Cox & Palmer Lawyers Recognized in the 2025 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory Rankings
March 11, 2025
Cox & Palmer is proud to announce that 85 of our lawyers have been recognized in the 2025 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory.
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, published since 1997, uses peer surveys to identify a comprehensive list of Canada’s leading lawyers in over 60 practice areas. The Directory determines the top lawyers in various practice areas and recognizes those who are regarded as leaders in their field, are considered preeminent in professional organizations, or those with substantial recognition by their colleagues.
For a complete listing of Cox & Palmer’s Lexpert-ranked lawyers for 2025, please see table below.
NEW BRUNSWICK
| Jessica Bungay | Fredericton | Employment (Employer) |
| Ryan P. Burgoyne | Fredericton | Commercial Insurance Litigation |
| Jamie C. Eddy, KC | Fredericton | Employment (Employer); Labour (Labour); Labour (Management) |
| Adam M. King | Fredericton | Corporate Commercial; Estate and Personal Tax (Estate and Tax Planning); Property Development |
| Aaron M. Savage | Fredericton | Corporate Commercial; Mergers and Acquisitions; Property Development |
| Jade A. Spalding, KC | Fredericton | Commercial Insurance Litigation, Corporate Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury (Represents Defendants) |
| Daniel L. Stevenson | Fredericton | Banking & Financial Institutions; Corporate Commercial; Corporate Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions |
| Paul J. White | Fredericton | Corporate Commercial; Property Development |
| Monika M.L. Zauhar | Fredericton | Commercial Insurance Litigation |
| Hélène L. Beaulieu, KC | Moncton | Commercial Insurance Litigation; Corporate Commercial Litigation |
| Dale T. Briggs | Moncton | Corporate Commercial; Property Development |
| André Carroll | Moncton | Corporate Commercial |
| George L. Cooper, KC | Moncton | Banking & Financial Institutions; Insolvency & Financial Restructuring; Corporate Commercial Litigation; Directors’/Officers’ Liability Litigation; Product Liability Litigation |
| Blair C. Fraser, KC | Moncton | Commercial Insurance Litigation |
| Simon-Pierre Godbout | Moncton | Banking & Financial Institutions; Corporate Commercial |
| Marie-Pier Levesque | Moncton | Corporate Commercial; Corporate Mid-Market |
| Michael McWilliam | Moncton | Corporate Commercial |
| Isabelle C. Moreau | Moncton | Corporate Commercial |
| Rick F.T. Nesbitt | Moncton | Corporate Commercial Litigation |
| April L.D. Parker | Moncton | Corporate Commercial; Property Development |
| Talia C. Profit, KC | Moncton | Commercial Insurance Litigation; Corporate Commercial Litigation; Medical Negligence (Represents Defendants) |
| Tracy L. Wong | Moncton | Banking & Financial Institutions; Corporate Commercial; Property Development |
| Peter R. Forestell, KC | Saint John | Corporate Commercial; Mergers and Acquisitions; Property Development |
| Michael A. Gillis | Saint John | Corporate Commercial; Property Development |
| Edward W. Keyes, KC | Saint John | Banking & Financial Institutions; Corporate Commercial Litigation |
| Duane M. McAfee, KC | Saint John | Corporate Commercial; Property Development |
| Caroline H. McAvity | Saint John | Corporate Commercial |
| Josh J.B. McElman, KC | Saint John | Banking & Financial Institutions; Insolvency & Financial Restructuring; Insolvency Litigation; Corporate Commercial Litigation; Directors’/Officers’ Liability Litigation |
| David G. O’Brien, KC | Saint John | Commercial Insurance Litigation; Personal Injury (Represents Defendants); Personal Injury (Represents Plaintiffs) |
| Nicholas A. Ouellette | Saint John | Banking & Financial Institutions; Corporate Commercial; Corporate Finance |
| William H. Teed, KC | Saint John | Banking & Financial Institutions; Corporate Commercial; Corporate Finance; Property Leasing |
| Deirdre L. Wade, KC | Saint John | Litigation – Commercial Insurance |
| Peter T. Zed, KC | Saint John | Corporate Commercial; Energy (Electricity); Directors’/Officers’ Liability Litigation |
NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
| William T. Cahill | St. John’s | Banking & Financial Institutions; Mining |
| Anna M. Cook, KC | St. John’s | Corporate Commercial; Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Lisa M. Daly | St. John’s | Corporate Commercial |
