RISING STARS ADVISORY PANEL 2020
Gerry Apostolatos
Lawyer, Partner-Montreal; Immediate past Co-Chair of Board of Directors
Langlois Lawyers LLP
Sarbjit Basra
Managing Partner
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Mark T. Bennett
Managing Partner
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Lydia Bugden, Q.C.
CEO & Managing Partner
Stewart McKelvey
Matthew W. Cockburn
Managing Partner
Torys LLP
Jeffrey I. Cohen
Managing Partner
Torkin Manes LLP
George Cooper. QC
Chief Executive Officer and Partner
Cox & Palmer LLP
Bindu Cudjoe
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Legal Compliance & Investigations Group, CWB Financial Group; Vice President, Women General Counsel Canada
Tom Curry
Managing Partner
Lenczner Slaght
Teresa Dufort
CEO and Managing Partner
McMillan LLP
Peter Feldberg
Firm Managing Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Cheryl Foy
University Secretary and General Counsel
Ontario Tech University and Past President (2019), President (2018), (Co-Chair) 2016, Founder Women General Counsel Canada
Matthew Gottlieb
Managing Partner
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP
Warren Katz
Managing Partner, Montreal Office
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Jeffrey Jay Kay, Q.C.
Managing Partner
Farris LLP
Melissa Kennedy
Executive Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer
Sun Life Financial
Kevin J. Kiley
Managing Partner
McInnes Cooper
Justin Kutyan
National Leader and Senior Partner
KPMG Law LLP
Keith David LaBossiere
CEO & Managing Partner
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Dale H. Lastman, C.M.
Chair
Goodmans LLP
Catherine Lau
General Counsel
MEC
Dave Leonard
Partner and Chief Executive Officer
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Peter J. Lukasiewicz
CEO
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
Hugh L. MacKinnon Q.C.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Bennett Jones LLP
Ashok Menen
Investigation Counsel
Enforcement Branch Ontario Securities Commission and Director - South Asian Bar Association of Toronto (SABA)
John G. Murphy
National Managing Partner & CEO
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Lorne O'Reilly
Lead Counsel
Dow Chemical Canada ULC and VP & Treasurer and Member of the Board of Directors- Alberta Chapter, Association of Corporate Counsel
Nora Osbaldeston
Managing Partner, Toronto, Vaughan and Markham
Miller Thomson LLP
Dale R. Ponder
National Co-Chair
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Graham Porter
London Managing Partner and Firm Chair
Lerners LLP
Clifford G. Proudfoot, QC
Managing Partner
Lawson Lundell LLP
Michael S. Richards
Managing Partner, Toronto Office
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Bryson A. Stokes
Firm Managing Partner, Toronto
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Raphael Tachie
Senior Counsel
TD Bank and Vice President - Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL)
Beth Wilson
Canada Chief Executive Officer
Dentons Canada LLP
Grant A. Zawalsky
Managing Partner
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP