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The Yunusov Question — 84 episodes
Justice Todd Archibald on 1,500 mediations, 22 years as a judge and persuasive mediation briefs
Caroline Mandell on Executive Function, Focus, and Performing Better as a Lawyer
Justice David Brown on the Charter, judicial accountability and civil justice reform
Sujit Choudhry on Charter litigation, polarization, and notwithstanding clause
Kannon Shanmugam on SCOTUS, DOJ, Antonin Scalia, Ken Starr, and changing meanings of words
Walied Soliman on global law firms, corporate lawyers, special situations, and the Middle East
Annamaria Enenajor on intelligence, the ideals of criminal law practice, and fighting crime
Ken McEwan, K.C. on the Rogers case, litigating on the West coast, and Ontario's influence on BC
Justice Mew on being from England, hearing civil and criminal cases, limitation periods, and emotion
Justin Safayeni on Stockwoods, admin law, defending journalists, and growth as a litigator
Peter Cho on civil juries and trials
Michael Geist on intellectual property, digital policy, AI, and law students
Geoff Hall on contractual interpretation, standards v. bright lines, and a $5 billion trial
Barry Weintraub on mental toughness, civility, judges, law firms, and the formula of success
Inside look at the Emergencies Act victory in Canada's Federal Court: Ewa Krajewska
Nelson Rosario on what cryptocurrency and AI will do to the financial system
Kathryn Marshall on Canadian politics, fighting, high-profile cases, and the court of public opinion [S04E14]
Gillian Hnatiw on sexual misconduct law, switching firms, building her own firm, and hiring juniors [S04E13]
Adam Goldenberg on empathy in litigation, working in Canada after Yale Law, and public policy [S04E12]
Jordan Goldblatt on Slytherin litigators, his litigation playbook, boutiques, and defending lawyers [S04E11]
Joe Groia on the Bre-X case, civility and incivility, Law Society, and control of the narrative [S04E10]
Beverley McLachlin on her name, Court of Appeal judges, deciding Charter cases, and Hong Kong [S04E09]
Dominique Hussey on Big Law governance, equity partners, being Black, and the future of women in law [S04E08]
Valarie Matthews on Harvard Law, love, and marriage contracts [S04E07]
Marie Henein on fame, criminal lawyers, being other, and expanding into civil litigation [S04E06]
Monique Jilesen on running Lenczner Slaght, doubts, her day at work, injunctions and trials [S04E05]
Sarit Batner on math and law, McCarthy Tétrault, medical negligence trials, and empathy [S04E04]
Justice Andrea Himel on Family Court Branch, family law, family lawyers, and family court litigation [S04E03]
Cynthia Kuehl on law firm strategy, the life of a litigation file, and what men can learn from women [S04E02]
George Strathy on appellate advocacy, mental health of the profession, and the good old days [S04E01]
ACJO Michal Fairburn on how the Court of Appeal works, appellate lawyers, leadership, and change [S03, E24]
Harpreet Saini on the criminal lawyer's mindset, murder trials, complex issues of fact, and juries [S03E23]
Earl Cherniak on his famous cases, longevity in law, and on Lerners LLP [S03E22]
Justice Paul Perell on class actions, judicial rotations, and the limits of legal research [S03E21]
Trish Callon on Sun Life, growing in-house, her day-to-day as a GC, and the future of insurance [S03E20]
Ewa Krajewska on public and constitutional practice, hiring lawyers, and why she joined HHLLP [S03E19]
Jason Gottlieb on litigating in New York and differences between US and Canadian court proceedings [S03E18]
Jonathan Lisus on litigation boutiques, nation-state clients, self-reps, referrals, commercial list [S03E17]
Bhuvana Rai on clerking at the Tax Court, litigating against the CRA, and starting her own firm [S03E16]
Sana Halwani on Lenczner Slaght, patent trials, and reputation of lawyers [S03E15]
Justice Jasmine Akbarali on the situation in the Superior Court, lawyers, Caselines, and more [S03E14]
Peter Henein on comedy and litigation, making partner at Cassels, his last name, and his ambitions [S03E13]
Michael Lubetsky on Davies, tax litigation, and his unusual path to law [S03E12]
Justice David Stratas on Vavilov, cooperation between judges, and the federal courts (S03E10)
Cryptocurrency and law, part 2 [S03E09]
Cryptocurrency and law, part 1 [S03E08]
Danielle Robitaille on Henein Hutchison LLP, the love of her life, and the future of criminal law [S03E07]
AG Doug Downey on the pandemic effect on the justice system, current status and plans for the future [S03E06]
Suzanne Chiodo on legal academia, what academics do for lawyers, and love for civil procedure [S03E05]
Caroline Mandell on lessons from the ONCA, common written advocacy mistakes, and our brain [S03E04]
Marlon Hylton on Jamaicans, achievement in law, electronic records, and the future of e-discovery [S03E03]
Barry Glaspell on class action defence, counsel fees, and the class action regime in Ontario [S03E02]
Ed Waitzer on corporate lawyers and litigators, oppression remedy, and the future of corporate law [S03E01]
Justice Fred Myers on becoming a judge, lawyer competency, electronic trials, and changes to come [S02E22]
Sarah Sutherland on CanLII 10 years from now, CanLII and the courts, and CanLII APIs [S02E21]
Julia Hanigsberg on life-long exploration, defining success, and being a lawyer in times of change [S02E20]
Andrew Monkhouse on building a top growing employment law firm in Canada [S02E19]
Justice Lorne Sossin on his origin story, what surprised him at ONCA, and the 80/20 rule [S02E18]
Evan Thomas on Wealthsimple Crypto, why lawyers go into blockchain, and the future of blockchain law [S02E17]
Bob Tarantino on entertainment law, why clients go to big firms and what LSO will be like in 20 years [S02E16]
Doron Gold on emotional challenges, seeking help, becoming a happy lawyer and defining achievement [S02E15]
Justin Nasseri on McCarthy's, his law school strategy, litigation excellence, and getting clients [S02E14]
Suzan Fraser: litigating the rights of the vulnerable and the marginalized [S02E13]
Chris Bentley and Colin Stevenson talk access to justice [S02E11]
Erin Durant: litigator profile [S02E12]
Peter Carayiannis: President of Conduit Law and CEO of Mission Watch Company [S02E10]
Criminal law: Lawrence Gridin [S01E04]
Tables turned: Neha Chugh interviews the host of the Yunusov Question [S02E09]
Ranjan Agarwal: partner at Bennett Jones LLP and OBA's second VP [S02E08]
Neha Chugh, litigator and business person [S02E07]
Juda Strawczynski, director of PracticePRO
Andrea Sanche, a partner at Ricketts Harris LLP
Erin O'Rourke: litigator profile
Shaneka Shaw Taylor: litigator profile
Andrew Bernstein: litigator profile
Maureen Whelton: litigator profile
Chantelle Cseh: litigator profile
Darin Thompson: how to design good legal systems
Ren Bucholz: litigator profile
Gary Kalaci: CEO at Alexa Translations and Alexa Translations AI
Real estate litigation: Neil Wilson
Shannon Salter: Chair of the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal
Litigator profile: Alyssa Tomkins
Bankruptcy and insolvency: Tom McElroy