| Denis Fleming | St. John’s | Commercial Insurance Litigation; Personal Injury (Represents Defendants) |
| F. Richard Gosse | St. John’s | Construction; Corporate Commercial Litigation |
| Stephen J. May, KC | St. John’s | Commercial Insurance Litigation; Personal Injury (Represents Defendants); Professional Liability |
| Thomas M. Munn | St. John’s | Corporate Commercial |
| Wayne Myles, KC | St. John’s | Transportation |
| Kathleen M. O’Neill, KC | St. John’s | Labour (Management) |
| Matthew M. Peyton | St. John’s | Corporate Commercial |
| Allison J. Philpott | St. John’s | Banking & Financial Institutions; Corporate Commercial |
| Griffith D. Roberts, KC | St. John’s | Banking & Financial Institutions; Corporate Commercial; Electricity |
| Randall W. Smith, KC | St. John’s | Banking & Financial Institutions; Corporate Commercial; Mergers & Acquisitions |
| G. Todd Stanley, KC | St. John’s | Corporate Commercial; Environmental Law |
| Michelle A. Willette, KC | St. John’s | Employment (Employer); Labour (Management) |
NOVA SCOTIA
| P. Robert Arkin | Halifax | Corporate Commercial; Estate and Personal Tax (Estate and Tax Planning) |
| Michelle Axworthy | Halifax | Family Law |
| Jane Elise Bates | Halifax | Computers and Information Technology; Corporate Commercial |
| Marc Beaubien | Halifax | Property Development |
| John T.G. Boyle | Halifax | Construction; Commercial Insurance Litigation; Corporate Commercial Litigation |
| Joseph F. Burke | Halifax | Commercial Insurance Litigation; Personal Injury (Represents Defendants) |
| Jocelyn M. Campbell, KC | Halifax | Commercial Insurance Litigation; Personal Injury (Represents Defendants) |
| Devon E. Cassidy | Halifax | Corporate Commercial |
| Chika Chiekwe | Halifax | Corporate Commercial |
| Colin J. Clarke, KC | Halifax | Medical Negligence (Represents Defendants); Professional Liability |
| Matthew J. Dorreen | Halifax | Banking & Financial Institutions; Mining |
| Brian W. Downie, KC | Halifax | Medical Negligence (Represents Defendants); Personal Injury (Represents Defendants); Professional Liability |
| Carolle Fernando | Halifax | Corporate Commercial; Mergers and Acquisitions |
| Patrick G.E. Fitzgerald | Halifax | Computers and Information Technology; Corporate Commercial; Corporate Finance; Corporate Mid-Market; Data Privacy; Mergers and Acquisitions |
| Jeffrey P. Flinn | Halifax | Banking & Financial Institutions |
| Sean Glover | Halifax | Banking & Financial Institutions |
| Victor J. Goldberg, KC | Halifax | Corporate Commercial; Corporate Commercial Litigation |
| Stewart Hayne | Halifax | Medical Negligence (Represents Defendants); Professional Liability |
| Joseph Herschorn | Halifax | Construction; Litigation – Corporate Commercial |
| Michelle M. Kelly, KC | Halifax | Corporate Commercial; Commercial Insurance Litigation; Corporate Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation; Personal Injury (Represents Defendants); Personal Injury (Represents Plaintiffs) |
| Gavin D.F. MacDonald | Halifax | Banking & Financial Institutions; Corporate Commercial; Insolvency (Financial Restructuring) |
| Amy E. MacGregor | Halifax | Commercial Insurance Litigation; Personal Injury (Represents Defendants) |
| Nicholas C.G. Mott | Halifax | Banking & Financial Institutions |
| Richard W. Norman | Halifax | Corporate Commercial Litigation |
| Mohammad Ali Raza | Halifax | Corporate Commercial; Electricity |
| Suzanne I. Rix, KC | Halifax | Immigration Law |
| Andrew Sowerby | Halifax | Commercial Insurance Litigation; Corporate Commercial Litigation |
| Jillian B. Strugnell | Halifax | Professional Liability |
| W. Harry Thurlow | Halifax | Construction; Commercial Insurance Litigation; Corporate Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury (Represents Defendants) |
| Guy S. Wellard | Halifax | Banking & Financial Institutions; Corporate Commercial |
| Peter T. Zed | Halifax | Corporate Commercial; Mergers and Acquisitions |
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
| Robin K. Aitken, TEP | Charlottetown | Corporate Commercial; Estate and Personal Tax (Estate and Tax Planning); Estate and Personal Tax (Estate Litigation) |
| Karen A. Campbell, KC | Charlottetown | Employment (Employee); Employment (Employer); Labour (Management) |
| Ben Howard | Charlottetown | Corporate Commercial |
| Katie Morello | Charlottetown | Corporate Commercial |
| J. Andrew D. Campbell, KC | Summerside | Corporate Commercial |
| Jeffrey H. Leard | Summerside | Property Development |