Associate announcement

Lenczner Slaght Welcomes Derek Hooper

Canada’s leading litigation firm welcomes another exceptional lawyer.

October 25, 2024

Canada’s leading litigation firm continues to add to its collective experience and knowledge with the addition of Derek Hooper.

Derek completed his JD at Queen’s University. While in law school, Derek worked as a Student Caseworker at the Queen’s Prison Law Clinic, as Vice President of Finance of the Queen’s Law Students’ Society, and as an Associate Editor of the Queen’s Law Journal. Derek summered and articled at Lenczner Slaght, where he gained experience in several practice areas, including employment, intellectual property, professional liability, and commercial matters.

Welcome, Derek!

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Lenczner Slaght

Widely recognized as Canada's leading litigation practice, Lenczner Slaght has successfully represented clients' interests in some of the country's most complex and high-profile cases. Our lawyers are distinguished by their depth of courtroom experience, appearing at all levels of the courts, before tribunals, and in mediation and arbitration proceedings. We're also known for our wealth of talent: Lenczner Slaght partners, ranked among the best of their peers nationally, recruit and mentor gifted litigators who uphold the highest professional standards. From commercial disputes and class actions to professional regulation and cross-border matters, we bring expert strategy to all areas of litigation.

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