Annual Compensation Survey

Canadian Lawyer’s Compensation Survey is the only survey of its kind in Canada, providing unique insight into the ways in which partners, associates, and in-house counsel are compensated across the country. Our survey can help benchmark against the marketplace, and at annual compensation review time, is indispensable for managing partners, chief legal officers, partners, associates, and staff alike.

Compensation information is always in great demand from our readers and your participation in this survey is extremely important. We need to compile as broad a picture as possible in as many sectors as possible, so the results will be accurate and useful to you. We are looking for managing partners and the heads of corporate legal departments of all shapes and sizes to please take a few minutes to fill out the questionnaire. PLEASE HAVE ONLY ONE REPRESENTATIVE PER ORGANIZATION OR LOCATION FILL OUT THE SURVEY.

As always, participant’s confidentiality is guaranteed: we use your data only in aggregate and no respondent, firm, or company will be identified.

Please, click here to complete the survey. The deadline for responses is May 18. Results will be in the July 2012 issue of Canadian Lawyer.

25 Most Influential Lawyers 2012

Welcome to the third annualCanadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential. Again this year, we will be picking the top 5 lawyers in the following 5 categories:

• Corporate-commercial, including litigation, deals, class actions, etc.
• Changemakers
• Criminal/Human Rights
• Government/non-profits/associations, including public inquiries and officers of Parliament
• Outliers: a catch-all category for anyone who's a lawyer and has been influential somehow over the past 18 months and doesn’t fit into the above categories.

Our list of nominees this year was created through our internal editorial panel as well as suggestions from readers and past honorees.The following lists of nominees, who span all practice areas and areas of the country, was the result. We are really impressed with the calibre and accomplishments of all of the lawyers who have made it into this voting round.

Again, we are calling on our readers to make their picks from the following list and let us know who you think have been the most influential lawyers in Canada over the past 18 months. Candidates have been placed in a category relating to their nomination, not necessarily reflecting their main area of practice.

The Top 25 Most Influential is not a lifetime achievement award but recognition of lawyers who have been played a significant role in the legal profession and Canadian society in the last year to year and a half. Canadian Lawyer is defining “influential” as not just about bright stars, big deals, or number of media mentions — although those may play a part. It’s about people who have power and influence the laws, justice system, and legal profession in Canada today.

Please click here to start voting.

Results will appear in the August 2012 issue of the magazine.