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Top Lawyers In Canada

Justice Ian Nordheimer

Judge, Ontario Supreme Court, Toronto, Ont.  Nordheimer's name is becoming synonymous with class action suits largely because of his ruling, which overturned Justice Edward Belobaba's decision in a high-profile situation on carriage in the Barrick Gold class action suit.  Nordheimer given the losing coalition of law firms leave to appeal Belobaba's decision in the Divisional Court.  He is likely the most influential Superior Court level judge in the country using a decade on the seat and produces perhaps the best number of thorough judgments each year in comparison to some trial level estimate.  He's famous for his quick wit and sharp conclusions.  In the past year, Nordheimer has made quite a splash in the legal community by upholding a professional discipline penalty for current LSUC bencher Joe Groia and releasing data which revealed Rob Ford was the subject of a police investigation.What that the panel had to say: He is the sort of judge that should be on the Court of Appeal... or greater.  A judge of complete integrity.

Fred Headon

Assistant general counsel, labour and employment law, Air Canada, Montreal, Que.  As chairman of the Canadian Bar Association's Futures Initiative, Headon has given more than 25 presentations to attorneys, law students, professors, librarians, law firm personnel, and labs from Toronto to Buenos Aires, Victoria to Halifax, in person and online.  The Futures report was released in August 2014 and its own recommendations put Headon squarely in the midst of several important discussions on subjects essential to the profession.  He continues to lead the Futures steering committee as it now turns its guidelines into actions.  Headon is an integral part of the discussion on the future of this profession and he had been the first in-house counselor to become the president of the CBA. What Republicans needed to say: Brings energy and decency and the smarts to what he does.

Pascal Paradis

Executive director, Lawyers Without Borders Canada, Quebec City, Que.  Also back for his second time on the Best 25, Paradis is an unstoppable force and also a fervent advocate for human rights, especially for women and children.  Thanks to Paradis' initiative, the Quebec bar joined LWBC to act as global counsel in favour of Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger condemned to prison and flogging for his remarks criticizing the regime.  Since January 2015, Paradis and LWBC are leading a consortium of Canadian organizations working to get a wide-range five-year project to foster justice.  They plan to execute means of balancing and prevention for women victims of sexual violence and other persons affected by the Malian armed battle.  He also discusses several international conferences on human rights problems. What Republicans needed to say: He has left an extremely profitable position in a big national law firm to go LWBC for quite a small paycheque because he followed his heart and his enthusiasm.

Sheila Block

Partner, Torys LLP, Toronto, Ont. Among the sharpest litigators in the country, Block has served as lead counsel on a newly dismissed $5-billion class action lawsuit against CIBC plus a $100-million lawsuit brought by approximately 8,000 residents of Barbados from Manulife.   She was also staunch counsel for former Manitoba associate chief justice Lori Douglas from the question of the judge's role in a scandal involving her husband, one of his former customers, and salacious photographs of herself posted online.  Block additionally received an honorary LLD from the Law Society of Upper Canada this year.  An urge dedicated to teaching law in Canada and around the globe, she has trained advocates for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in Rwanda and the Special Court on Sierra Leone. What Republicans needed to say: Elle demontre son interet a la fois pour l'schooling du publique et des affaires.  (She has demonstrated her interest for the education of the general public and company.)

Louise Arbour

Counsel, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Montreal, Que. An global lawyer who has just settled in Canada, Arbour has earned a spot on the Canadian Lawyer's Top 25 Most Influential record again this season.  She's a winner of the 2015 Simons Foundation Award, recognizing world leaders that form and create an environment for a safer and more just world.   Arbour has spoken out against protracted use of solitary confinement and has been inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.  She has been a Supreme Court of Canada judge, an global war crimes prosecutor, and a law school professor.  Her ability to pick up things quickly led her to different roles nationally and internationally.  Arbour says economic disparities between and within counties is that the number-one inexcusable human rights issue at the moment.  Always craving new and challenging environments, only last year she eventually did something she had never done: joined a law firm in Montreal where she proceeds to struggle for individual rights. What voters had to say:Her magnificent contributions speak for themselves.  International celebrity.

Rocco Galati

Rocco Galati Law Firm PC, Toronto, Ont.  Rocco Galati is famous because of its one-man resistance to the present government, so far spending $42,000 of his own money on court problems.  He launched a situation that blocked Stephen Harper's appointment of Justice Marc Nadon into the Supreme Court of Canada.  His opposition to the appointment of Federal Court of Appeal Justice Robert Mainville into the Quebec Court of Appeal Wasn't as successful.  While he doesn't win, Galati is dogged in his efforts to defend the Constitution against a government he sees pushing the boundaries with too little respect for the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  He's now also been elected because bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada and it will be interesting to see what he brings to the law of the profession.What voters needed to say: An authentic Canadian constitutional and human rights enthusiast.