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Cherniak, Earl A., QC, Lerners LLP Toronto - (416) 601-2350 - echerniak@lerners.ca
Regarded by the Canadian litigation Bar as one of the country's leading counsel and arbitrators, Earl A.
Cherniak, QC, LLB, FCIArb, is a partner at Lerners LLP. Practice includes trial and appellate work,
arbitrations and mediations. Member at 3 Verulam Buildings chambers in London (UK) and Arbitration
Place (Toronto). Member of (UK) Commercial Bar Association; London Court of International
Arbitration; Canadian roster of arbitrators of International Chamber of Commerce; ADR Institute
of Canada; international and Canadian panels of arbitrators for the International Centre for Dispute
Resolution (ICDR); Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society (TCAS) (past Chair). Elected Fellow of
the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers and International
Academy of Trial Lawyers. Past President of e Advocates' Society (Ontario). He was a Bencher of e
Law Society of Upper Canada (1999–2007) and a Commissioner of the Ontario Law Reform Commission
(1986–1992).
Chernos, David, Chernos Flaherty Svonkin LLP Toronto - (416) 855-0402 - dchernos@cfscounsel.com
Practice focuses on corporate and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on matters involving shareholders'
disputes (including those involving family and other closely held companies), insolvency, corporate
restructuring, income tax, directors', officers' and professional liability, and insurance coverage disputes.
Has broad experience in estates litigation, having acted for numerous trustees and beneficiaries as well as
Ontario's Office of e Children's Lawyer. Has appeared as lead counsel before the Ontario trial courts, the
Ontario Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada and the Tax Court of Canada. Has written on
bankruptcy issues in Canadian Bankruptcy Reports. Directorship, e Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal
History. Membership, e Advocates' Society. Ontario Bar, 1993; LLB, 1991, Queen's University;
BA (Honors), 1988, University of Toronto.
Conklin, David D., Goodmans LLP Toronto - (416) 597-5164 - dconklin@goodmans.ca
Partner, commercial and securities litigation practice. Focuses on corporate governance, investigations,
directors' and officers' liability, securities class actions, regulatory proceedings and complex commercial
disputes. Represents shareholders and boards of directors of private and public companies. Before joining
Goodmans in 2007, he was a partner and senior litigator at a leading Toronto litigation boutique. Received
his LLM from Columbia University, was called to the New York Bar in 2006 and began practicing with
a leading US securities and class-action firm. Teaches courses on corporate governance and M&A at the
University of Toronto Faculty of Law (Adjunct Faculty) and also in the MBA program at the Schulich
School of Business (Executive in Residence). Teaches trial advocacy at the University of Notre Dame Law
School. Recognized as a leading litigator by Chambers, Best Lawyers in Canada, e Canadian Legal Lexpert®
Directory, the Lexpert®/ROB Special Edition on Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers and Benchmark
Litigation Canada.
Curry, Tom, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-3096 - tcurry@litigate.com
Partner. Recognized nationally as a leading trial and appellate counsel, Tom Curry has a long record of
high-profile success in commercial litigation, class actions, arbitrations, business disputes, administrative law,
judicial review, intellectual property, competition and professional liability cases. A Fellow of the American
College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, he is a regular speaker on a wide
variety of subjects relating to trial and appellate practice and substantive law.
