ILO Client Choice Award - Exclusive Winner of the Litigation Category for Canada (2012) Lexpert’s "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40" Finalist and "Litigator to Watch" (2011)
Quoted, “Flurry of legal moves across Canadian law firms,” The Globe and Mail, September 2024 Moderator,"Litigation and Dispute Resolution in Canada: 2022 year in review and future trends," March 30, 2023 Quoted in “What you need to know about the duty of confidentiality and solicitor-client privilege,” Canadian Lawyer Magazine, February 2022 Profiled in "McMillan, FMC partners snag Client Choice Awards," Article by Kendyl Sebesta, Canadian Lawyer, February 24, 2012 Profiled in "FMC Law partners win ILO Client Choice Awards," Article by Mitch Kowalski, National Post, February 23, 2012 Quoted in the article "Litigation No Longer Just About Advocacy," Law Times, March 2011 Quoted in the article "Retooling Litigation," published by LEXPERT magazine, March 2010 Cover Interview, "Savvy Advice Averts Lawsuits," Law Times, August 2009, Vol. 20, No. 25
“Shifting tides: Risk mitigation and dispute readiness for dealmakers – Protective measures to mitigate risk,” Dentons Insights, May 3, 2023 Mark Evans & Ara Basmadjian, “Ontario Court Declines to Impose a Duty on a Bank to Protect Third-Party Victims of a Fraud based on Constructive Knowledge,” Case Comment on 1169822 Ontario Limited v The Toronto-Dominion Bank (August 2018) 37:4 National Banking Law Review 33 Co-author, "Banking fraud: The power of well-drafted account opening documents in the age of e-mail," Dentons Insights, May 24, 2017 "The 2010 Guide to Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution," Executive View Media Limited, March 2010 Current Issues in Securities Regulation (Presentation) "Court Clarifies the Requirement of 'Damage' and its Impact on Limitation Periods," International Law Office, April 2012 "Court Confirms IIROC's Jurisdiction Over Investment Dealer Members," International Law Office, March 2012 "Liability for Secondary Market Misrepresentation in Canada," International Law Office, April 2011 "Still Between a Rock and a Hard Place - An Update on Kovacs v. TD," ILO Online Magazine, January 2011 "When Shoppers Aren't Merry - Strategies for the Holiday Season," December 2010 "Kovacs v. TD Bank Financial Group - Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place," ILO Online Magazine, July 2010 "The Gatekeeper Requirement and Secondary Market Liability Class Actions in Canada," Digital Guide to Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, 2010 "Post-membership Discipline - A Price of Admission," Focus on Securities Litigation, October 2009 "Poison Pills Revisited: The OSC decision in Neo Material Technologies Inc.," Focus on Securities Litigation, September 2009 "Offshore Accounts: Investors Can't Have Their Cake and Eat it Too," Focus on Securities Litigation, December 2003 Contributing-author, "Asset Tracing and Recovery - Part II Country Specific Possibilities for Asset Tracing and Recovery (Canada)," Erich Schmidt Verlag GMBTL & Co., Berlin, 2009 Co-author, "Court Comments on Scope of Officers’ and Directors’ Liability," International Law Office, February 2006 Co-author, "An Overview of Defending Broker Liability Actions," Canadian Institute, 4th Annual Forum on Securities Litigation, November 2004 "Class Action Litigation in the Securities Context," CLE Conference, March 2002
Community Involvement and Pro Bono Mentor, TRIEC Mentor, Coach, Lawrence Park Association (Soccer) Active volunteer in Pro Bono Duty Counsel Program through the Advocates’ Society Teaching Roles Chair, FMC Professional Development Program (Litigation) "Persuasive Writing for Advocates" (Toronto, 2011) Instructor, Expert Witness Workshop (Toronto, 2008 and 2011) Presentations "What you need to know about employment class actions" – Employment and Labour Seminar – May 31, 2019 "Roundup of the top cases" First Annual Dentons Data Summit: Navigating today’s digital landscape – June 6, 2019 "Effective Tactics to Stop or Resolve Claims Early in Today's Class Actions Environment: Defence Panel Discussion," The Canadian Institute's 13th Annual National Forum on Class Actions Litigation, Toronto, September 2012 "Hear From Both Sides of the Enforcement Divide!," current issues in Securities Regulation, Second Annual Securities Symposium, Toronto, September 2012 "Choosing or Challenging An Appropriate Representative Plaintiff," Canadian Institute Class Actions Litigation Bootcamp, Toronto, April 2012 The Aging Investor - A Case Study, Toronto, May 2011 "The Money Went Where?", Cross Border and International Fraud and Asset Recovery," Chicago, October 2010 "Investing in Compliance – When the Regulators Come Knocking Will You Be Ready?," A seminar relating to OSC and IIROC compliance matters co-presented by Dentons and Deloitte & Touche LLP, Toronto, May 2009 "Aging Clients – Risks and Opportunities for Investment Dealers,” Toronto, 2008