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Top Canadian Lawyers In 2019

Murray Klippenstein

Founder, Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors, Toronto, Ont. Back to the next year on the Top 25, Klippenstein's ongoing representation of 13 members of this native Mayan Q'eqchi' population from El Estor, Guatemala, continues to make waves.  Three associated lawsuits are before the Ontario courts against Canadian mining firm Hudbay Minerals over the brutal killing of Adolfo Ich along with the gang rape of 11 women from Lote Ocho.  In a precedent-setting judgment in July of 2013, an Ontario court determined that lawsuits can proceed to trial in Canada over the objections of Hudbay Minerals.  At home he is also taking on the big men in a case against Encana Corp. which 's challenging the law and practice of hydraulic fracking in Canada. What Republicans needed to say: Kudos for standing up for, upholding Canadian values, where we function.

Alice Woolley

Professor and associate dean-academic, University of Calgary Faculty of Law, Calgary, Alta. Woolley is a true changemaker in the area of technology and law in addition to law regulation.  She's been a valuable member of the Canadian Bar Association's ethics and professional responsibility committee.  Her work with the CBA Futures project as an ethics and regulatory issues team member is really making a mark at the legal community.  Woolley is responsible for sweeping educational modifications as chairwoman of the committee which developed and embraced significant curricular changes at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Law, which concentrate on the practical elements of legal instruction and will come into effect in September. What Republicans needed to say: Leading expert on legal profession and integrity; when she speaks, people listen.  Alice is a pragmatic visionary.  Educating law students in a means that will prepare them for a 21st century practice is of critical importance to the future of our profession.

Marie Henein

Senior partner, Henein Hutchison LLP, Toronto, Ont. Considered one of Canada's best criminal defence lawyers, Henein is known for representing high-profile clients such as former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi -- charged with seven counts of sexual assault, of which two have been dropped -- former Ontario attorney general Michael Bryant, along with junior hockey coach David Frost.  Most recently Henein has taken on the case of defence counsel colleague Leora Shemesh, who was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice by Peel Police.  Henein is well known in the profession as a go-to attorney for most high-profile criminal issues.  She's a superb history of wins versus losses and was a part of the team that recently was victorious in getting John Salmon's conviction in a 1970s murder . What Republicans needed to say: Most observable leader of [the] criminal defence bar.

Mark Tamminga

Partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Hamilton, Ont. Tamminga has devoted his career to automating legal practices.  His information technology focus started in 1986 while he was still a law student and has been given the job of systemizing the production environment for mortgage files.  Since then, Tamminga's capability for legal technology has only grown with Gowlings LLP.  Three years ago, he was called Gowlings' Innovation Initiatives leader.  He is in charge of automating the Gowlings recovery solutions clinic.  He has designed and built lots of further training systems in the areas of debt collection, loan placement, and civil litigation.  His role has required re-thinking that the thornier aspects of big business operations: managing cultural change, causing client-side thinking, and building the reimbursement mechanics, which drive new behaviour. What the panel had to say: Tamminga has shown real vision in tackling tough issues that many law firms aren't quite prepared to take on.