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52 LEXPERT MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017 RYAN MORRIS Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Toronto Ryan Morris is a litigator at Blake, Cas- sels & Graydon LLP. Currently he is the lead counsel defending six class actions in Ontario. He serves as a mentor to law students at the University of Toronto and teaches the Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop at Osgoode Hall Law School. He is involved with e Advocates' Soci- ety, having been on its Young Advocates' Standing Committee and Conduct and Practices Committee. He is also a regu- lar speaker and panelist at e Advocates' Society's education programs. Morris rep- resented the late artist Haydn Davies pro bono, suing Lambton College for breach of moral rights for the destruction of Da- vies' sculpture installation entitled Hom- age. e case garnered significant press, resulted in the endowment of the Haydn Davies scholarship at OCAD University, and was the subject of a play (also called Homage) that was presented at Toronto's Luminato Festival. RAMNEEK PADDA TELUS Communications Inc. Burnaby, BC Ramneek Padda is Senior Litigation Coun- sel, TELUS Communications Inc. Among his complex cases: He was instructing counsel for Telus in a highly complex pat- ent litigation action relating to Telus's Optik TV™ IPTV system. He led external counsel's response and was instrumental in developing complex legal arguments and complex factual and expert evidence. He is also instructing counsel for Telus in a multi-faceted commercial litigation and in- solvency matter involving an internet ser- vices provider. Padda has been active with the United Way of the Lower Mainland, working both within and outside of Telus. He has been a key member of Telus Legal Services' United Way Workplace Cam- paign Committee which was nominated for a United Way Spirit Award (2017). FRANÇOIS PARADIS Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Montréal François Paradis is a partner in the Busi- ness Law Department at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. He has been lead part- ner on several public offerings and private placements, M&A, reorganizations and dealer/adviser registrations. Paradis is on the AMF's Securities Law Advisory Com- mittee, providing input on policy initia- tives; at the annual Tremblant securities conference (where Québec's securities law- yers discuss current issues); on the Québec Bourse (Québec issuers organization). He is a mentor under the GO-CA program of the Conseil des Arts de Montréal, encour- aging young professionals to sit on boards of art organizations. He also advises NGO clients on a pro bono basis (e.g., Bell Mu- seum of Natural History, Opération Père Noël and the India School Fund); and par- ticipated in a Sahara Desert trek raising $18,000 for the Fondation Marie-Vincent (helping Québec children who are victims of sexual abuse). UNA RADOJA Harper Grey LLP Vancouver Una Radoja is the Co-Chair of Harper Grey's Environmental Regulation & Dis- putes Practice Group and a co-author of British Columbia Environmental Manage- ment Legislation and Commentary. Ra- doja has represented clients at all levels of court in BC and before the environmental regulator on files of significant complex- ity, including a landmark case before the Environmental Appeal Board. Most re- cently, she has acted in a $60-million fraud case with an international twist, a 20-day trial in a $10-million contract case, and is co-counsel on a complex, multi-million- dollar, multi-faceted contaminated site redevelopment matter. Radoja has served on the executive of the Environmental Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Associa- tion (BC Branch) and is a frequent guest lecturer for the Pacific Business & Law In- stitute, British Columbia Environmental Industry Association, the Environmental Managers Association and the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC on aspects of environmental law in BC. Radoja has also made presentations to the Ministry of Environment, the environmental consult- ing industry and environmental insurers. COLIN RITCHIE Cenovus Energy Inc. Calgary Colin Ritchie is the Senior Legal Counsel at Cenovus Energy Inc., where he special- izes in corporate, securities, treasury, bank- | RISING STARS |