Bennett Jones LLP

Corporate Litigation/Commercial Litigation/Energy

Vice-Chairman, Partner

Vice-chairman of the firm, Blair Yorke-Slader is the only Alberta lawyer inducted as a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is a leading practitioner in high-stakes corporate and commercial litigation with an active trial and appellate business and energy litigation practice, including contract, shareholder, partnership, securities, and trust disputes. As well, he appears before the Alberta Securities Commission and various other administrative tribunals. He also has broad arbitration experience as counsel and as an arbitrator. Blair is a former CBC Radio legal commentator and a speaker and author on appellate advocacy for the Legal Education Society of Alberta. He is consistently recommended in Best Lawyers in Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and the Lexpert Guides to Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers, Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers and Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, and Benchmark Canada: The Definitive Guide Guide to Canada's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys. He was awarded the 2005 Alberta Centennial Medal for outstanding service to the people and province of Alberta.

Carleton University, BA, 1979 | Queen’s University, LLB, 1982