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Lenczner, QC, Alan J. Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith
Griffin LLP (416) 865-3090 alenczner@litigate.com
Widely acknowledged as one of Canada's leading litigators, Mr. Lenczner
applies his advocacy skills to yield precedent-setting decisions in many areas
of civil litigation. He appears regularly before courts at all levels.
Lederman, Eli S. Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
(416) 865-3555 elederman@litigate.com
Recognized as a leading trial and appellate lawyer, Mr. Lederman has broad
experience in complex contract and shareholder disputes, class actions,
civil fraud, professional liability cases and commercial arbitrations.
Le Vay, Paul H. Stockwoods LLP
(416) 593-2493 paullv@stockwoods.ca
Mr. Le Vay's bilingual practice focuses on commercial, securities and profes-
sional negligence. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and
of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a Trustee of the Law Foundation
of Ontario and a contributing editor to two law journals.
Lax, QC, LSM, C. Clifford Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Got-
tlieb LLP (416) 598-0988 clax@counsel-toronto.com
Mr. Lax's litigation and arbitration practice emphasizes corporate, securities,
real estate, environmental and defamation matters. He is a fellow of the
ACTL and IATL, and sits on the Commercial Panel of International Centre
for Dispute Resolution.
Lapierre, Stéphanie Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(514) 397-5137 slapierre@fasken.com
Ms. Lapierre specializes in complex securities, corporate and financial litiga-
tion, including securities litigation, shareholder disputes and other financial
litigation. She is also regularly involved in Court proceedings undertaken
pursuant to corporate statutes including Court-sanctioned arrangements,
dissidence rights and liquidations.
Lally, Michelle Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-5925 mlally@osler.com
Ms. Lally provides parties with strategic advice and representation before
the Competition Bureau regarding mergers, competitor collaborations
& arrangements, distribution and pricing practices, cartels, and civil
and criminal investigations.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
fight really about?" Lawyers have a tendency to
turn over every stone and look under it, and they
do so because of the culture they've been brought
up in, says Fitch, who practises out of Hamilton
and Burlington.
To put this into context, he says, consider this:
"e business person wants a result, a lawyer
wants the best result, but sometimes the best re-
sult costs too much." at's why identifying and
focusing your litigation resources on the key issues
and getting a result that is proportional to the is-
sues and the needs of the parties is important.
Consequently, when faced with litigation, there
may be valid reasons to sue or defend. For exam-
ple, he says, "Your company's reputation may be at
stake, you may need to discourage other potential
suits, you might even be in the right." Still, Fitch
says companies have to consider whether bringing
a suit or defending one — if the problem can be
resolved without doing so, even at a considerable
expense — is going to be the right thing to do.
At the end of the day, he says, even if you win
or pay less than you would have had to do at the
"You don't have to
fight about everything.
If you want to get to a
resolution, focus on the
key issues, give up some
of your issues and let
the other side know that
you're doing that."
- Jack Fitch, Hughes Amys LLP
between you and your lawyer — you want your
goals to align in terms of how it proceeds. Armed
with this information, says Leon, together you
can work out an effective plan for going forward.
is lets your lawyer say, "is is how I'm going to
staff the file, this will be the size of my team, and
therefore the work can be done at the appropriate
lawyer level."
Focus on the real fight. Jack Fitch, a senior
partner and litigator at Hughes Amys LLP, says
managing costs in any litigation starts with early
investigation and asking yourself, "What is the
