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Mark, Alan H., Goodmans LLP Toronto - (416) 597-4264 - amark@goodmans.ca
Partner in the Litigation Group at Goodmans. Practice includes corporate-commercial litigation, class actions
and electricity law and regulation. Corporate-commercial litigation practice focuses on corporate governance,
corporate finance, securities, financial services, and restructuring and insolvency. Class-action 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 Col-
lege of Trial Lawyers and a former Director and Past President of e Advocates' Society. Frequent speaker
and CLE instructor. Recommended counsel in numerous leading directories and in 2013 was recognized as
Canada's Energy/Resource "Litigator of the Year" by Benchmark Canada.
Lisus, Jonathan C., Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP Toronto - (416) 598-7873 - jlisus@counsel-toronto.com
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 a Fellow of the American 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 Profes-
sionalism. He regularly appears as Special Counsel to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association 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, e Best Lawyers in Canada, Benchmark and e
Legal 500.
McDowell, William C., Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-2949
wmcdowell@litigate.com -
Partner. Will McDowell's wide-ranging practice has included many landmark cases,
most notably in the Supreme Court of Canada. He appears in commercial litigation, libel and public law cases.
From 2005 to 2008, he was Canada's Associate Deputy Minister of Justice, with responsibility for civil litiga-
tion, national security and issues involving central agencies. He subsequently served as amicus to the Superior
Court with regard to land occupations in Brantford and was chief counsel to the City of Mississauga Judicial
Inquiry. He acted for the Chief of Police of Toronto, the Chief Adjudicator of the Independent Assessment
Process of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and as amicus to the Superior Court in relation to
Aboriginal land occupations in Brantford. McDowell's work in resolving the landmark Arar v. Canada case
was honored by a Department of Justice National Award. McDowell is an elected Bencher of the Law Society
of Upper Canada.
McKinnon, Angus T., Lerners LLP Toronto - (416) 360-2632 - amckinnon@lerners.ca
Partner in the firm's Toronto office. Extensive trial and appellate experience, having appeared at all levels
of court in Ontario, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, the British Columbia Supreme Court and the
Supreme Court of Canada. Specializes in complex multi-party, multi-jurisdictional class-action proceed-
ings involving price-fixing and other anti-trust matters. Also experienced in product liability, employment
law and professional negligence proceedings. Guest lecturer at the University of Toronto in Pharmaceuti-
cal Governance. Member of e Advocates' Society and recognized by Benchmark Canada as an "Ontario
Litigation Star."
