2023 JUDGES

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Aniss Amdiss

Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer
Xplore Inc.

Michael Casey

Senior VP and General Counsel
EllisDon

Nicholas Cerminaro

Senior Vice President and General Counsel
GardaWorld

Lauren Cook

Global Corporate Counsel, Environment and Regulatory
Teck Resources Limited

George Cooper, KC

Chief Executive Officer and Partner
Cox & Palmer

Lindsay Cox

Partner
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer, LLP

Bindu Cudjoe

Principal & Strategic Advisor
Bindustries Consulting Inc.

Vincent de l’Etoile

Partner, Litigation Group; Member Board of Directors
Langlois Lawyers, LLP

David Di Paolo

National Managing Partner and CEO
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)

Frédéric Duguay

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB)

Anita Dusevic Oliva

Executive Vice-President, General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
TC Energy

Paul Fruitman

Partner
Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP

Aileen Gien

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Capstone Infrastructure Corporation

Cheryl Graden

Chief Legal and Enterprise Corporate Affairs Officer
TMX Group Limited

Monique Jilesen

Managing Partner
Lenczner Slaght

Philippe Johnson

Managing Partner, Montreal
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Kevin Kiley, KC

Managing Partner
McInnes Cooper

David M. Kramer

Senior Legal Counsel
Suncor Energy Inc.

Arun Krishnamurti

Senior Counsel
Google Canada

François Lajeunesse

Conseiller juridique principal / Senior Legal Counsel
Desjardins Group

Sophie Lamonde

Managing Partner
Stikeman Elliott LLP

Adrian Lang

Chief Legal and Privacy Officer and Member, Board of Directors – Women General Counsel Canada
Staples Canada

Jennifer Manning

Director and Senior Counsel Legal Affairs
BCI

Carlton Mathias

Chief Legal, ESG and Governance Officer
Ontario Power Generation

Blair McCreadie

Managing Partner, Toronto
Dentons Canada LLP

Melanie McGrath

General Counsel
CBCL Limited

Chelsea McKay Hazewinkel

Chief Legal Officer
Paladin Security Group Ltd

Teodora Niculae

Senior Counsel
Mastercard

Lorne O’Reilly, KC

Lead Counsel
Dow Chemical Canada ULC

Benoit Palmer

Chief Counsel, Minerals, Legal services Conseiller juridique principal, Minerals, Services juridiques
Rio Tinto

Heather Platt

Chief Legal Officer
Metrolinx

Karrin A. Powys-Lybbe

Partner
Torys LLP

Clifford G. Proudfoot, KC

Managing Partner
Lawson Lundell LLP

Bruce Reynolds

Co-Managing Partner, Mediator and Arbitrator
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP 

Luisa Ritacca

Managing Partner
Stockwoods LLP

Tracy Ross

Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Global Businesses and Products
RBC

Bo Rothstein

Managing Partner
Farris LLP

Shara Roy

Chief Legal Counsel
Ernst & Young LLP

Robert Seidel, KC

Canada Managing Partner
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP  

Yasmin Shaker

Senior Counsel (serving as General Counsel to Invest Ontario)
Ministry of the Attorney General – Civil Law Division

Bryson A. Stokes

Firm Managing Partner 
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

David Taniguchi

Vice President, Legal & Corporate Secretary
Enbridge Inc.

Kristin Taylor

Managing Partner
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Yola Ventresca

Managing Partner – London
Lerners LLP

Yasmin Visram

Associate General Counsel, Canadian Affairs
iA Financial Group

Chris Vollmershausen

EVP, Legal, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Patrice Walch-Watson

Senior Managing Director, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Andrea Wood

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Governance Officer
TELUS

Danielle Young

Chief Counsel, Privacy & Cybersecurity and Global Chief Privacy Officer
Manulife

Maneli Badii
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner
Tyr LLP

Sarbjit Basra
Managing Partner
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Dahlia Bateman
General Counsel, Legal Services & Fair Practices Office
Wilfrid Laurier University

Stephen Beney
Principal
Smart & Biggar LP

Jennifer Biernaskie
Partner
McLennan Ross LLP

Matthew W. Cockburn
Managing Partner
Torys LLP

Jeffrey Cohen
Managing Partner
Torkin Manes LLP

George Cooper, KC
Chief Executive Officer and Partner
Cox & Palmer

John Clifford
COO and Partner
McMillan LLP

Jo-Anne Demers
Partner
Clyde & Co

Peter Feldberg
Firm Managing Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Paul Fruitman
Partner
Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP

Tim Haney
Canada Chief Executive Officer
Dentons Canada LLP

Collin K. Hirschfeld, KC
Partner and Chair – Executive Committee
McKercher LLP

Charles Hurdon
Managing Partner – Canada
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Gillian Hnatiw
Principal
Gillian Hnatiw & Co

Monique Jilesen
Managing Partner
Lenczner Slaght

Warren Katz
Managing Partner, Montreal Office
Stikeman Elliott LLP

Kevin J. Kiley, KC
Managing Partner
McInnes Cooper

Jeffrey Jay Kay, KC
Managing Partner
Farris LLP

Dale H. Lastman, C.M.
Chair
Goodmans LLP

Dave Leonard
Chief Executive Officer, Partner Toronto
McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Vaughn MacLellan
Toronto Office Managing Partner
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

Hugh L. MacKinnon, KC
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Bennett Jones LLP

Steve McKersie
Chief Executive Officer
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

John G. Murphy
National Managing Partner & CEO
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)

Nora Osbaldeston
Ontario Regional Managing Partner
Miller Thomson LLP

Sophie Perreault
Chair of the Board of Directors
Langlois Lawyers, LLP

Leola Pon
General Counsel – Executive Officer, Legal Services
Toronto District School Board

Clifford G. Proudfoot, KC
Managing Partner
Lawson Lundell LLP

Sylvia Samuel
Senior Enforcement Counsel
Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC)

Bryson A. Stokes
National Managing Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Kristin Taylor
Managing Partner
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Brian Thiessen, KC
Managing Partner, Calgary
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Sharon Vogel
Partner
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel

Kashif Zaman
Vice President, Legal Department
TD Bank Group

Cynthia Kuehl
Partner, Chair of Firm
Lerners LLP

James Kosa
Partner
WeirFoulds LLP

Lorne O’Reilly, KC
Lead Counsel
Dow Canada