The Best Lawyers™ in Canada 2022

McInnes Cooper is very pleased to have 90 of our lawyers, with representation across our offices, recognized in the 16th edition of The Best Lawyers™ in Canada (2022). The Best Lawyers in Canada honours the top legal talent, as recognized by their peers, for professional excellence in 75  practice areas.

We congratulate all of our lawyers included in this edition, including eight of whom are listed for the first time: Ian Dunbar, Michael Melvin, Sarah Campbell, Jonathan Pendrith, Adrienne Mercer, Michael Murphy, Daniel Watt and Robert Hickey.

Included in this year’s awards as “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” are three McInnes Cooper lawyers, all recognized for their Labour and Employment practice: Ryan McCarville, Brittany Keating and Amanda Nash.

In addition, Best Lawyers recognizes fifteen McInnes Cooper lawyers as “Lawyer of the Year” recipients for 2022 in their respective practices:

• Kevin J. Kiley – Banking and Finance Law (Charlottetown)
• Marjorie A. Hickey QC  – Legal Malpractice Law (Halifax)
• Michelle Awad QC – Product Liability Law (Halifax)
• Daren Baxter QC, TEP – Tax Law (Halifax)
• Robert Cowan – Information Technology Law (Halifax)
• Stephen Kingston – Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law (Halifax)
• Julie Robinson – Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Halifax)
• Michael Simms – Energy Law (Halifax)
• Catherine Watson Coles QC, TEP – Trusts and Estates (Halifax)
• Matthew Hayes – Construction Law (Saint John)
• Terry W. Hutchinson QC, FEA – Banking and Finance Law (Saint John)
• William C. Boyd QC – Real Estate Law (St. John’s)
• Gregory Connors – Energy Law (St. John’s)
• Dan Simmons QC – Administrative and Public Law (St. John’s)
• Darren Stratton – Labour and Employment Law (St. John’s)

Congratulations to all who received recognition! Click here to view a full listing of McInnes Cooper lawyers honoured in the 16th edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada for 2022.