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Adler, Joseph Y., Hoffer Adler LLP
Dick, Allan D.J., Sotos LLP
Dolman, Jennifer, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Finkelstein, Chad, Dale & Lessmann LLP
Greenfield, Donald E., QC, Bennett Jones LLP
Hardwicke-Brown, Mungo, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Hurst, Michael A., Dentons Canada LLP
Keough, Loyola G., Bennett Jones LLP
Maguire, Patrick T., Bennett Jones LLP
Park, J. Jay, QC, Park Energy Law
Perry, Chrysten E., Stikeman Elliott LLP
Quesnel, Alicia K., Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
Rogers, R. Ben, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Smith, Lawrence E. (Laurie), QC, Bennett Jones LLP
Yates, C. Kemm, QC, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
SASKATCHEWAN: REGINA
NEWFOUNDLAND: ST. JOHN'S
NOVA SCOTIA: HALIFAX
Boyd, Keith D., QC, Kanuka Thuringer LLP
Connors, Gregory J., McInnes Cooper
MacDonald, Alexander (Sandy), QC, Cox & Palmer
Moores, Greg, Stewart McKelvey
Grant, Robert G., QC, Stewart McKelvey
FRANCHISE LAW
Adler, Joseph Y., Hoffer Adler LLP Toronto - (416) 977-3444 - jadler@hofferadler.com
Joseph Adler is a senior corporate and commercial lawyer who assists clients in all matters related to their
operations and transactions in Canada and is a registered trade-mark agent. His particular emphasis is in
franchising and distribution, intellectual property law and cross-border trade. Adler serves as legal counsel
for Canadian and US (and other foreign) franchisors doing business in Canada and Canadian franchisors
doing business in the US and abroad. His firm has represented over 410 franchise systems, including
franchisors, franchisees (unit, multi-unit and master) and franchise associations and also acts as commercial
and litigation counsel to its franchise clients. Adler has published and has been quoted in numerous articles
and has spoken on various franchising topics at venues organized by the Canadian Franchise Association
(CFA), the Ontario Bar Association (OBA), the ABA Forum on Franchising (ABA) and the International
Franchise Association (IFA).
Levitt, Edward N., Dickinson Wright LLP Toronto - (416) 646-3842 - nlevitt@dickinsonwright.com
Edward (Ned) Levitt is a partner at Dickinson Wright LLP, Toronto, Canada. He served as General
Counsel to the Canadian Franchise Association from 2000 to 2007 and, as a member of the Ontario
Franchise Sector Working Team, was instrumental in the creation of Ontario's franchise legislation. Levitt
is currently a member of the International Committee of the International Franchise Association. Among
his many publications is the leading text, Canadian Franchise Legislation, published by LexisNexis. Levitt is
recognized by his peers, e Best Lawyers in Canada and the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
as one of Canada's leading franchise law practitioners. Levitt was the recipient of the Canadian Franchise
Association's 1993 and 2007 Special Recognition Award, 2005 Franchise Support Services Recognition
Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. Levitt appears in e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
as a leading lawyer in the area of Franchise Law and has been continuously recognized in the Franchise Times
Legal Eagles Top 100 Franchise Lawyers in North America.
ONTARIO: TORONTO
