This year’s champions stood strong amid AI, shifts in legislation and economy
The Global Best in Law 2025 highlights the many leading lawyers and law firms that Canadian Lawyer, along with its sister publications Australasian Lawyer and NZ Lawyer, have commended for their excellence over the past year.
These legal leaders have stood strong in the face of challenges arising from the rising prominence of artificial intelligence (AI) and changes within the legislative and economic landscapes.
Michael Spratt – a certified criminal law specialist and partner at AGP LLP in Ottawa, Canada – discusses some of the obstacles facing lawyers and law firms today.
“The lack of court capacity and the delays in criminal proceedings have been a major challenge,” he explains. “Evidence and the criminal process, unlike a fine wine, doesn’t get better with age. Witnesses’ memories fade and accountability becomes more distant.”
Spratt shares that the spotlighted legal practitioners have remained vigilant amid the issues arising with the increasing use of AI, which can generate fictitious arguments or phantom cases.
“It’s easy to hold people accountable,” he notes. “It’s hard to hold the computer algorithm accountable, especially when we know that AI and large language model algorithms are particularly susceptible to systemic issues of discrimination, disadvantage, bias.”
Spratt stresses the importance of promoting access to justice and ensuring a robust justice system.
“If the public doesn't believe the justice system is actually delivering justice, we risk losing a very important and foundational aspect of our democracy,” Spratt says.
Featured firms
This year’s highlight features the following four firms: Neinstein Personal Injury Lawyers, which has expanded past its focus areas of personal injury and medical malpractice; Gluckstein Lawyers, which strives to create strong connections; Bogoroch & Associates, a firm of established AI power players; and McLeish Orlando Lawyers, which has invested in social working.
“We’re not just a personal injury firm now,” says Greg Neinstein, managing partner of Neinstein Personal Injury Lawyers. “Our goal is to be the number one litigation firm in the country.”
In 2025, the firm represented Canadian school boards against social media giants like Meta and TikTok in litigation concerning social media’s impacts on the mental health of today’s youth.
“We have compassion and have to be trauma informed so we can be there for our clients who are under enormous stress,” says Charles Gluckstein, managing partner of Gluckstein Lawyers.
In 2025, the firm went out of its way to participate in conferences and community outreach initiatives and support the well-being of its people when navigating sensitive practice areas such as sexual abuse, medical malpractice, and birth injury.
“We’re very proud of what we’ve accomplished, and we continue to grow, develop, learn, and we think improve,” says Richard Bogoroch, founder and managing partner of Bogoroch & Associates.
As it strove to improve continuously and adapt to change, the firm leveraged AI in 2025 as a research tool, all while respecting rigorous legal standards.
“We attract good young lawyers who stay with us,” says Patrick Brown, principal partner of McLeish Orlando Lawyers. “In our firm, I’m the only person who didn’t come up here through article training and that’s telling. It gives us the culture and the quality we want.”
In 2025, the firm focused on offering collaborative office spaces and social events in an effort to encourage engagement among staff and clients and counteract the trend toward reduced in-person interactions.
Learn more about the lawyers and law firms spotlighted in the Global Best in Law 2025.
