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Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP
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EXCELLENCE AWARDEE:
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Boutique Law Firm of the Year
EXCELLENCE AWARDEE:
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Boutique Law Firm of the Year
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EXCELLENCE AWARDEE:
Litigation & Dispute Resolution Boutique Law Firm of the Year
Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP
Glenn Solomon KC, FCIArb, ICD.D
Partner
Carsten Jensen KC, FCIArb
Partner
Carsten Jensen is a founding partner of JSS Barristers. His practice focuses exclusively on dispute resolution, with an emphasis on corporate & commercial litigation, including commercial class actions, oil & gas disputes, shareholder disputes, multi-party litigation, and arbitrations. Carsten has a Martindale-Hubbell “AV Preeminent” peer review rating in both legal ability and ethical standards – the highest possible rating. Carsten has been recognized repeatedly in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading practitioner in Corporate Commercial Litigation, Class Actions, and Medical Negligence. In addition, Carsten is recognized and listed in Best Lawyers in Canada and Benchmark. Chambers Global lists Carsten as a Distinguished Practitioner in Commercial Litigation.
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Carsten Jensen KC, FCIArb
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Carsten Jensen KC, FCIArb
Partner
Glenn Solomon KC, FCIArb, ICD.D
Partner
Leadership
Sabri M. Shawa is a founding partner of JSS Barristers; he is a highly regarded arbitrator, mediator, negotiator, and litigator. He has consistently been listed in Best Lawyers since 2014 and was named Calgary’s Lawyer of the Year in 2020 for Alternative Dispute Resolution. For many years, Sabri has been listed as a Litigation Star by Benchmark Canada, for arbitration and dispute resolution, among other things. The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory also lists him as Repeatedly Recommended for Commercial Arbitration.
Partner
Sabri M. Shawa KC, FCIArb
Glenn Solomon, KC, BA, LLB, LLM, LLM, FCIArb, ICDD is a senior partner at JSS Barristers. Glenn’s counsel and advocacy work is in the areas of civil litigation and administrative law. Glenn’s civil litigation practice includes business litigation and corporate commercial and contract disputes. As a civil litigator, Glenn is routinely engaged as legal counsel in lawsuits, arbitrations, and appeals involving shareholder and business disputes, securities, oil and gas, real estate, debt collection, regulatory proceedings, constitutional law, and wills and estates. In his administrative law work, Glenn has participated in many judicial reviews, including extensive appearances in the areas of privacy and access law.
Partner
Glenn Solomon KC, FCIArb, ICD.D
@BuddyMortgages
Sabri M. Shawa KC, FCIArb
Partner
Sabri M. Shawa is a founding partner of JSS Barristers; he is a highly regarded arbitrator, mediator, negotiator, and litigator. He has consistently been listed in Best Lawyers since 2014 and was named Calgary’s Lawyer of the Year in 2020 for Alternative Dispute Resolution. For many years, Sabri has been listed as a Litigation Star by Benchmark Canada, for arbitration and dispute resolution, among other things. The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory also lists him as Repeatedly Recommended for Commercial Arbitration.
Partner
Sabri M. Shawa KC, FCIArb
Sabri M. Shawa KC, FCIArb
Partner
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Sabri M. Shawa KC, FCIArb
Partner
Carsten Jensen KC, FCIArb
Partner
Leadership
Sabri M. Shawa is a founding partner of JSS Barristers; he is a highly regarded arbitrator, mediator, negotiator, and litigator. He has consistently been listed in Best Lawyers since 2014 and was named Calgary’s Lawyer of the Year in 2020 for Alternative Dispute Resolution. For many years, Sabri has been listed as a Litigation Star by Benchmark Canada, for arbitration and dispute resolution, among other things. The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory also lists him as Repeatedly Recommended for Commercial Arbitration.
Partner
Sabri M. Shawa KC, FCIArb
Glenn Solomon, KC, BA, LLB, LLM, LLM, FCIArb, ICDD is a senior partner at JSS Barristers. Glenn’s counsel and advocacy work is in the areas of civil litigation and administrative law. Glenn’s civil litigation practice includes business litigation and corporate commercial and contract disputes. As a civil litigator, Glenn is routinely engaged as legal counsel in lawsuits, arbitrations, and appeals involving shareholder and business disputes, securities, oil and gas, real estate, debt collection, regulatory proceedings, constitutional law, and wills and estates. In his administrative law work, Glenn has participated in many judicial reviews, including extensive appearances in the areas of privacy and access law.
