Torkin Manes is pleased to announce that 49 of our partners have been recognized as leaders in their respective fields in the latest edition of Best Lawyers in Canada. Additionally, 13 Torkin Manes lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Canada), published concurrently with the directory’s release.
More than half of our partners were recognized for the quality of their advice in one or more of 27 different practice areas, collectively earning a total of 74 individual practice area rankings. These results, which are based on an extensive peer-review survey, reinforce the breadth of expertise of our leading lawyers and our prominence as a full-service law firm. Our rankings can be viewed on the Best Lawyers in Canada website.
Congratulations to all of our recognized lawyers on their appearances in these two publications.
Best Lawyers in Canada 2026:
Neil M. Abramson - Health Care Law, Professional Malpractice Law
Jeff Alpert - Banking and Finance Law
Christine Ashbourne - Family Law
Risa Awerbuck - Trusts and Estates
Robert Barbiero - Health Care Law, Medical Negligence
Kenneth Beallor - Commercial Leasing Law, Real Estate Law
Andrew Biderman - Asset-Based Lending Practice, Banking and Finance Law
Adam N. Black - Family Law
Doug Bourassa - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Sarah Boyle - Family Law
Allan S. Bronstein - Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law
Jeffrey I. Cohen - Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Venture Capital Law
Lisa Corrente - Health Care Law
Sumeet (Sonu) Dhanju-Dhillon - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Valerie A. Edwards - Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Legal Malpractice Law, Professional Malpractice Law
Stephanie Eiley - Real Estate Law
Aaron English - Real Estate Law
Matthew Getzler - Trusts and Estates
Linda J. Godel - Charities/Non-Profit Law, Trusts and Estates
David Golden - Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law
Rachel Goldman Robinson - Trusts and Estates
Ryan Hauk - Construction Law
Gregory D. Hersen - Construction Law
Aleksandar Jovanovic - Construction Law
Irv Kleiner - Labour and Employment Law
Kayla Kwinter - Construction Law
Kay Leung - Corporate Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Lisa R. Lifshitz - Information Technology Law, Privacy and Data Security Law, Technology Law
Ronald D. Manes - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
M. Scott Martin - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Matt Maurer - Cannabis Law
Daniel S. Melamed - Family Law, Family Law Mediation
Adrian Myers - Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Laurie H. Pawlitza - Family Law
Daniel Pugen - Labour and Employment Law
Sammy Redlick - Corporate Law
Leonard D. Rodness - Real Estate Law
Ruth Kalnitsky Roth - Family Law
Anthony Scane - Construction Law
Daniel J. Stober - Trusts and Estates
Michael Tamblyn - Construction Law
Matthew Tevlin - Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law
Sidney H. Troister, KC - Legal Malpractice Law, Real Estate Law
Tanisha Tulloch - Trusts and Estates
Craig R. Vander Zee - Trusts and Estates
Andrew Wilder - Cannabis Law, Corporate Law
Jennifer L. Wilson - Family Law
Lorne H. Wolfson – Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family Law, Family Law Mediation
Seth Zuk - Real Estate Law
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Canada) 2026:
Lee Abraham – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Anthony D’Angelo – Real Estate Law
Jennifer Lewis - Trusts and Estates
Tamara Markovic - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Vlad Mihaescu - Corporate Law
Meaghan O’Connor - Family Law
Victoria Ourumis - Family Law
Shreya Patel - Labour and Employment Law
Jennifer Siemon - Trusts and Estates
Annie (Qurrat-ul-ain) Tayyab – Corporate and Commercial Litigation
George Tory - Corporate Law
Rebecca Wakeam - Family Law
Justyna Waxman - Family Law