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Blakes Litigators Take Home Four Benchmark Canada Awards

May 11, 2023

We are pleased to announce that Blakes won four awards at this year’s Benchmark Canada Awards, including two Firm of the Year awards.

We are proud to be named Arbitration Firm of the Year for the sixth consecutive year and White Collar Crime/Enforcement Firm of the Year for the fourth consecutive year.

In addition, Melanie Baird was named IP Litigator of the Year for the second year running, and Gordon McKee was named Product Liability Litigator of the Year.

Blakes secured a total of 27 nominations by province, practice area and lawyer. Many of our lawyers and specialty litigation areas were also finalists, highlighting the remarkable expertise of our team.

In further recognition of the Firm’s reputation for significant complex litigation work, Michael BarrackJeff Galway and David Tupper were once again named in Benchmark Canada’s Top 50 Trial Lawyers list.

To learn more about our litigation practice, please visit our Litigation & Dispute Resolution page.

About Benchmark Litigation

Researchers at Benchmark spend six months conducting extensive interviews with litigators and their clients to identify the leading litigators and firms. During these interviews, researchers examine recent law firm casework and ask individual litigators to offer their professional opinions on peers.