Partner
Glenn Solomon KC, FCIArb, ICD.D
Carsten Jensen is a founding partner of JSS Barristers. His practice focuses exclusively on dispute resolution, with an emphasis on corporate & commercial litigation, including commercial class actions, oil & gas disputes, shareholder disputes, multi-party litigation, and arbitrations. Carsten has a Martindale-Hubbell “AV Preeminent” peer review rating in both legal ability and ethical standards – the highest possible rating. Carsten has been recognized repeatedly in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading practitioner in Corporate Commercial Litigation, Class Actions, and Medical Negligence. In addition, Carsten is recognized and listed in Best Lawyers in Canada and Benchmark. Chambers Global lists Carsten as a Distinguished Practitioner in Commercial Litigation.
Partner
Carsten Jensen KC, FCIArb
Glenn Solomon, KC, BA, LLB, LLM, LLM, FCIArb, ICDD is a senior partner at JSS Barristers. Glenn’s counsel and advocacy work is in the areas of civil litigation and administrative law. Glenn’s civil litigation practice includes business litigation and corporate commercial and contract disputes. As a civil litigator, Glenn is routinely engaged as legal counsel in lawsuits, arbitrations, and appeals involving shareholder and business disputes, securities, oil and gas, real estate, debt collection, regulatory proceedings, constitutional law, and wills and estates. In his administrative law work, Glenn has participated in many judicial reviews, including extensive appearances in the areas of privacy and access law.
Partner
Glenn Solomon KC, FCIArb, ICD.D
Carsten Jensen is a founding partner of JSS Barristers. His practice focuses exclusively on dispute resolution, with an emphasis on corporate & commercial litigation, including commercial class actions, oil & gas disputes, shareholder disputes, multi-party litigation, and arbitrations. Carsten has a Martindale-Hubbell “AV Preeminent” peer review rating in both legal ability and ethical standards – the highest possible rating. Carsten has been recognized repeatedly in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading practitioner in Corporate Commercial Litigation, Class Actions, and Medical Negligence. In addition, Carsten is recognized and listed in Best Lawyers in Canada and Benchmark. Chambers Global lists Carsten as a Distinguished Practitioner in Commercial Litigation.
Partner
Carsten Jensen KC, FCIArb
@JSSBarristers
Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP (JSS Barristers) is one of the largest litigation boutique law firms in Western Canada. It has experienced significant growth and demand for its services over the last several years. The firm has 36 litigation lawyers in its Calgary office.
JSS Barristers handles a broad spectrum of litigation and arbitration matters. The firm continues to enjoy significant demand for its services. Its experienced and diverse team of lawyers works tirelessly to foster new clients, frequently referred by conflicted counsel, general counsel, and prior clients. The firm also enjoys substantial success in getting new work from ongoing clients. JSS Barristers prides itself on its client relationships and considers them foundational to the firm’s success.
In 2022, JSS Barristers was honoured with notable award wins from Benchmark Litigation for Alberta Firm of the Year and a second consecutive recognition in The Globe and Mail’s list of Canada’s Best Law Firms in as many years.
That same year, the firm was promoted into Band 1 for general commercial litigation in Alberta by Chambers & Partners, placing JSS Barristers as the only boutique firm in Alberta in that band.
Andrew Wilson was appointed King’s Counsel in 2022. Seven partners at JSS Barristers now have a KC designation, representing over half of the firm’s partnership. In 2022, Glenn Solomon, KC, FCIArb, ICDD was awarded Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers for his work in Privacy & Data Security Law, and Robert J. Hawkes, KC was awarded Lawyer of the Year in Defamation & Media Law.
The firm continues to see significant growth in its litigation and arbitration work, both in terms of quantity and file quality.
Some of the awards received by the firm over the past two years include:
• Benchmark Litigation: Alberta Firm of the Year, 2022; Highly Recommended Firm since 2012;
shortlisted for Alberta Firm of the Year, 2020–2023; and Boutique Firm of the Year (Canada), 2021
• Canadian Lawyer Magazine: Canada’s Top 10 Civil Litigation Boutique, 2020 and 2022
• Globe and Mail: Canada’s Best Law Firms, Dispute Resolution, 2022 and 2023
• Lexpert: Consistently Recommended, Litigation: Corporate Commercial since 2020; Consistently
Recommended, Class Action since 2020; Repeatedly Recommended, Litigation: Securities since 2020
• Lexpert/ALM 500: AA firm for commercial litigation in Calgary
• Canadian Law Awards: Excellence Award, Litigation & Dispute Resolution Boutique Firm of the Year,
2021–2023
• Canadian Law Awards: Excellence Award, Diversity Initiative of the Year, 2020
Individually, the lawyers at JSS Barristers have garnered substantial recognitions for their work, including multiple AV Preeminent Awards from LexisNexis Martindale Hubbell (peer and judicial review) for legal ability and ethical standards and Lawyer of the Year awards from Best Lawyers. Other awards are listed on the firm’s website: https://jssbarristers.ca/litigation-law-firm/awards/
Robert J. Hawkes KC
Partner
Bryan C. Duguid KC, FCIArb
Partner
Robert J. Hawkes, KC has been lead counsel in complex class actions, defamation actions, corporate oppression actions, shareholder derivative actions, and emergency injunction applications to freeze and discover assets and obtain investigation orders, asset tracing, and fraudulent conveyances. Robert has extensive experience in oil & gas litigation and arbitrations, contract breach cases, and First Nations governance and defamation actions, and he has represented clients in professional disciplinary matters before the Alberta Securities Commission, APEGGA, CREB, and the Professional Conduct Committee of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. He acts for a range of clients, from large corporations, pension funds, and public institutions to individuals, small businesses, and partnerships.
