SMR News & Articles

SMR is pleased to have Abby Eshghi join us as an Associate.  Abby clerked for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, before working as an Assistant Attorney General with the…

On September 1, 2023, SMR welcomed Gerry Cuttler, K.C. and Michael Steinbach to the partnership. Gerry joins SMR after practicing at various firms since being called to the bar in 1983.  He founded Cuttler & Company in 2011…

SMR as a firm, as well as five of our lawyers, have been included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada®.  Best Lawyers is regarded by clients and legal professionals as a significant honour which is…

SMR is pleased to announce that Robin McFee, K.C. has been named by Benchmark Litigation as one of the Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada. These 50 elite practitioners are selected after extensive research based on their excellence…

SMR lawyers Jessica Lithwick and Maya O. Ollek were counsel for Mr. Paul Chu in his successful claim for wrongful dismissal against the Defendant, China Southern Airlines (“China Southern”). Mr. Chu was a founding employee of China Southern’s…

Maya will be joined by Kathryn McGoldrick from Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang and Mark Iyengar from Peck & Co in a discussion on the top cases from last year in the areas of civil litigation, criminal law…

SMR is pleased to announce that it has welcomed David Eleff to the Partnership effective January 1, 2023.  David was called to the bar in 2009 and joined the firm in October 2021.  He provides practical and straightforward…

SMR is pleased to announce that it has once again been named by The Globe and Mail and Statista as one of Canada’s Best Law Firms in the categories of Administration & Public Law and Dispute Resolution (Litigation,…

This two-day conference will take place in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.  Greg will be joining Dr. Chris Hacker, Registrar and CEO of the BC College of Oral Health Professionals, and Thomas Lutes, General Counsel and Deputy CEO of…

These half-day seminars, Affidavit Basics and Affidavit Secrets, will discuss the essentials of effectively working with the most common form of evidence with contributions from experienced litigators and members of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP is pleased to announce that David Eleff has expanded the scope of his practice into the area of Workplace Investigations. Having recently obtained a certificate in Workplace Investigation Techniques, David looks forward to…

SMR lawyers Jennifer Millerd and Maya O. Ollek represented the Law Society of British Columbia (the “Law Society”) as respondent in an appeal in the British Columbia Court of Appeal, McLeod v. Law Society of British Columbia, 2022 BCCA…