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Bell, Robert B., Lerners LLP Toronto - (416) 601-2374 - rbell@lerners.ca
Senior partner at Lerners LLP practicing civil litigation. Extensive trial and appellate experience at all levels.
Specializes in class proceedings; complex litigation, including cross-border product liability; and major
commercial issues. Martindale-Hubbell AV rating; selected by peers for inclusion in Chambers Canada,
e Best Lawyers in Canada and recognized as Toronto Product Liability Lawyer of the Year; The Lexpert®/
American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Benchmark Canada; Who's Who Legal:
Canada (Insurance & Reinsurance and Product Liability Defence). Has created and led advocacy training
programs for the Law Society of Upper Canada and e Advocates' Society. Recipient of e Advocates'
Society Excellence in Teaching Award for outstanding contribution to profession in 2014. Published widely
and frequent keynote speaker, facilitator, panelist and moderator. Past Executive Board Member of e
Advocates' Society; Member of LSUC, Canadian, American and International Bar Associations; Accredited
Mediator, CEDR (a leading UK provider of dispute resolution services).
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.
