The 2024 Best Lawyers in Canada Directory has recognized two Farris lawyers as “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective fields. “Lawyer of the Year” recognitions are awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic location. Only one lawyer is recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.

• Michael Allen – Project Finance Law and Banking and Finance Law
• Michael Gianacopoulos – Railroad Law

Every year, Best Lawyers in Canada conducts peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Farris is proud to have 43 lawyers recognized this year as leaders within their practice areas, and another nine as “Ones to Watch”:

• Michael Allen
• Robert Anderson, K.C
• B. Sunny Aujla
• Todd Bell
• Brian Canfield
• Nikki Charlton
• Mark Chu
• Stephanie Daniels
• Andrea Frisby
• Michael Gianacopoulos
• Mitchell Gropper, K.C.
• James Hatton, K.C.
• Ludmila Herbst, K.C.
• Nicholas Hooge
• Albert Hudec
• Tevia Jeffries
• Jeffrey Kay, K.C.
• Robert Kennedy
• Michael Korbin
• Yun Li-Reilly
• Tim Louman-Gardiner
• Gordon Love
• Hector MacKay-Dunn, K.C.
• Jamie Matthews
• Robert McDonell
• Maria McKenzie
• Michelle Moriartey
• Rebecca Morse
• Ronald Murray
• Denise Nawata
• Dean O’Leary
• Brendan Piovesan
• Duncan Reid
• Peter Roth
• Bo Rothstein
• Lyndsay Schooley
• David Selley
• Karen Shirley-Paterson
• Kevin Smith
• Jay Sujir
• Robert Veitch
• Mike Wagner
• Verlee Webb
• Amanda Winters

2024 Ones to Watch:

• Cassandra Enns
• Sean Galloway
• Jeff Hart
• Ryan McCracken
• Allison Render
• Isabel Romeral
• Trevor Shum
• Nicholas Vaartnou

To view a copy of the announcement, click here. Individual lawyer biographies may be viewed by clicking on the names to the right.