Ten Queen鈥檚 graduates who are shining brightly on the Canadian legal landscape are included on Lexpert magazine鈥檚 annual list of 鈥淩ising Stars 鈥 Leading Lawyers Under 40.鈥
This prestigious honour celebrates young lawyers who have outstanding track records, are changemakers in the legal industry, are leaders in their communities, and are important contributors to the success of their firms and organizations.
The Queen鈥檚 grads who have earned this distinction are:
Greg Barker, Com鈥05
Barker is the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for Canada Lands Company CLC Limited. He practised corporate and commercial real estate law before joining his current firm and now advises the company鈥檚 board and senior management on corporate governance matters and is responsible for legal and regulatory affairs.
Laura Bevan, Artsci'05
Bevan is a partner at Lawson Lundell LLP and head of the firm鈥檚 litigation and dispute resolution group in Vancouver and Kelowna. She advises clients in the gaming, banking, and securities industries. Bevan is also involved in the community through mentoring young lawyers and working with organizations such as ShEvalesco, a non-profit association that helps female and non-binary youth.
Heidi Gordon, Law'10
Gordon is a partner with McCarthy T茅trault LLP in Toronto. Her core practice involves advising on public and private mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and private equity transactions. She also regularly advises on general corporate, disclosure, and corporate governance matters.
Pam Hrick, Law鈥13
Hrick is the Executive Director & General Counsel at Women鈥檚 Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), a national organization that works toward ensuring the law guarantees equality for all women, girls, trans, and non-binary people. She previously clerked for fellow Queen鈥檚 graduate the Hon. Justice Thomas Cromwell, Artsci鈥73, Law鈥76, LLD鈥10, at the Supreme Court of Canada.
Emily Kirkpatrick, Artsci鈥04
Kirkpatrick is a partner with McEwan Partners with a focus on corporate, commercial, and class-action matters. She has experience working on a wide range of legal issues including shareholder disputes, class action defence, contract disputes, product liability, employment issues, and environmental matters.
Brian Kolenda, Law鈥10
Kolenda is a partner with Lenczner Slaght and former editor of the Queen's Law Journal. His civil litigation practice focuses on a wide range of disputes, from complex business disputes to civil fraud and from professional negligence to defamation. For many years, he assisted the Legal Aid Ontario's Refugee Law Office on behalf of clients seeking emergency stays of deportation.
Jamie-Lynn Kraft, Artsci鈥09
Kraft works for Smart & Biggar and is based in Ottawa. She focuses on trademark counselling, protecting intellectual property assets, and successfully represents clients in proceedings before the Canadian Trademark Opposition Board. She also provides advice on marketing and advertising law.
Amrita Singh, Law'12
Singh is a partner with Marks & Clerk. The intellectual property litigator advocates for inventors and creators. In addition to working on diversity initiatives with her firm, she mentors female and diverse junior lawyers and students. She also gives her time as a Queen鈥檚 University Council member.
Emily Ting, Law'10
Emily Ting is a partner and co-head of the business law group at Goodmans LLP. Her practice involves all aspects of corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Ting also assists companies with their corporate governance and continuous disclosure obligations.
Christine Wadsworth, Artsci鈥10
Wadsworth is a partner in McCarthy T茅trault LLP鈥檚 litigation group in Toronto. She focuses on commercial litigation, professional liability, internal investigations, and white collar defence. At Queen's, she was aand a recipient of the .
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