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40 LEXPERT MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017 and marketing. She provides advice and support to the Board of Governors Secre- tariat on governance and Board matters and acts in a managerial role, through su- pervision of junior legal and administrative staff. Since 2013, Michelle has volunteered her time with Ronald McDonald House Charities Toronto (RMHCT) and she was elected to its Board in January 2017. She has served on its Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and the Young Professionals Committee (YPC). Chaisson was instrumental in conceptualizing and implementing a marquee fundraising event for young professionals to increase their awareness of RMHCT. "e House Party" continues as the biggest annual fundraiser for the YPC. GERALD CHAN Stockwoods LLP Toronto Gerald Chan is a partner at Stockwoods LLP where he defends white-collar and regulatory prosecutions. For the past two years, Chan has led the defence of Uber partners in Toronto and surrounding ju- risdictions. In Toronto, he successfully obtained the withdrawal of all charges in "Project Snowball," the high-profile police sting operation that resulted in charges un- der the Highway Traffic Act. And in Lon- don, Hamilton, Kitchener and the Niagara Region, Chan obtained the withdrawal/ stay of all charges against Uber partners. Chan also serves on the Litigation Com- mittee of the Criminal Lawyers' Associa- tion, which manages the CLA's interven- tions in cases of importance to the Defence Bar. And he is one of two co-editors of For the Defence, the journal of the Criminal Lawyers' Association. SHANTONA CHAUDHURY Pape Barristers Professional Corporation Toronto Shantona Chaudhury is a partner at Pape Barristers Professional Corporation. In less than eight years, she has appeared in 30 re- ported cases (including 23 at the Ontario Court of Appeal and one at the Supreme Court of Canada). She is Co-Executive Di- rector of the Supreme Court Advocacy In- stitute, a national non-profit providing pro bono advocacy training to counsel appear- ing before the SCC through moot sessions with a panel of distinguished advocates. Chaudhury is also actively involved in Pro Bono Ontario: participating in Law Help Ontario; as amicus curiae for civil mo- tions at the Ontario Court of Appeal and in the SCC Leave to Appeal Assistance Pro- gram. Pape Barristers is a counsel practice and thus visibility before the profession is critical. To this end, Chaudhury puts enor- mous effort into speaking and publishing. She speaks at half a dozen CLEs or more each year and is a judge at the Laskin moot, the annual national bilingual moot court competition in Canadian Administrative and Constitutional Law. MICHAEL CRICHTON Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP Ottawa Michael Crichton is a partner in Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP and the Canadian leader of the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation & Strategy Group. His domestic and international clients consist of compa- nies engaged in a wide range of technolo- gies, including mechanical, electrical, com- puter hardware and soware, manufactur- ing/fabrication, communications and re- lated technologies. He has taught IP litiga- tion and Patent Law as a volunteer Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa since 2009, and is a Member of the Court Prac- tice Committee for the CBA. Crichton chairs the Ottawa chapter of the Licens- ing Executives Society (LES), organizing local educational and networking events. He is also an Executive Member of LES's Young Members Congress (Mentorship Co-Chair). Annually, Crichton is Gowl- ing WLG's motionball (Special Olympics) team leader. He is also a long-time Director for the National Capital Division Freestyle Ski Association and is a volunteer coach for the Ottawa Internationals Soccer Club. DAVID CUSCHIERI Torys LLP Calgary David Cuschieri is a partner at Torys LLP. He practises corporate and commercial law, with an emphasis on both domes- tic and international energy, oil and gas, power and related infrastructure transac- tions including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, partnerships and project development. His recent notable work in- cludes representing Burgess Energy in its $397-million (in aggregate) acquisitions of bitumen royalty interests in the thermal oil sands assets of Athabasca Oil Corp. Cuschieri plays a significant role at Torys in the day-to-day mentoring of associates and students. He was the principal mentor to two articling students, and created and implemented a new and unique context- based continuing legal education program for the Calgary office of Torys, a program he continues to develop and manage. | RISING STARS |