Murray Klippenstein
Creator, Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors, Toronto, Ont. Back to the second year on the Top 25, Klippenstein's continuing representation of 13 members of this indigenous Mayan Q'eqchi' population from El Estor, Guatemala, continues to make waves. Three related lawsuits are ahead of the Ontario courts against Canadian mining firm Hudbay Minerals within the brutal killing of Adolfo Ich along with the gang rape of 11 women from Lote Ocho. In a precedent-setting judgment in July of 2013, an Ontario court determined that lawsuits could proceed to trial in Canada over the objections of Hudbay Minerals. At home he is also taking on the big men in a case against Encana Corp. which 's challenging the regulation and practice of hydraulic fracking at Canada. What Republicans needed to say: Kudos for standing up for, upholding Canadian values, where we function.
Lorne Waldman
Waldman & Associates, Toronto, Ont. Waldman is a good defender of refugees, immigrants, and human rights. He's won a number of important successes, such as health care for refugees in Canadian nurses for Refugee Care v. Canada along with a female 's best to wear the niqab while making her citizenship oath at Ishaq v. Canada with his associate Naseem Mithoowani. In addition, he contended at the Supreme Court of Canada in J.P. v. Canada and G.J. v. Canada, that Canada's anti-human smuggling provisions should include asylum seekers engaging in mutual assistance. Along with Peter Edelmann, he acted on behalf of the CBA from the Harkat case prior to the SCC at 2014. On the global stage, he symbolizes Mohamed Fahmy (alongside Amal Clooney), the Canadian journalist working for Al Jazeera. He's also been a vocal opponent of Bill C-51 and modifications to Canada's citizenship legislation. What voters had to say: Lorne educated us all, especially now, to preserve democracy and to maintain the rule of law.
Jean-Pierre Blais
Chairman, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Ottawa-Gatineau Blais isn't scared of criticism and is prepared to go above and beyond in the name of consumer rights. A new CRTC decision will give users more freedom to select TV channels of the liking as part of their cable and satellite subscriptions despite bitter opposition from Canada's cable businesses. Blais called out former Bell Media president Kevin Crull, without naming names, over reports Crull told CTV news personnel to not interview him later that choice. Crull ended up apologizing for interfering in the information gathering process and afterwards stepped down. From telemarketers to telcos, Blais consistently aims to encourage the rights and needs of customers. What Republicans needed to say: Reaching big shift with consumer-minded focus. About time!
Fred Headon
Assistant general counsel, labor 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 lawyers, law professors, professors, librarians, law firm personnel, and regulators in Toronto to Buenos Aires, Victoria to Halifax, in person and online. The Futures report has been released in August 2014 and its recommendations place Headon squarely in the middle of many vital discussions on topics crucial to the profession. He continues to direct the Futures steering committee because it now turns its guidelines into action. Headon is an integral component of the discussion on the future of this profession and he had been the first in-house counsel to become the president of the CBA. What Republicans needed to say: Brings energy and decency and the smarts to everything he does.
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