Risa M. Kirshblum

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Lenczner Slaght
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Cases: Hantzakos v Sternadel
  Counsel to the defendant physician in a jury trial regarding the quantum of damages in a medical negligence relating to the management of shoulder dystocia.
  Risa M. Kirshblum & Constanza Pauchulo May 30, 2016
  RBC Dominion Securities Inc v Merrill Lynch Canada Inc
  Counsel to RBC on injunction, trial, appeal
  at the Supreme Court of Canada in respect of an action against departing investment advisors for a competitor.
  Risa M. Kirshblum July 7, 2007
  IMP Group Ltd v Skyservice Business Aviation Inc
  Counsel to a group of employees in a dispute with their former employer in relation to their resignations
  subsequent employment with another company.
  Risa M. Kirshblum March 27, 2001
  McCarthy v Canadian Red Cross Society
  Counsel to the Trustee of the settlement fund created following the settlement of a class action brought against the Red Cross Society surrounding tainted blood.
  Risa M. Kirshblum & Andrew Parley November 11, 2000
  Stevens v The Globe
  Mail
  Counsel to the appellants in an appeal from a trial decision in which the trial judge refused to deduct statutory severance under the Employment St
  ards Act from an award of damages for wrongful dismissal. The appellant was successful in overturning this aspect of the judge's decision,
  this became a leading case on this issue.
  Risa M. Kirshblum March 15, 2000