Lang Michener

Last updated
Lang Michener LLP
Headquarters Toronto
No. of offices4
No. of lawyers200
Major practice areasFull-service
Date founded1926
Company type Limited liability partnership
Dissolved2011 (merger)

Lang Michener LLP was a Canadian full-service national law firm, once employing over 200 lawyers with offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Hong Kong. On January 1, 2011, Lang Michener and McMillan LLP combined, taking the name McMillan LLP. [1]

History

Lang Michener dated back to 1926 in Toronto, Ontario, where future Governor General Roland Michener and Daniel Lang formed the firm as Lang & Michener.

By 1986 the firm, then formally known as Lang, Michener, Cranston, Farquharson & Wright, and numbering 82 lawyers, merged with the 27-lawyer Toronto firm Lash, Johnston, Sheard and Pringle, to form Lang Michener Lash Johnston. [2]

In 1989, the firm merged with the Vancouver, British Columbia, firm of Lawrence & Shaw, that coincidentally had also been formed in 1926, by partners James Lyle Lawrence and Alistair Shaw. The firm became Lang Michener Lawrence & Shaw. It was later renamed Lang Michener LLP.

The first Lang & Michener office was in the Canadian National Building at 347 Bay Street. It was one of the first Bay Street law firms in Canada.

The firm played a leading role in Canada's political and legal landscape. Founding partner Roland Michener was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and later Governor General of Canada by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Daniel Aiken Lang, son of firm founder Daniel Webster Lang, was appointed to the Canadian Senate also by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien practiced with Lang Michener from 1986 to 1990, and Michel Bastarache, of the Ottawa office, was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1997.

In later years, the firm's reputation as a leading Bay Street law firm had faded. In 2010, the firm ranked as the 22nd largest law firm in the country. [3] The firm elected to merge with McMillan LLP in November 2010. [3] Observers saw the merger as a sign of the difficult legal economy and an opportunity for the two firms to regain their lost clout. [1] [3] After the merger, the new McMillan became the 12th largest firm in Canada. [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roland Michener</span> Canadian politician (1900–1991)

Daniel Roland Michener was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 20th since Canadian Confederation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maryon Pearson</span> Canadian political spouse (1901–1989)

Maryon Elspeth Pearson was the wife of Lester B. Pearson, the 14th Prime Minister of Canada.

Timothy John Murphy is a former Canadian politician and was the chief of staff of the Prime Minister's Office under Paul Martin's government. He is currently CEO of McMillan LLP, and chair of the Windsor–Detroit Bridge Authority.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Zed</span> Canadian lawyer, professor, and politician

Paul Zed is a Canadian lawyer, professor, and politician.

Sergio Marchi,, is a Canadian politician and former diplomat, who served as a federal Liberal Member of Parliament and cabinet minister and, later, as an ambassador.

Royce Herbert Frith, was a Canadian diplomat, public servant, lawyer, broadcaster, and politician.

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Gowlings) was a Canadian and international law firm, with about 700 legal professionals in 10 offices in Canada and as well as London, Moscow, and Beijing. The firm offered legal support in business law, advocacy/litigation and intellectual property law.

J. E. Michel Bastarache is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and retired puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada.

Stikeman Elliott LLP is a Canadian business law firm founded in 1952 by H. Heward Stikeman and Fraser Elliott. The firm has offices located in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, London and Sydney. Since 2021, the firm's chairman is Jeffrey Singer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Borden Ladner Gervais</span> Full-service law firm

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP is a leading, full-service law firm in Canada. With two hundred years of history going back to the 1823 founding of McMaster Gervais, it now has offices in Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Calgary. With almost 900 lawyers, intellectual property agents and other professionals are associated with the firm. BLG is governed by a national council composed of partners from across Canada. Sean Weir served as the firm's first National Managing Partner until 2018, and was succeeded in the position by John Murphy of the Montreal office.

Arthur Lewis Peter Stursberg, known as Peter Stursberg, was a Canadian writer and broadcaster.

Heenan Blaikie LLP is a defunct Canadian law firm. It practiced in the areas of business, labour and employment, litigation, taxation, entertainment law and intellectual property law. The firm was founded in 1973 by Roy Heenan, Donald Johnston, and Peter Blaikie.

The 1984 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was called for June 16, 1984, to replace retiring Liberal leader and sitting Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The convention elected former Finance Minister John Turner, who at the time was not sitting in the House of Commons, as its leader on the second ballot, defeating another former finance minister, Jean Chrétien.

McMillan LLP is a Canadian business law firm serving public, private and not-for-profit clients across various industries in North America and around the world. McMillan LLP is the only national Canadian law firm with an office in Hong Kong, in addition to its offices across Canada in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal. The firm has industry groups in different sectors such as technology, energy, oil and gas, mining, construction and infrastructure, automotive, and transportation. 

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bennett Jones</span> International law firm

Bennett Jones LLP is a law firm based in Canada.

Daniel Aiken Lang was a Canadian senator.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) is an international corporate law firm with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, New York City, and London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Russel S. Smart</span>

Russel Sutherland Smart, was a Canadian intellectual property lawyer who founded the law firm Smart & Biggar.

Gowling WLG is a multinational law firm formed by the combination of Canada-based Gowlings and UK-based Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co in February 2016, in the first multinational law firm combination co-led by a Canadian firm. Gowling WLG ranks at number 16 in The Lawyer UK 200 2019. On the list of largest law firms by revenue, Gowling WLG ranked as the highest revenue producing firm in Canada and 74th in the world (US$587,140,000) in 2017.

Howard Levitt is a Canadian lawyer, author, and columnist. He is a senior partner at the Toronto employment law firm Levitt Sheikh LLP. Levitt has published six employment law books, including The Law of Dismissal in Canada. He writes a weekly column for the Financial Post.

References

  1. 1 2 Gray, Jeff (8 November 2010). "McMillan to merge with Lang Michener". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Daniels, Ronald J., "Growing Pains: The Why and How of Law Firm Expansion", The University of Toronto Law Journal, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Spring, 1993), p. 191
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Legal eagles McMillan, Lang Michener merge under the McMillan moniker". Toronto Star. 9 November 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2014.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.