Partner
Robert J. Hawkes KC
As counsel or as arbitrator, Bryan focuses exclusively on the resolution of corporate and commercial disputes. As lead or sole counsel, he represents international and domestic corporations (commonly the largest and leading in their industries), but also privately held startups and individuals. Bryan is recognized by Who’s Who Legal for “exceptional work in international arbitration proceedings” and as having “outstanding expertise in national and international commercial and civil litigation.” He has been selected by his peers as one of The Best Lawyers in Canada in international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, and for construction, corporate-commercial, and energy disputes. Benchmark recognizes Bryan as a Litigation Star in arbitral, commercial, and energy disputes. Chambers Canada and Lexpert have identified Bryan as a leading lawyer who is Repeatedly Recommended for corporate-commercial disputes.
Partner
Bryan C. Duguid KC, FCIArb
Robert J. Hawkes KC
Partner
Bryan C. Duguid KC, FCIArb
Partner
Robert J. Hawkes, KC has been lead counsel in complex class actions, defamation actions, corporate oppression actions, shareholder derivative actions, and emergency injunction applications to freeze and discover assets and obtain investigation orders, asset tracing, and fraudulent conveyances. Robert has extensive experience in oil & gas litigation and arbitrations, contract breach cases, and First Nations governance and defamation actions, and he has represented clients in professional disciplinary matters before the Alberta Securities Commission, APEGGA, CREB, and the Professional Conduct Committee of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. He acts for a range of clients, from large corporations, pension funds, and public institutions to individuals, small businesses, and partnerships.
Partner
Robert J. Hawkes KC
As counsel or as arbitrator, Bryan focuses exclusively on the resolution of corporate and commercial disputes. As lead or sole counsel, he represents international and domestic corporations (commonly the largest and leading in their industries), but also privately held startups and individuals. Bryan is recognized by Who’s Who Legal for “exceptional work in international arbitration proceedings” and as having “outstanding expertise in national and international commercial and civil litigation.” He has been selected by his peers as one of The Best Lawyers in Canada in international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, and for construction, corporate-commercial, and energy disputes. Benchmark recognizes Bryan as a Litigation Star in arbitral, commercial, and energy disputes. Chambers Canada and Lexpert have identified Bryan as a leading lawyer who is Repeatedly Recommended for corporate-commercial disputes.
Partner
Bryan C. Duguid KC, FCIArb
Bryan C. Duguid KC, FCIArb
Partner
Glenn Solomon KC, FCIArb, ICD.D
Partner
Robert J. Hawkes KC
Partner
Robert J. Hawkes, KC has been lead counsel in complex class actions, defamation actions, corporate oppression actions, shareholder derivative actions, and emergency injunction applications to freeze and discover assets and obtain investigation orders, asset tracing, and fraudulent conveyances. Robert has extensive experience in oil & gas litigation and arbitrations, contract breach cases, and First Nations governance and defamation actions, and he has represented clients in professional disciplinary matters before the Alberta Securities Commission, APEGGA, CREB, and the Professional Conduct Committee of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. He acts for a range of clients, from large corporations, pension funds, and public institutions to individuals, small businesses, and partnerships.
Partner
Robert J. Hawkes KC
As counsel or as arbitrator, Bryan focuses exclusively on the resolution of corporate and commercial disputes. As lead or sole counsel, he represents international and domestic corporations (commonly the largest and leading in their industries), but also privately held startups and individuals. Bryan is recognized by Who’s Who Legal for “exceptional work in international arbitration proceedings” and as having “outstanding expertise in national and international commercial and civil litigation.” He has been selected by his peers as one of The Best Lawyers in Canada in international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, and for construction, corporate-commercial, and energy disputes. Benchmark recognizes Bryan as a Litigation Star in arbitral, commercial, and energy disputes. Chambers Canada and Lexpert have identified Bryan as a leading lawyer who is Repeatedly Recommended for corporate-commercial disputes.
Partner
Bryan C. Duguid KC, FCIArb
Individually, the lawyers at JSS Barristers have garnered substantial recognitions for their work, including multiple AV Preeminent awards from LexisNexis Martindale Hubbell (peer and judicial review) for legal ability and ethical standards and Lawyer of the Year awards from Best Lawyers. Other awards are listed on the firm’s website: https://jssbarristers.ca/litigation-law-firm/awards/