Every year, Precedent seeks out and celebrates the most outstanding lawyers in their first 10 years of practice who are excelling in their careers and contributing to our community with their ideas, work and achievements.
From a record number of nominations, six winners have risen to the top — six hardworking, trailblazing, communityminded lawyers who, in their first 10 years of practice, are already proving themselves to be the next leaders of the profession.
With all that trailblazing and hard work, we thought our winners deserved to have a little fun. So, for their victory photoshoot, we took them to play a few rounds at Toronto ping-pong bar Spin. Turns out, they are not only winners, but good sports as well.
May we proudly present the lawyers to watch in 2015.
The Winners
Aida Shahbazi
Senior Counsel, BMO Financial Group
Read Aida’s profile
Patric Senson
Associate, Phillips Gill LLP
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Omo Akintan
Counsel, City of Toronto
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Paul Jonathan Saguil
Counsel, TD Bank Financial Group
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Jason Woycheshyn
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP
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Lisa Feldstein
Founder, Lisa Feldstein Law Office
Read Lisa’s profile
The Judges
Afshan Ali, Senior Counsel, CIBC
David Bronskill, Partner, Goodmans LLP
Shantona Chaudhury, Associate, Pape Barristers
Ryan Edmonds, Owner, Ryan Edmonds Workplace Counsel
Web bonus
Check out our behind-the-scenes photos from our photo shoot with the winners!
Party photos
On June 9, lawyers and guests gathered to celebrate this year’s winners. Check out our party photos.
Photography by Jaime Hogge, Hair and makeup by Shawna Lee, Shot on location at Spin Toronto