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Adair, Geoffrey D.E., QC, Adair Barristers LLP Toronto - (416) 941-5863 - gadair@adairbarristers.com
Geoff Adair's practice is focused entirely on trial and appellate advocacy. Adair's courtroom experience is
virtually unparalleled, having appeared at all levels of court and conducted over 250 jury and non-jury trial
cases plus in excess of 150 appeals. Adair has appeared in the Supreme Court of Canada on several occasions.
Adair is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has been named as one of Canada's 500
leading lawyers in e Lexpert®/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. He is the author of the
critically acclaimed advocacy text On Trial (Butterworths, second edition, 2004) and frequent lecturer to
the profession. Adair practices primarily in the fields of commercial litigation, class actions and major tort
matters, acting for corporations, insurers and individual plaintiffs.
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; e 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).
Maidment, Scott, McMillan LLP Toronto - (416) 865-7911 - scott.maidment@mcmillan.ca
Scott Maidment has appeared before trial and appellate courts across Canada and before arbitrators in
Canada and the US. He enjoys an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and is listed in e
Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, the Lexpert® Guide to the Leading
US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, the Lexpert®/Report on Business Special Edition
on Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers, Chambers, Best Lawyers, e World's Leading Product Liability
Lawyers, e International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers and e International Who's Who of Product
Liability Lawyers. Maidment is a co-author of Product Liability: Canadian Law and Practice. Ranked among
the top 30 product liability lawyers in the world by e Best of the Best, he is known especially for his class-
action work. A skilled trial lawyer, Maidment has served as an Adjunct Professor of trial practice at Osgoode
Hall Law School, and as a trial advocacy instructor for e Advocates' Society, the Attorney General
of Canada and the United Nations. Maidment is the Treasurer of e Advocates' Society.
