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Nitikman, Joel A., Dentons Canada LLP Vancouver - (604) 443-7115 - joel.nitikman@dentons.com
Joel Nitikman focuses on resolving tax disputes between taxpayers and federal and provincial tax authori-
ties. Has acted as counsel in numerous tax cases at all levels of court, both provincially and federally, and has
also settled many cases out of court at the pre-assessment or objection stage. He also practices corporate and
individual business tax, focusing on offshore tax planning, corporate reorganizations and other business-
related tax matters. His practice also includes advice on GST and provincial commodity taxes. He has acted
for numerous private and public companies on complex, tax-efficient restructurings, and obtained numerous
advance rulings from Revenue Canada and provincial tax authorities. He writes and lectures extensively about
various tax subjects. He is a member of the CTF, the IFA and numerous other tax groups and was Awarded
the Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Writing Award at the 58th Annual Canadian Tax Conference.
Mitchell, Warren J.A., QC, Thorsteinssons LLP Vancouver - (604) 689-1261 - wjamitchell@thor.ca
Warren Mitchell, QC, was educated at the University of British Columbia, from which he holds both Bach-
elor of Commerce and Bachelor of Law degrees. He was first admitted to the Bar of Alberta (1963) and has
since been admitted to the Bars of British Columbia in 1966 and Ontario in 1990. Mitchell served as a solici-
tor in the Taxation Division of the Department of National Revenue until 1965. Mitchell's practice focuses
on large case tax litigation. He has appeared as counsel in the provincial, trial and appellate divisions of British
Columbia and Ontario, and in the Tax Court of Canada, Federal Court – Trial Division and the Federal
Court of Appeal, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada.
Binnie, Ian, CC, QC, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-3737 - ibinnie@litigate.com
Counsel. One of Canada's most respected advocates, the Honorable Ian Binnie served for nearly 14 years as
a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Binnie authored more than 170 opinions, including on landmark
cases involving issues of patent interpretation and validity, protection of trade-marks, media law, commercial
disputes, punitive damages, expert evidence and many aspects of constitutional, criminal and administrative
law. Over the course of three decades as a litigator, he argued cases in most of the common-law provinces and
appeared regularly before the Supreme Court on a range of constitutional, civil and criminal matters.
Defamation and Media
