Francy Kussner

First Year of Call
1989 Ontario

Areas of Practice
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Description
Francy Kussner is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group at Goodmans and serves as alternate section head for the group. Her practice covers a wide range of areas, including real estate litigation, estate litigation, banking and insolvency litigation, anti-money laundering, financial services regulatory matters, contractual disputes, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance matters, representation and warranty insurance matters, business interruption insurance matters, professional negligence litigation, shareholder and partnership disputes and numerous other commercial matters.

Francy appears before the Superior Court of Justice, including the specialized Commerical List, and the Ontario Court of Appeal, and has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada. Francy has experience in Alternative Dispute Resolution, including mediations and arbitrations.

Francy is involved with work allocation, as well as lawyer engagement, morale and development within the Litigation Group. She is also involved with the internal and external Continuing Professional Development initiatives for the group. Francy is active in the firm’s articling student and litigation associate development programs and co-chairs the Student Review Committee.

Francy is recognized in The Legal 500 Canada for Dispute Resolution: Ontario and by Best Lawyers in Canada for Corporate Commercial Litigation and Director and Officer Liability Practice.