member at large of the Chief Justice of Ontario's Advisory Committee on Pro-
fessionalism. He regularly appears as Special Counsel to the Canadian Civil Liberties As-
sociation in all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada. He is recognized
by e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Chambers
Global, Best Lawyers in Canada, Benchmark and e Legal 500.
Honored by induction as fellow of ACTL. Has appeared as counsel before courts at all
levels, including the SCC, and before many tribunals. Practice includes civil trials and ap-
peals, including class actions, product liability claims, commercial litigation, and profes-
sional liability and discipline. Experienced arbitrator and mediator. Frequently retained as
expert witness. Elected Bencher of the LSUC 1995–2006, elected Treasurer, head of the
LSUC 2006–08. Former Chair of professional regulation committee and task force on
the reform of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Former Board Chair, LibraryCo Inc.
Director and former member of Executive Committee, Canadian Institute for the Ad-
ministration of Justice. Author of Lawyers and Ethics: Professional Responsibility and Dis-
cipline (Carswell, 1993, with annual supplements). Consulting editor of Barristers and
Solicitors in Practice. Adjunct Professor of Legal Ethics, Osgoode Hall Law School. Re-
cipient of Honorary LLD degree from the LSUC in recognition of contributions to pro-
fession. Ontario Bar, 1977.
Partner in the Litigation group at Goodmans. Practice includes corporate-commercial
litigation, class actions and electricity law and regulation. Corporate-commercial litiga-
tion practice focuses on complex and cross-border litigation, corporate governance, cor-
porate fi nance, securities, fi nancial services, and restructuring and insolvency. Class-ac-
tion practice includes securities, product liability and environmental claims. Also carries
on a substantial electricity and regulatory practice, regularly representing clients in the
electricity sector before the Ontario Energy Board and the courts. Has appeared at all
levels of the Ontario and Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, before
the courts of several other provinces and before various administrative tribunals. Fellow
of the American College of Trial Lawyers and Past President of e Advocates' Society.
Frequent speaker and CLE instructor. Recommended counsel in numerous leading di-
rectories and in 2013 was recognized as Canada's Energy/Resource "Litigator of the
Year" by Benchmark Canada.
Larry P.
Lowenstein
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (416) 862-6454
Fax: (416) 862-6666
Toronto
Jonathan
C. Lisus
Lax O'Sullivan
Scott Lisus LLP
Tel: (416) 598-7873
Fax: (416) 598-3730
Toronto
Gavin
MacKenzie
Davis LLP
Tel: (416) 369-5286
Fax: (416) 369-7912
Toronto
Alan H. Mark
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-4264
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
llowenstein@osler.com
jlisus@counsel-toronto.com
gmackenzie@davis.ca
amark@goodmans.ca
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