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Stanley has an enviable track record as one of Canada’s leading Construction Law authorities. His distinguished expertise in construction law is renowned by his colleagues and valued by the hundreds of clients he has represented. A Certified Specialist in Construction Law, Stanley lectures regularly, is a noted author who has published widely, and is a founding member of the Construction Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association, a Founding Fellow, Governor, and past President of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, as well as a past Chair for the Construction Law specialty Committee of the Law Society of Upper Canada. He is frequently requested to act as a mediator and arbitrator in construction disputes and has built an enviable reputation for his ability to steer complex multi-party disputes to a successful resolution. Stanley is an authority on a broad spectrum of construction legal matters, including construction liens, delay claims, breach of trust, contract disputes, bonding issues, mortgage priorities, insolvency and bankruptcy issues as they relate to construction issues. Stanley’s colleagues and clients often point to his personable approach, his insistence on understanding the details of each and every case before him, and his true enjoyment of interacting with people, as the qualities they respect and value most. He is a respected mentor to young practitioners and to the profession at large. Areas of Practice: Mediation & Arbitration and Construction Law

John McKeown focuses on providing advocacy and advice concerning intellectual property and related matters, including protecting trade-marks, copyrights, patents, confidential information and misleading advertising and claims under the Competition Act. A growing component of his work relates to intellectual property claims on the Internet, including domain name disputes. He is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in Intellectual Property Law (Trade Marks/Copyright). Some of Canada’s largest marketers have relied on John’s advice. John supervises obtaining, protecting and licensing trademarks and hundreds of successful trade mark applications. He is involved in many opposition proceedings before the Trade-marks Opposition Board and actions for infringement. John has particular expertise regarding actions relating to copyright. He is the author of McKeown, Fox, on Canadian Law of Copyright and Industrial Designs (3rd Edition, 2000; 4th Edition, 2003), the leading copyright textbook in Canada. The 4th edition has been released in a loose-leaf form and builds on the success of the 3rd edition. The text is updated semi-annually. John and the text have been referred to by both the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal as an authoritative source. John’s textbook, Brand Management in Canadian Law (1st Edition, 2004; 2nd Edition, 2006; 3rd Edition, 2010; 4th Edition, 2016) considers brand management from a legal perspective. The components which make up a brand, a consumer’s perception of a brand, brand equity, brand leverage and integration are discussed. Additional chapters deal with legal considerations relating to choosing a brand name, branding on the internet, protecting the components of a brand and developing effective brand management policies. A second edition was published in 2006 and a third edition was published in June 2010, and the fourth edition was published July 2016. In Canadian Intellectual Property Law and Strategy: Trademarks, Copyright and Industrial Designs, John provides an overview of Canadian law relating to trade marks, copyright and industrial designs along with strategic commentary designed for legal practitioners outside Canada. The book was published in March 2010 by Oxford University Press. The publication of the book was taken over by LexisNexis and 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions have been published. Their plan is to publish a new edition each year. John is currently the Chairman of the Canadian Bar Association Trademarks Committee and heavily involved in the trademark reform process. John is also the Chair of the American Bar Association International Trademark Treaties and Laws Committee. John’s practice includes: Intellectual Property Advertising & Marketing Competition Litigation

Lawyers don’t often talk about their first jobs, but Leigh loves to tell people about working as a cashier at a grocery store in Moncton, New Brunswick. (A proud Maritimer, Leigh will never stop loving his hometown!) It was at the grocery store where he realized the importance of customer service and efficient work. He quickly learned that customers value their time and appreciated personalized attention. His next job was working at a summer camp in Nova Scotia. While his classmates in law school and business school joked and told him to get a “real” job each summer, it was at camp where Leigh learned about organizational politics, management, teamwork, productivity, and grit. After graduating with an undergraduate degree from the University of Ottawa and law and business degrees (LLB and MBA) from Dalhousie University, Leigh “grew up”. His work experience and expertise spans across the globe. He first worked in senior roles in Ottawa as an advisor to the Minister of National Defence, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and he traveled extensively in these roles. Since then, his work has taken him all over the place – from working in a small law firm to working in senior legal and business roles at Sears Canada (including extensive work overseas, where his legal and business skills intersected a great deal). He then served as General Counsel to a large privately-held group of companies focused on retail and real estate. Leigh is the CEO and Founding Lawyer of Lampert LawGiC, where he collaborates, strategizes, negotiates, calculates and is constantly finding ways to help his clients. Moreover, Leigh is a gentleman. Whether dealing with his client or an opponent, he truly believes that a handshake means a lot and that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. Highly capable, Leigh does not waste time or money. He can explain difficult concepts in simple terms to help his clients understand legalities that may otherwise be overwhelming. He is calm, cool and collected. He is loyal, funny and versatile and can adapt to any situation. Always seeking to learn, Leigh believes strongly in continuing education. He has completed a Certificate in Adjudication through Osgoode Hall Law School at York University as well as Harvard Business School’s Real Estate Management Program in Finance, Design, and Leadership. Leigh loves teaching as much as he loves learning and he serves as an Adjunct Professor of Business Law at Ryerson University and as an Adjunct Professor of International Business and Human Resources at York University. When not practicing law, Leigh can be found playing highly competitive board games with his wife and their 3 boys, skiing, hiking, kayaking, walking his two dogs, traveling (including his visits to numerous US Presidential Libraries and Museums), giving back to his community through various volunteering roles and mentoring others.