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Partner. Significant experience in corporate/commercial and securities litigation, share-
holder remedies, professional negligence and product liability. Has worked on significant
restructuring matters and major securities, competition and product liability class
actions and appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and the SCC. Has acted for signif-
icant participants in public and private take-over litigation and in matters before the
Ontario and British Columbia Securities Commissions. Recognized as a leading litiga-
tion lawyer by e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, the Lexpert® ALM Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers directory, e Best Lawyers in Canada and Benchmark Canada as
a "Litigation Star" for class action, corporate/commercial and securities litigation, and
by Chambers for dispute resolution and class action. Recognized in Benchmark's Top
25 Women in Canadian Litigation. Founding/past Chair of Goodmans' professional
standards and conflicts committee. Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers.
Contributing editor to the Commercial Litigation Journal. Member, Litigation Advisory
Board for Practical Law.
Practice includes corporate commercial litigation, securities litigation, class proceedings,
professional liability, claims against directors and officers, employment litigation and
professional liability and regulation. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
and of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Certified as a Specialist in Civil
Litigation by e Law Society of Upper Canada. Bilingual, argues cases in English and
French before all levels of court as well as tribunals, including the Ontario Securities
Commission (OSC). Past President of l'Association des juristes d'expression française
de l'Ontario. Member of OSC Securities Litigation Advisory Committee. Past director
of e Advocates' Society. Frequent speaker and author in his areas of practice. Named
in e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada in catego-
ries of Corporate Commercial Litigation and Securities Litigation. Ranked by Chambers
Global, listed in e Best Lawyers in Canada and recommended by Benchmark Canada in
his principal areas of practice.
Founding partner. Widely acknowledged as one of Canada's leading litigators, Alan
Lenczner has applied his advocacy skills to yield precedent-setting decisions in nearly
every area of civil litigation. Drawing on four decades of experience in complex litiga-
tion matters, he appears regularly before courts at all levels across the country, as well as
administrative tribunals. He has also appeared as counsel before the High Court and the
Court of Appeal in the UK and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. A
frequent lecturer on a broad range of legal subjects, Lenczner has helped to guide a genera-
tion of lawyers.
Jessica A.
Kimmel
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-4219
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
Paul H.
Le Vay
Stockwoods LLP
Tel: (416) 593-2493
Fax: (416) 593-9345
Toronto
Alan J.
Lenczner,
QC
Lenczner Slaght
Royce Smith
Griffin LLP
Tel: (416) 865-3090
Fax: (416) 865-2844
Toronto
jkimmel@goodmans.ca
paullv@stockwoods.ca
alenczner@litigate.com
SECURITIES
Senior trial and appellate counsel with a broad litigation practice, including corporate/
commercial litigation, class actions, securities, professional negligence, defamation and
other media law, environmental and energy, constitutional and administrative law. Has
appeared as counsel at every level of court in Ontario, the Federal Court of Canada and
the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as administrative tribunals. Served as counsel to a
special legislative committee and as Commission Counsel to the Commission of Inquiry
concerning the Kingston Prison for Women. Recipient of the 2015 OBA Award for
Excellence in Civil Litigation, and of the 2009 Law Society of Upper Canada Medal.
Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. A frequent speaker and lecturer at
numerous law schools and professional bodies. Vice-president and a member of the board
of directors of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Senior Chair of the University
of Toronto Tribunal. Director of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
LLB, 1977, University of Toronto. Ontario Bar 1979.
Patricia D.S.
Jackson
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7323
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
tjackson@torys.com
