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CLASS ACTIONS
Griffin, Peter, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-2921 - pgriffin@litigate.com
Founding partner. Peter Griffin is recognized by his peers as one of the top litigators in Canada. He has
extensive experience in complex cross-border litigation, especially as it relates to class proceedings and
insolvency and restructuring. He regularly advises the boards of national and multinational companies.
He also represents clients in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution proceedings and acts as an
arbitrator in commercial disputes. As a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, he is constantly
sought out as an expert speaker on advocacy, shareholder disputes, class actions, professional liability
and insolvency and restructuring.
Hoaken, Eric R., Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP Toronto - (416) 645-5075 - ehoaken@counsel-toronto.com
Eric Hoaken's litigation practice is primarily focused on class proceedings but also includes health law
matters and complex commercial litigation such as shareholders' disputes, directors' and officers' liability
issues and contractual disputes. In class proceedings matters, he has appeared in Ontario, Saskatchewan
and British Columbia courts on behalf of parties to securities, price fixing, consumer services, tax, pension
and product liability class actions. He has published on a variety of subjects relating to class actions and has
served as an Adjunct Professor at Western University in London, Ont., where he taught the class actions
course. He has appeared in all levels of court on a wide variety of complex commercial litigation cases and
before a broad array of administrative tribunals in health, energy and securities-related proceedings. He is a
Fellow and member of the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and has been
recognized as a "Litigation Star" for class actions and litigation by Benchmark Canada and by Chambers
Global for class actions.
Kent, David W., McMillan LLP Toronto - (416) 865-7143 - david.kent@mcmillan.ca
David Kent is the National Co-chair of McMillan's Dispute Resolution Group and its Class Action
Practice, and a member of its Competition and IP groups. His practice emphasizes complex litigation,
including competition, copyright, commercial and regulatory disputes. His extensive class-action experience
includes over 60 national matters comprising hundreds of cases involving competition, consumer, privacy
and securities claims across numerous industries, raising issues such as cross-border discovery, settlement
and certification. Counsel in many competition law cases, including over 40 cartel class actions (e.g.,
vitamins, cross-border vehicles, credit cards, e-books, Gmail, auto parts and electronics components such as
DRAM, SRAM, LCDs and CRTs), as well as private actions, contested mergers and Competition Bureau
investigations. Kent taught ADR at Osgoode Hall Law School and Queen's University Law School for nine
years. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Member, CBA and ABA (section on antitrust).
LLB (Hons.) and Dean's Key, University of Toronto. Ontario Bar (1983).
Kimmel, Jessica A., Goodmans LLP Toronto - (416) 597-4219 - jkimmel@goodmans.ca
Partner. Significant experience in corporate/commercial and securities arbitration and litigation at all
levels of court in Canada and before the Ontario and British Columbia Securities Commissions. Counsel
to significant public- and private-company participants in major securities, competition, product liability
and restructuring matters and in class actions and acts in defense of professionals. Recognized as a leading
litigation lawyer by e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, the Lexpert®/ALM Guide to the Leading 500
Lawyers in Canada directory, e Best Lawyers in Canada and Benchmark Canada as a "Litigation Star"
for class action, corporate/commercial and securities litigation, and by Chambers for dispute resolution and
class action (defense). Founding/Past-chair of Goodmans' professional standards and conflicts committee.
Member, OSC Securities Proceedings Advisory Committee. Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers.
Member, Commercial Litigation Advisory Board for Practical Law. Regular presenter at continuing legal
education seminars. Ontario Bar (1991).
