Twenty Woods Lawyers Commended as Leading Practitioners in the 2024 Best Lawyers in Canada for Litigation, Arbitration, and Insolvency Proficiency

Woods is honoured to have sixteen of our esteemed team members acknowledged as Best Lawyers in the new edition of Best Lawyers in Canada, further highlighting the firm’s breadth of expertise and longstanding dedication to litigating and resolving the most intricate domestic and international legal challenges. In addition, four of our lawyers enter the coveted “Ones to Watch” category. This exclusive recognition is a testament to their exceptional early-career accomplishments. 

In a remarkable achievement, James A. Woods received the distinction of “Lawyer of the Year” after achieving the highest level of peer review in Montreal in two categories: Director and Officer Liability Practice and Legal Malpractice Law.  

The lawyers recognized as leaders are:  

• Olivier Archambault-Lafond – Defamation and Media Law;  
• Eric Bédard – Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Labour and Employment Law;  
• Cara Cameron – Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Defamation and Media Law;  
• Bogdan Catanu – Alternative Dispute resolution, Appelate Practice and Corporate and Commercial Litigation;  
• Marie-Louise Delisle – Appellate Practice and Corporate and Commercial Litigation;  
• Bogdan-Alexandru (Alex) Dobrota – Class Action Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law;  
• Stephen L. Drymer – Alternative Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration;   
• Hon. Clément Gascon, C.C., Ad.E. – Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law;  
• Hon. Joseph R. Nuss, C.M., Q.C., Ad.E., FCIArb – Alternative Dispute Resolution;  
• Sebastian L. Pyzik* – Construction Law and Corporate and Commercial Litigation;  
• Sylvain Rigaud – Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law;  
• Louis Seveno – Class Action Litigation and Corporate and Commercial Litigation;   
• Laurence Ste-Marie* – Class Action Litigation and Corporate and Commercial Litigation;  
• Richard Vachon – Class Action Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Defamation and Media Law, Labour and Employment Law and Product Liability Law;   
• Sylvain A. Vauclair – Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law;  
• James A. Woods,Ad.E. – Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Class Action Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Defamation and Media Law, Director and Officer Liability Practice, International Arbitration, Labour and Employment Law, Legal Malpractice Law and Securities Law.  

  The lawyers recognized as “Ones to Watch”:  

• Marie-Pier Cloutier* – Corporate and Commercial Litigation;  
• Justina Di Fazio* – Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Labour and Employment Law;  
• Matthias Heilke* – Tax Law;  
• Érika Normand-Couture* – Corporate and Commercial Litigation.  

 * lawyers first listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada.   

 Best Lawyers™ is one of the most prestigious legal peer-review publications. This honour reflects the high esteem in which the members of the firm are held by the legal community.