Bennett Jones Explained

Bennett Jones LLP
Num Offices:	7
Num Attorneys:	500
Num Employees:	550
Practice Areas:	Energy, Mining, Funds & Finance, Capital Projects
Date Founded:	1922 (Calgary)
Company Type:	Limited liability partnership
Homepage:	www.bennettjones.com

Bennett Jones LLP is a law firm based in Canada.

Firm

For over a century, Bennett Jones has been an internationally recognized Canadian law firm.

Bennett Jones is home to more than 500 lawyers and business advisors in seven offices—Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Ottawa, Vancouver, Montréal and New York. The firm advises clients in virtually every sector of business, industry and government.

Notable alumni and advisors

• Hon. John Russell Baird - Former Canadian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2011–15)
• Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett – Founding partner and former Prime Minister of Canada (1930–35) ^[1]
• David A. Dodge – Senior Advisor and former Governor of the Bank of Canada (2001–08) ^[2]
• Allan Gotlieb – Senior advisor and former Canadian ambassador to the United States of America (1981–89)^[3]
• Michael Kergin – Senior advisor and former Canadian ambassador to the United States of America (2000–05) ^[4]
• John C. "Jack" Major – Counsel and former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1992–2005)^{[5] [6]}
• Hon. Anne McLellan – Counsel, former Member of Parliament (1993–2006) and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (2003–06)^[7]
• Brig. Henry Grattan Nolan - Former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1956–57)^[8]
• Christy Clark - senior advisor and former Premier of British Columbia (2011–2017)^[9]
• Hon. Jason Kenney - Senior advisor, former Premier of Alberta (2019–2022), former Member of Parliament (1997-2016) and Minister of National Defense (2015)

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 (Lougheed, Bennett & Company) and the creation of the new partnership Bennett, Hannah & Sanford.^[1]

The firm expanded to Edmonton (1982) and then eastward to Toronto (1989) and Ottawa (1989–95, 2009). In 2018, the firm merged with Vancouver firm McCullough O'Connor Irwin and opened an office in New York.^[10]

Further reading

• Saucier, J.J. (1982). The Bennett Firm: Revisited. Bennett Jones.
• Batten, Jack (1997). A History of Bennett Jones Verchere. Bennett Jones Verchere. .

Notes and References

1. Batten, Jack (1997). A History of Bennett Jones Verchere. Bennett Jones Verchere. .
2. Web site: David Dodge Profile . bennettjones.com . Bennett Jones . March 12, 2013 . March 12, 2013.
3. Web site: Allan Gotlieb Profile . bennettjones.com . Bennett Jones . March 12, 2013 . March 12, 2013.
4. Web site: Michael Kergin Profile . bennettjones.com . Bennett Jones . March 12, 2013 . March 12, 2013.
5. Web site: Jack Major Profile . bennettjones.com . Bennett Jones . March 12, 2013 . March 12, 2013.
6. Web site: Supreme Court of Canada Profile for John C. Major. Supreme Court of Canada. September 30, 2009. September 30, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227170459/http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/court-cour/ju/major/index-eng.asp. February 27, 2012.
7. Web site: Anne McLellan Profile . bennettjones.com . Bennett Jones . March 12, 2013 . March 12, 2013.
8. Web site: Supreme Court of Canada Profile for Henry G. Nolan. Supreme Court of Canada. September 30, 2009. September 30, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110614154336/http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/court-cour/ju/nolan/index-eng.asp. June 14, 2011.
9. Web site: Christy Clark Governmental Affairs & Public Policy Senior Advisor at Bennett Jones Vancouver. www.bennettjones.com. en. 2018-06-17.
10. Web site: Bennett Jones in Washington (Announced in 2013. Regulatory approvals complete in 2014.) . bennettjones.com . Bennett Jones . March 27, 2019.