Robert W.
LEURER, Q.C.
Partner

Class Actions
Litigation
Insurance Law

Bob Leurer is one of MLT's senior litigators and head of the Class Actions Group. Bob joined MLT after graduating from the University of Saskatchewan as the College of Law's Gold Medalist for 1984 and serving as Law Clerk to the Honourable Mr. Justice W.Z. Estey of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Bob regularly appears before the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench and Court of Appeal and has argued cases before the Federal Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada, and numerous administrative boards and tribunals. Bob's practice focuses on multi-party litigation and class actions. His depth of experience in litigation includes acting for a range of companies and claimants on a wide variety of complex commercial, product liability, agricultural, insurance and other claims.

• Admitted to the Saskatchewan Bar
• LL.B. (Great Distinction, Saskatchewan, 1984)
• Canadian Studies - Two years (McGill, 1981)

• "Leading Practitioner" (Litigation - Corporate Commercial, Litigation - Commercial Insurance: Lexpert Legal Directory, 2008)
• "Leading Practitioner" (Litigation - Corporate Commercial: Lexpert Legal Directory, 2006, 2007)
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Class Action Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation - 2008)
• Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada (Class Action Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation - 2006, 2008)
• Law Society of Saskatchewan Gold Medal (1984)
• James McGill Scholarship (1979-1981)
• Faculty Scholar, College of Arts (McGill, 1979-1981)
• Governor General’s Bronze Medallion (1979)

• Canadian Bar Association (Saskatchewan Branch) – President (2003-2004)
• United Way of Regina – Volunteer (1988 – 1991)

• "Class Actions in Saskatchewan, 2007-2008". Presented at the 5th Annual Symposium on Class Actions, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University (Toronto: April, 2008)
• "Developments in the Law of Class Actions in Saskatchewan, 2006-2007", Presented at the Canadian Institute 8th Annual National Forum on Litigating Class Actions in Canada Conference (Toronto: 2007).
• "Update on Class Proceedings in Saskatchewan". Presented at The Canadian Institute 7th Annual National Forum on Litigating Class Actions in Canada Conference (Toronto: 2006)
• "What’s New Under the (Prairie) Sun, An Update in Class Proceedings In Saskatchewan". Presented at The Canadian Institute 6th Annual National Forum on Litigating Class Actions in Canada Conference (Toronto: 2005)
• "Naken v. General Motors of Canada: Judicial Modesty in Rule Making". Presented at the Conference on Justice Williard Z. Estey's Impact on Canadian Law, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade and The Canadian Legal History Project; Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba (November, 2002)
• "Legislative Developments in Canadian Class Actions". Presented at The Canadian Institute “Litigating Class Actions” Conference (Toronto: September, 2002)
• "Class Action Expansion: Report from the New Provinces". Presented at the Second Annual National Symposium on Class Actions, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University (Toronto: September, 2002)