Dentons sees an impressive jump in new rankings in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2020

Posting Date: 2020.05.07

Dentons is pleased to announce that the Firm’s Canada Region has been recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2020.

This year, 108 of Dentons’ Canada-based lawyers contributed to nearly 200 individual rankings. Of these, an astounding 51 were new or regained rankings this year, which is almost double the number achieved last year.

Reflecting our national footprint, these rankings include lawyers from all six of the global Firm’s Canadian offices (Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver), 15 of whom entered the rankings for the first time.

The following 10 highly talented Dentons lawyers achieved the highest possible ranking of “Most Frequently Recommended”:

Name Practice Area
Brian E. Abraham, Q.C., P.Geo. Mining
Ken Dhaliwal Entertainment Law
Sheldon L. Disenhouse Property Leasing
Alexander G. MacWilliam Environmental Law
Joel A. Nitikman Corporate Tax
Jim Russell Entertainment Law
Juliet Smith Entertainment Law
David Steinberg Entertainment Law
Bob Tarantino Entertainment Law
Barry Zalmanowitz, Q.C. Competition Law

Further, Dentons’ practice groups were recognized across 66 categories this year, with our teams for Corporate Commercial Law and Entertainment Law being listed as “Most Frequently Recommended.”

The Lexpert directory is considered the preeminent peer-review-based directory of legal practitioners in Canada, ranking both individual lawyers and firms across areas of practice. Recommendations for lawyers in the annual Lexpert directory are based on an exhaustive annual peer review survey, with firm rankings tabulated from the cumulative rankings of individuals within each practice area reviewed.

The highly talented Dentons lawyers ranked in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2020 can be viewed on Lexpert’s website.

Congratulations to the entire team of exceptional lawyers who were recognized in this year’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2020.

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