David Levangie

Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

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“I had a picture of a house, and the house was Premiere Mortgage Centre”

Kerri Reed, Premiere Mortgage Centre

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Winner: RISING STAR

commercial litigation, Levangie regularly acts on the firm’s largest litigation matters – and his results set him apart from his peers. He has extensive experience in arbitrations ranging from a $30 million commercial tenancy dispute with a personal injury component, to the acrimonious break-up of a Toronto litigation boutique, to recent success before a panel of arbitrators in a dispute between partners fighting for control of a significant development project. Levangie has successfully acted in multiple complex disputes arising from the sale of businesses; served as counsel for a bank, pursuing a fraudster through bankruptcy to secure full recovery; and obtained a $12 million judgment for a large international casino against a foreign-based billionaire after which he obtained a Mareva Injunction to freeze approximately $35 million in assets that he discovered the defendant had moved to Canada. Skilled at synchronizing the work of multiple players, Levangie oversaw a complex Indigenous governance litigation matter that required coordinating the efforts of multiple firm partners from the environmental, corporate, Indigenous, and litigation groups. Indispensable to clients, Levangie does more than secure favourable outcomes — he cements himself as a key advisor invested in their success. He goes beyond simply fulfilling clients’ mandates: leaning on his strong emotional intelligence, he fosters true relationships and remains in tune with their needs, making him adept at spotting challenges and opportunities on the horizon. Having served in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves where he received numerous awards, Levangie is passionate about veterans’ rights and acts pro bono or quasi pro bono pursuing benefits or recognition for deceased or injured police and military members. In one stand-out matter, Levangie successfully represented Captain Kimberly Fawcett, who was involved in a tragic accident involving the loss of life and limb and had been fighting the military for benefits for over 15 years. In recognition of his fierce advocacy, Levangie was invited by the University of Ottawa to be the keynote speaker for its Remembrance Day ceremony. A member of the LGBTQ community, Levangie served on the OBA’s SOGIC section and is the capital partner representative on the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee where he spearheaded an inclusive-pronouns initiative for public-facing content and drafted a self-identification and inclusion survey for members of the firm. This year, he was appointed chair of the firm’s AI Taskforce responsible for developing firm policy and strategy for integrating generative AI. A regular presenter for the firm’s continuing professional development program, Levangie is also an active student recruiter and dynamic mentor for summer/articling students and associates. This year, he was nominated for Foglers’ mentoring award with one of his former mentees perhaps summing Levangie up best: “David is dedicated to excellence, passionately committed to his clients, and the ideal mentor – he’s exactly the kind of lawyer you want to work with.”

Andrea is an Employee Learning and Development professional with two years of experience who is passionate about using her skills to implement innovative and pioneering HR initiatives to drive a culture of professional development. Her strengths lay in people and relationship management, critical thinking and delivering behaviour change projects with an innovative twist. She has been responsible for introducing compliance learning tailored to our significantly diverse employee base of over 12,000 and using her skills to create engagement for and roll out of 'Altogether Autism & Neurodiversity awareness programme at The Warehouse Group. She has shifted the way our team engages with learning, cultivating a continuous learning and development culture specific to their journey.

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Tenacious. Relentless. A team player and a leader. These are some of the terms David Levangie’s colleagues use to describe him, and that make him a Leading Lawyer Under 40. Levangie sees the profession as a calling. With a focus on complex

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