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Home > Our Firm > News > The Best Lawyers™ in Canada 2024
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The Best Lawyers™ in Canada 2024

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August 24, 2023

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McInnes Cooper is proud to have 91 of our lawyers, across multiple offices, recognized in the 18th edition of The Best Lawyers™ in Canada (2024). The Best Lawyers in Canada honours the top legal talent, as recognized by their peers, for professional excellence in more than 75 practice areas. 

We congratulate all of our lawyers in this edition, including six that were listed for the first time: Sheri Wicks, Duncan Harvie, Benoit Arsenault, Chris Keirstead, Teddy Comeau and Rebecca Hiltz LeBlanc, KC. 

Included in this year’s awards as “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” are five McInnes Cooper lawyers. Listed for the first time are Alex Barnes, for her Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law practice, and Peter L’Esperance for his Corporate Law practice. Recognized for their Labour and Employment practice for the third year in a row are Ryan McCarville, Brittany Keating and Amanda Nash. 

In addition, Best Lawyers recognizes nine McInnes Cooper lawyers as “Lawyer of the Year” recipients for 2024 in their respective practice areas: 

  • Malcolm Boyle, KC – Labour and Employment Law (Halifax)  
  • Gregory Connors – Energy Law (St. John’s)  
  • Robert Cowan – Information Technology Law (Halifax)  
  • Marjorie A. Hickey, KC – Administrative and Public Law (Halifax) 
  • Marjorie A. Hickey, KC – Legal Malpractice Law (Halifax)  
  • John C. MacPherson, KC – Environmental Law (Halifax)  
  • Daniel Simmons, KC – Administrative and Public Law (St. John’s) 
  • Geoffrey Spencer – Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law (St. John’s) 
  • Kathryn L. Stratton, KC – Real Estate Law (Moncton) 

Congratulations to all who received recognition! Click here to view a full listing of McInnes Cooper lawyers honoured in the 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada for 2024. 

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