Patrick J. Hawkins

Alex graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in 2006, and obtained his Juris Doctor from Queen’s University in 2010. He was called to the Bar in 2011. Alex’s clients rely on his detail-oriented, creative and practical solutions to their legal problems. With a broad and varied insurance litigation practice, Alex has a breadth of knowledge in a number of practice areas. He defends a wide range of personal injury claims on behalf of insurers and self...

Gordon Jepson is the managing partner of the firm. He practises regulatory and intellectual property law, with a focus on drug, food, nutraceutical (natural health product/dietary supplement), and other regulatory issues, as well as related litigation. Practice Areas Gord’s practice includes advising on regulatory and advertising clearance for drugs, medical devices, foods, cosmetics, dietary supplements and natural health products. He also advises on the legal requirements for advertis...

Biography Arlan Gates practices commercial and regulatory law as a member of Baker McKenzie's Global International Commercial & Trade and Antitrust & Competition groups. He leads the Canadian Antitrust, Competition and Foreign Investment Practice, which has been ranked by The Legal 500 and Chambers Canada. He is also ranked by Chambers Canada and by Best Lawyers in the area of advertising, marketing and data protection law and leads the Canadian Advertising, Marketing and Regulatory P...

Julia acts for and provides advice to a range of corporate and individual clients in all manner of civil, commercial, and administrative proceedings, including professionals, statutory officers, shareholders, and directors and officers. She has a robust regulatory and administrative law practice assisting municipal integrity commissioners, athletes, university students, and regulated professionals accused of misconduct. A tried and tested advocate, Julia has acted as lead counsel on trials in...

As an intellectual property lawyer and a qualified patent and trademark agent, Anna Wilkinson practises in all areas of intellectual property law, with a focus on the procurement of intellectual property rights. Ms. Wilkinson both manages the Canadian portfolios of global filers and acts for Canadian innovative companies and research institutions. She drafts and prosecutes patent applications for medical devices, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and biologics, materials and nanomaterials, packagi...

Nimali has had a long-held interest in issues relating to health, disability and aging. Yet after graduating from law school in 1999, she articled at a full-service firm where there was little exposure to the issues that interested her. She was so disillusioned with the practise of law at that time that she thought she might leave it all together to become a VJ at Much Music (which seemed like a reasonable exit strategy at the time). Fortunately for Nimali and her future clients, she did not ...

For over 30 years, Valerie has assisted health care professionals facing a civil lawsuit or College complaint pursue fair process and the best possible outcomes. Valerie partners with her clients to ensure they understand what is happening to them and are involved in the strategic decisions being made. Valerie is a fearless advocate who doggedly pursues fairness for her clients. Valerie has extensive litigation experience, having successfully defended numerous contested discipline hearings at...

Craig Brown is an active member of several practice groups including Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions, Emerging Technology and the Asia Pacific Practice Group, and leads Fasken’s India Practice Group. His transaction-oriented practice is focused on advising high-growth Canadian companies with a global outlook, as well as leading investment dealers, merchant banks and private equity and venture capital funds that provide financing to them. Renowned in the areas of mergers and ac...

David is proud to represent the fourth generation of Mills to practice at the firm since its founding in 1884. He is a great-grandson of Alexander Mills, K.C., one of the founders of the firm, grandson of Ralph S. Mills, Q.C., and a son of J. Paul Mills, K.C. David served his articles with Mills & Mills LLP, joined the firm following his call to the Bar and became a Partner in 2006. David’s practice is focused on estate law. As an estate lawyer, David provides a comprehensive range ...

Rory has a diverse range of litigation experience. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, and various levels of court in Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador. He handles insurance coverage, defence and subrogation matters, construction deficiencies and professional liability claims, and his transportation practice has involved multimodal cargo transport, environmental claims, collisions, derailments, and groundings. His general litigation experience includes class actions, frau...