WeirFoulds congratulates the 48 lawyers who have been recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada, and the 9 lawyers who have been recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada. This year we have proudly earned 88 rankings in 26 specialty areas.
We are also thrilled to announce that Partners Clare Burns (“Trusts and Estates”), Karsten Lee (“Commercial Leasing Law”), Carlos Martins (“Defamation and Media Law”) and Christopher Tzekas (“Expropriation Law”) have been recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” within Toronto in their respective areas of practice.
Best Lawyers has ranked legal practitioners and firms across multiple practice areas through exhaustive peer-review surveys of the legal community for more than 25 years. Those surveyed are asked to assess their peers on their legal abilities, professionalism and integrity.
We are honoured that our clients and peers continue to take the time to express their satisfaction with the high-quality counsel, service and professionalism provided by WeirFoulds.
Below is the list of lawyers recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada along with the areas in which they have been ranked:
Lawyer of the Year
Clare Burns
- Trusts and Estates
Karsten Lee
- Commercial Leasing Law
Carlos Martins
- Defamation and Media Law
Christopher Tzekas
- Expropriation Law
Best Lawyers in Canada
Caroline Abela
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Trusts and Estates
Glenn Ackerley
- Construction Law
Richard Arezes
- Real Estate Law
Sandra Astolfo
- Construction Law
Denise Baker
- Municipal Law
Carleigh Bassett
- Corporate Law
Amy Block
- Administrative and Public Law
Janet Bobechko
- Environmental Law
Lisa Borsook
- Commercial Leasing Law
- Real Estate Law
Alan Bromstein
- Administrative and Public Law
- Health Care Law
David Brown
- Corporate Law
John Buhlman
- Administrative and Public Law
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Environmental Law
Clare Burns
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Trusts and Estates
F. Philip Carpenter
- Construction Law
Krista Chaytor
- Commercial Leasing Law
- Construction Law
Jennifer Corak
- Trusts and Estates
Jeff Cowan
- Administrative and Public Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Real Estate Law
Lisa Danay Wallace
- Information Technology Law
- Privacy and Data Security Law
Jill Dougherty
- Administrative and Public Law
- Health Care Law
Robert Eberschlag
- Mining Law
Wayne Egan
- Corporate Law
- Mining Law
Robert Eisenberg
- Commercial Leasing Law
Bruce Engell
- Municipal Law
Sean Foran
- Expropriation Law
- Real Estate Law
Peter Jacobsen
- Defamation and Media Law
Wojtek Jaskiewicz
- Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Ben Kates
- Administrative and Public Law
Raj Kehar
- Municipal Law
James Kosa
- Information Technology Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Privacy and Data Security Law
- Technology Law
Brian Kuchar
- Construction Law
Karsten Lee
- Commercial Leasing Law
- Real Estate Law
Andrew MacDonald
- Aviation Law
- Defamation and Media Law
Lucinda Main
- Trusts and Estates
Carlos Martins
- Aviation Law
- Defamation and Media Law
Andrea McEwan
- Trusts and Estates
Debra McKenna
- Administrative and Public Law
- Health Care Law
Bradley McLellan
- Real Estate Law
W. A. Derry Millar
- Administrative and Public Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Patrick Nugent
- Real Estate Law
Kenneth Prehogan
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Gregory Richards
- Administrative and Public Law
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Steven Rukavina
- Corporate Law
- Real Estate Law
Abbey Sinclair
- Expropriation Law
- Municipal Law
Michael Swartz
- Construction Law
David Thompson
- Commercial Leasing Law
- Real Estate Law
Christopher Tzekas
- Expropriation Law
- Real Estate Law
Frank Walwyn
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- International Arbitration
- International Trade and Finance Law
- Trusts and Estates
Daniel Wong
- Labour and Employment Law
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Alyssa Armstrong
- Health Care Law
Lia Boritz
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Labour and Employment Law
Chantal Conroy
- Municipal Law
Michael Ding
- Tax Law
Shawn English
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Lori Isaj
- Trusts and Estates
Sanaya Mistry
- Trusts and Estates
Arman Poushin
- Commercial Leasing Law
Emma Romano
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
