Adrian Lang is a partner with the Litigation department in the Toronto office of Stikeman Elliott. Her practice concentrates on corporate commercial litigation, securities litigation and class action litigation. Ms Lang has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of corporate and commercial litigation (in 2009 and 2010) and in LawDay - Leading Lawyers: Class Action - Defense 2009. She was named a "Litigator to Watch" by Lexpert in its survey of Canadian cross-border litigators (2009). She was also recognized by Lexpert in 2008 as one of the Leading Lawyers under 40 and in 2004 as "up and coming" in class actions. Ms Lang is on the Advisory Board of the Class Action Defences Quarterly, a LexisNexis publication. She is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Simplified Rules Committee of the Superior Court of Justice. She also sits on the Board of The Advocates' Society and serves on its Collegiality, Membership and Mentoring committee. Ms Lang is a guest lecturer at the Osgoode Hall Intensive Trial Advocacy Course and has spoken and written on numerous topics in respect of securities litigation, class action litigation and general litigation practice. She also acts as editor of the firm's Class Action Update and Litigation Update. Ms Lang served on the Toronto Advisory Committee for the Civil Justice Reform Project led by Justice Coulter Osborne (2006-2007) and sat on the board of directors of the YWCA Toronto (2005-2009). She is the co-chair of the Laurier Club, Ontario, and is the past chair of the Young Advocates' Committee of The Advocates' Society. She also sits on the board for The Canadian Stage Company.