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McDowell, William C., Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-2949
- wmcdowell@litigate.com
Partner. Will McDowell's wide-ranging practice has included many landmark cases,
most notably in the Supreme Court of Canada. He appears in commercial litigation, libel and public law
cases. From 2005 to 2008, he was Canada's Associate Deputy Minister of Justice, with responsibility
for civil litigation, national security and issues involving central agencies. In August 2017, he was named
Chief Commission Counsel to the Gillese Inquiry. He acted for the Chief of Police of Toronto, the Chief
Adjudicator of the Independent Assessment Process of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and as
amicus to the Superior Court in relation to Aboriginal land occupations in Brantford. McDowell's work
in resolving the landmark Arar v. Canada case was honored by a Department of Justice National Award.
McDowell is an elected Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada.
McKinnon, Angus T., Lerners LLP Toronto - (416) 360-2632 - amckinnon@lerners.ca
Partner in the firm's Toronto office. Extensive trial and appellate experience, having appeared at all levels
of court in Ontario, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, the British Columbia Supreme Court and the
Supreme Court of Canada. Specializes in complex multi-party, multi-jurisdictional class-action proceedings
involving price-fixing and other anti-trust matters. Also experienced in products liability, employment law
and professional negligence proceedings. Guest lecturer at the University of Toronto in Pharmaceutical
Governance. Member of e Advocates' Society and recognized by Benchmark Canada as an "Ontario
Litigation Star."
Michell, M. Paul, Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP Toronto - (416) 644-5359 - pmichell@counsel-toronto.com
Paul Michell's practice focuses on complex corporate-commercial litigation and arbitration, shareholder
disputes and oppression, civil appeals and judicial review. He has particular expertise in arbitration and
arbitration-related court proceedings, private international law and lawyers' conflicts of interest. Called to
the Bar of Ontario in 1997, he was clerk to Justice Gonthier of the Supreme Court of Canada, and is a Fellow
of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has appeared in all levels of court and various administrative
and arbitral tribunals, and has acted as an arbitrator. He has taught international commercial arbitration
at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto for more than a decade. Ranked for Ontario Litigation by
Benchmark Canada; an Ontario Dispute Resolution Lawyer by Chambers Global; a leading arbitration
lawyer by Who's Who Legal: Canada; a "Canadian Litigation Lawyer to Watch" and "Consistently
Recommended" for Litigation ‒ Corporate Commercial, and one of Lexpert®'s "Rising Stars: Leading
Lawyers Under 40."
Millar, W.A. Derry, WeirFoulds LLP Toronto - (416) 947-5021 - dmillar@weirfoulds.com
Counsel. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1974. Practices exclusively civil litigation and administrative law. Has
appeared in all levels of court in Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court, and many
administrative tribunals. Acted as lead commission counsel for the Ipperwash Inquiry. Acts as an arbitrator
and mediator. Is a Fellow of the ACTL. Derry Millar is a former Treasurer (President) of e Law Society
of Upper Canada, the governing body for Ontario lawyers and paralegals. He was first elected a Bencher
(Director) of the LSUC in 1995 and has been Chair and Vice Chair of a wide variety of LSUC Committees
and a Director of the Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company. Millar was a member of the Board of Legal
Aid Ontario from January 1999 to June 2008 and was reappointed a Director in April 2011. Has been a
speaker and delivered papers on a wide variety of legal seminars and has contributed to legal publications.
He was a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada.
