2026 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

Sarbjit Basra
 Managing Partner
 Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Stephen Beney
Principal 
Smart & Biggar LLP

 James Bishop
 Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary 
 High Liner Foods

 Natalie Boucratie
 Senior Director, Head of Legal & Compliance – Canada
 Gilead Sciences Canada, Inc.

 Corin Bowman
 Senior Vice President, Corporate Services & General Counsel
 Comact

Matthew W. Cockburn
Managing Partner
Torys' LLP

Jeffrey Cohen
Managing Partner
Torkin Manes LLP

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

Bruce Chappel
CEO & Managing Partner
McMillan LLP

Kelly Charbois
Managing Partner Toronto office
Miller Thompson LLP

Martin K. Denyes
Firm Managing Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

 David Di Paolo
 National Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
 Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)

James Doris
 Partner
 Tyr LLP 

Paul Fruitman
Partner
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP

 Tim Haney
 Canada Chief Executive Officer
 Dentons Canada LLP

 Michael Innes
 National Chair, Corporate Group
 Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

 Monique Jilesen
Managing Partner
Lenczner Slaght

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

 Sunil Kapur
 Chief Executive Officer, Partner Toronto
 McCarthy Tétrault LLP

 Natasa Karambatsos
 Managing Partner
 KRB Avocats

Kevin Kiley, K.C
 Managing Partner
McInnes Cooper

Cynthia Kuehl
 Partner, Chair of Firm 
 Lerners LLP 

 Sophie Lamonde
 Managing Partner, Montréal Office
 Stikeman Elliott LLP

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

 Melanie McKague
 General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Director Governance and Risk Management
 Ducks Unlimited Canada

 John Mercury
 Executive Chair and Chair of the Board
 Bennett Jones LLP

 Joyce Mitchell, K.C
Managing Partner
McLennan Ross LLP

 Cliff G. Proudfoot, KC
 Managing Partner
Lawson Lundell LLP

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

 Steve McKersie
 Chief Executive Officer
 Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

 Bo Rothstein
 Managing Partner
 Farris LLP

 Amy Sherrard
 Assistant General Counsel
 Ernst & Young LLP

 Aaron Sigal
 Associate General Counsel
 OPTrust

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

 Kristin Taylor
 Managing Partner
 Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Jennifer Teskey
 Managing Partner - Canada
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Sharon Vogel
 Co-Managing Partner
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP