Adriel Weaver is a public law litigator at Goldblatt Partners, where her clients include criminal accused, prisoners, immigration detainees, constitutional and human rights claimants, and community and public interest organizations. She also has a growing labour law practice, representing unions and professional associations in the education and health care sectors. Since 2016, Adriel has been an adjunct professor at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies where she has taught courses ranging from Indigenous Law to National Security and Criminal Justice. She serves as Chair of the Board of PASAN, and as a member of the Board and Chair of the Law Program Committee of LEAF.

Dr. Sileshi Bedasie Hirko is a former Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Advanced Scholar and a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Ottawa. Since 2015, he has been a research fellow affiliated with Open African Innovation Research Network (Open AIR) at University of Ottawa. Dr. Sileshi is a former Assistant Professor at Haramaya University in Ethiopia.

From within the broad domains of international economic and business laws, Dr. Sileshi’s major areas of research interests focus on legal fields concerned with intellectual property, regulation of competition, international trade, international business, digital technologies and sustainable human development. Encompassing diverse areas of intellectual property, family laws, digital technologies, higher education and sustainable human development, his scholarly works have featured in several reputable national and international ournals. Published with Routledge and Palgrave/Springer respectively, Dr. Sileshi’s recent books titled “Rethinking Copyright for Sustainable Human Development” and “Copyright and Tertiary Education Regimes in Ethiopia” explore a wide range of issues central to copyright, higher education and human development from both international and national perspectives.

Kevin Fine is the Senior Vice-President of the Thought Leadership Division of the Ontario Securities Commission, a new group at the OSC responsible for research and market influence.

As part of his duties at the OSC he also participates in a variety of national and international committees currently working on introduction and oversight of regulation of over the counter derivatives markets. He is the long-time co-chair of the CSA Derivatives Committee. Kevin is also the current chair of the IOSCO Standing Committee on Derivatives, past chair of the international Over the Counter Derivatives Regulators Forum (the “ODRF”), one of the past co-chairs of the IOSCO Task Force on OTC Derivatives and has led several international workstreams relating to OTC derivatives regulation.

From 2011 to 2024, Mr. Fine was the Director of the Derivatives Branch at the Ontario Securities Commission since 2011. He was previously Associate General Counsel and Managing Director, Retail Investor Solutions Group and Securitization, for Bank of Montreal Financial Group of Companies (“BMOFG”) and had almost 20 years experience working in OTC derivatives matters for BMOFG.

Amanda’s general litigation practice focuses on complex corporate and commercial disputes, with a particular emphasis on civil fraud, employment litigation and securities litigation disputes and investigations. Amanda has experience managing all aspects of investigative and enforcement actions, matters pertaining to securities regulatory and enforcement matters, internal investigations (including multi-jurisdictional investigations involving allegations of fraud and corruption), shareholder disputes and claims relating to post-employment obligations. Additionally, Amanda also has extensive experience in obtaining and defending Norwich orders, Mareva injunctions, Anton Pillar orders, orders in regard to fraudulent conveyances, restitution orders and disclosure orders and in the enforcement of civil judgments.

Amanda has motion, application, trial and appeal experience before all courts in Ontario. In addition, she regularly appears before a number of administrative and regulatory boards and tribunals, including the Ontario Labour Relations Board and the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.

Amanda currently sits on the executive of the Canadian chapter of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association.

While attending the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, Amanda competed in the Arnup Cup Trial Advocacy Competition as a member of the winning team. Amanda also competed in the Pace International Criminal Law Moot Competition in New York, where she was recognized as the top oralist in her round of the competition; and in the Sopinka Cup advocacy competition.

Jonathon Kappy is a partner at Hull & Hull, having joined the firm in 2012.

Jonathon spent the first ten years of his litigation career practicing across a broad range of commercial and civil litigation disciplines, with a focus on corporate disputes, including director and shareholder remedies, breaches of fiduciary duty, oppression, contractual disputes and real estate litigation.

In the course of his practice, Jonathon has appeared at all levels of court.

Jonathon received an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School and a B.Comm from McGill University. Jonathon was called to the bar in 2003 and has completed the Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Ankita is a litigation associate at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP where she carries on a general commercial litigation practice which includes appellate litigation, Indigenous and constitutional litigation, securities litigation, class actions, and other general civil litigation. She has appeared as counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada, British Columbia Court of Appeal, British Columbia Supreme Court, Ontario Divisional Court, and Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Ankita completed her J.D. at Osgoode Hall Law School, where she graduated in the top 2% of her class with several academic honours, and her LL.M. at Harvard Law School, where she was awarded multiple Dean’s Scholar Prizes. Prior to joining Osler, Ankita served as a law clerk at the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the Honourable Sarah E. Pepall, David M. Brown and Benjamin Zarnett, and the Supreme Court of Canada for the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada.

Doreen Lok Yin So (she/her) is a partner at Hull & Hull LLP, a boutique estates, trusts, and capacity litigation firm in Toronto, Ontario.  She has extensive trial and appellate experience and she is a seasoned advisor in complex estate administrations. Doreen is also a board member of the Toronto Lawyers Association. Doreen earned her J.D./L.L.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School. She has also obtained B.A. from University of British Columbia, with a double major in English Literature and Family Studies. Doreen is interested in how human beings interact with the law, and the legal rights and obligations that are either given or imposed upon them. Doreen approaches the law from a principled and practical perspective, and as an ever evolving construct and system.

Kartiga Thavaraj has a specialized practice focused on both construction and constitutional litigation. She routinely represents clients in complex commercial cases, including on public-private-partnership (P3) projects, and acts in human rights and constitutional cases before the courts and at the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.

Samuel G. Walker is Crown Counsel at the Crown Law Office – Criminal in Toronto, where he is a member of the Justice Prosecutions Unit and conducts appeals before the Ontario Court of Appeal. From 2017-2021 he was an Assistant Crown Attorney with the Scarborough Crown Attorney’s Office and from 2013-2017 he practised criminal and regulatory law with the firm Henein Hutchison LLP. He is a former law clerk to the Honourable Justice Morris Fish of the Supreme Court of Canada, was a Gates Cambridge Scholar, and trained for a year at leading barristers’ chambers in London, England as a Harold Fox Scholar. Sam holds degrees from Yale University (B.A.), McGill University (B.C.L., LL.B.), and the University of Cambridge (LL.M.). He has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law as well as Osgoode Hall Law School, and has published several journal articles and book chapters on topics in public international law and criminal law.

John practices public law in Gowling WLG’s Toronto office, chiefly in the areas of Crown liability, administrative law, constitutional law, regulatory law, and Indigenous law. He acts for public and private clients in administrative and civil proceedings, applications for judicial review, and appeals.

He has appeared at all levels of the Ontario and Federal Courts, and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Regulators, public bodies, and other public organizations retain John on matters of statutory authority, statutory interpretation, and policy and procedure. He also regularly advises private clients that are regulated by public authorities.

John has acted for First Nations and Inuit governments in litigation involving the duty to consult, disputed elections, and modern treaty interpretation. He was also part of the team responsible for the settlement of the McLean Indian Day Schools Class Action.

In the constitutional realm, John has broadly advised on and litigated division of powers, parliamentary privilege, and Charter issues.

John is co-author of Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Administrative Law, and Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Constitutional Law: Division of Powers.