Lexpert Rising Stars Awards 2022 | Lexpert | 8 July 2022 | TBA

The awards honour leading lawyers under 40 from law firms, in-house departments, and other practices. Members of the legal profession in Canada are invited to nominate qualified lawyers who have made outstanding contributions in their careers thus far.

2021 Winners

Miranda Spence
Partner, Aird & Berlis LLP

Melanie Baird
Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Iris Fischer
Partner & Co-Head of Toronto Litigation Group, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Alexandra Luchenko
Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Natalie Levine
Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Attieha R. Chamaa
Senior Counsel, Clyde & Co

Kate McGrann
Partner, Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP

Ora Wexler
Partner, Dentons Canada LLP

Christopher Kozub
General Counsel, Greybrook Securities Inc., Greybrook Realty Partners

Chris Karambatsos
Founding Partner, Lawyer, KRB Avocats | Lawyers

Charles Osuji
Managing Partner, Chief Executive Officer & Lawyer, Osuji & Smith Lawyers

Colin Burn
Partner, Securities and M&A, Stikeman Elliott LLP

Aniko Pelland
Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP

Kaysi Fagan
Criminal Defence Lawyer, The Fagans Barristers

Madeleine Carter
Lawyer, Wagners

Bogdan-Alexandru (Alex) Dobrota
Partner, Woods LLP

Gord McGuire
Partner, Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP

Hussein Aly
Criminal Defence Lawyer and Certified Specialist in Criminal Law, Aly Amjad Law Group

Melanie McKague
Senior Counsel, BCE Inc. / Bell Canada

Geneviève Martin
Partner, Lawyer, BCF Business Law

Sharon G.K. Singh
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP

Amanda McLachlan
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP

Varoujan Arman
Partner, Blaney McMurtry LLP

Karine Chênevert
Partner, Commercial Litigation Group, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)

Ewa Krajewska
Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)

Ravi Latour
Partner, Securities and Capital Markets, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)

Tamara Wong
Partner, Private Client Group, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)

Sasha Hart
Legal Counsel, Canadian Human Rights Commission

Matthew Langford
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Copper Mountain Mining Corporation

Ashley Savinov
Partner, Cox & Palmer

Maureen Littlejohn
Partner, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Léon Moubayed
Partner, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Veronica Monteiro
Edmonton Office Managing Partner, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

Ponora Ang
Partner | Co-leader, China Global Group, Fasken

rising star winner
Jonathan Conlin
Partner, Fasken

Zohaib Maladwala
Partner, Fasken

Caitlin Rose
Partner – Co-Leader, Private Equity Group, Fasken

Caroline Youdan
Partner, Fasken

Brandon Barnes Trickett
Partner, Fillmore Riley LLP

Adam Heller
Senior Legal Counsel, GFL Environmental Inc.

Jessica Bishop
Associate, Goodmans LLP

Jamie Firsten
Partner, Goodmans LLP

Tara Amiri-Khaledi
Partner, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

Erin Runnalls
Partner, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

Anne Tardif
Partner, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

Melissa Miller
Partner, Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP

Gregory Michael Joffe
General Counsel, Instar Asset Management Inc.

James Lea
General Counsel, Irving Shipbuilding Inc.

Carla Hannemann
Partner, KPMG Law LLP

Carolyn MacDonald
Partner, KPMG Law LLP

Myriam Brixi
Partner, Lavery Lawyers

Toby Kruger
Partner, Lawson Lundell LLP

Paul-Erik Veel
Partner, Lenczner Slaght

Alfonso E. Campos Reales
Partner, Lerners LLP

Pavan Jawanda
Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Stefanie Morand
Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Meghan Felt
Partner, McInnes Cooper

Ahsan Mirza
Partner, McMillan LLP

Enda Wong
Partner, McMillan LLP

Eric F.W Johnson
Managing Partner, Regina and Saskatoon Leader, Agribusiness & Food, Miller Thomson LLP

Natasha Smith
Partner, Miller Thomson LLP

Naseem Mithoowani
Co-founder and Immigration, Refugee Lawyer, Mithoowani Waldman Immigration Law Group

Billie Fortier
Associate, MLT Aikins LLP

Daniel Holden
Senior Vice President, Human Resources & General Counsel, Nestlé Canada Inc.

Maya Angenot
Partner, Litigation & Disputes, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Trevor Zeyl
Partner, Corporate M&A, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Hugo-Pierre Gagnon (HP)
Partner, Corporate, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Emily MacKinnon
Associate, Litigation, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Jennifer Thompson
Head, Osler Works - Disputes, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Lindsay Scott
Partner, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP

Kate Lahey Salter
Senior Corporate Counsel, Ryerson University

Dr. Sara Gwendolyn Ross
Assistant Professor of Law, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

Josie Marks
Partner, Stewart McKelvey

Rahim Esmail
Senior Counsel, Procurement, TELUS Communications Inc.

Josh Lavine
Partner, Torys LLP

Jeremy Opolsky
Partner, Torys LLP

W. Cory Wanless
Partner, Waddell Phillips Professional Corporation

Julianna Fox
Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, WSP