Bennett Jones LLP is a

law firm A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients (individuals or corporations) about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to r ...

based in Canada.

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Bennett Jones is a Canadian business law firm with 400 lawyers and business advisors. The firm has five offices in Canada (

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

and

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

), and one in the United States (

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) (practicing Canadian law only).

Notable alumni and advisors

John Baird (Canadian politician) John Russell Baird (born May 26, 1969) is a retired Canadian politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2015 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He had been a member of the federal cabinet, in various posi ...

- Former Canadian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2011–15) * R. B. Bennett – Founding partner and former Prime Minister of Canada (1930–35) Batten, Jack (1997). ''A History of Bennett Jones Verchere''. Bennett Jones Verchere. . *

David A. Dodge David Allison Dodge (born June 8, 1943) is a Canadian economist. He served as Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2001 to 2008. Early life Dodge was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1943. He attended Ridley College, a private boarding school ...

– Senior Advisor and former Governor of the

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(2001–08) *

Allan Gotlieb Allan Ezra Gotlieb, (February 28, 1928 – April 18, 2020) was a Canadian public servant and author who served as the Canadian Ambassador to the United States from 1981 to 1989. Life and career Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Gotlieb studied at ...

, CC – Senior advisor and former Canadian ambassador to the United States of America (1981–89) * Michael Kergin – Senior advisor and former Canadian ambassador to the United States of America (2000–05) * John C. Major ("Jack") – Counsel and former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1992–2005) * Anne McLellan, PC, OC – Counsel, former Member of Parliament (1993–2006) and former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (2003–06) *

Henry Grattan Nolan Henry Grattan Nolan, (May 5, 1893 – July 8, 1957) was a Canadian lawyer and jurist. He was the first Albertan appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Biography Nolan was born in Calgary, Northwest Territories (now in Alberta), the s ...

, MC - Former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1956–57) *

Christy Clark Christina Joan Clark (born October 29, 1965) is a former Canadian politician who was the 35th premier of British Columbia (BC), from 2011 to 2017. Clark was the second woman to be premier of BC, after Rita Johnston in 1991, and the first female ...

- senior advisor and former Premier of British Columbia (2011-2017)

History

Bennett Jones was founded in Calgary in 1922 with the dissolution of a 25-year partnership between R.B. Bennett and

Sir James Alexander Lougheed Sir James Alexander Lougheed, ( or ; 1 September 1854 – 2 November 1925) was a businessman, lawyer and politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a senator for 35 years, and held a number of Cabinet positions. Early life Lougheed was bor ...

(Lougheed, Bennett & Company) and the creation of the new partnership Bennett, Hannah & Sanford. The firm expanded to Edmonton (1982) and then eastward to Toronto (1989) and Ottawa (1989–95, 2009). In 2010, the firm opened a representative office in Beijing. In 2018, the firm merged with Vancouver firm McCullough O'Connor Irwin and opened an office in New York.

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