The 2026 Best Lawyers in Canada Directory has recognized two Farris Partners 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.

• Ludmila Herbst, K.C. – Energy Regulatory Law
• Robert Veitch – Corporate 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 46 lawyers recognized this year as leaders within their practice areas, and another 15 lawyers as “Ones to Watch”:

• Robert Anderson, K.C
• B. Sunny Aujla
• Todd Bell
• Brian Canfield
• Nikki Charlton
• Ron Chin
• Mark Chu
• Thom Ciz
• 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.
• Michael Korbin
• Yun Li-Reilly
• Tim Louman-Gardiner
• Gordon Love
• Hector MacKay-Dunn, K.C.
• Samantha Mason
• James Matthews
• Robert McDonell
• Maria McKenzie
• Michelle Moriartey
• Rebecca Morse
• Ronald Murray
• Denise Nawata
• Dean O’Leary
• Matthew Pierce
• Brendan Piovesan
• Duncan Reid
• Peter Roth
• Bo Rothstein
• Lyndsay Schooley
• David Selley
• Pam Sheppard
• Karen Shirley-Paterson
• Stacey Silber
• Kevin Smith
• Jay Sujir
• Robert Veitch
• Mike Wagner

 Ones to Watch:

• Daxton Boeré
• Yasmin D’Costa
• Cassandra Enns
• Wayne Fernandes
• Forrest Finn
• Sean Galloway
• Kurtis Harms
• Jeffrey Hart
• Sarah Jenkins
• Zachary Kay
• Mohnaam Shergill
• Trevor Shum
• Danielle Temple
• Megan Wood
• Mallory Wyant

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