Cyndee Todgham Cherniak of Lang Michener LLP Named in Guide to the World's
Leading Women in Business Law

TORONTO, Nov. 10 /CNW/ - Lang Michener is pleased to announce that Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, Counsel in the International Trade Group, has been named one of the World's Leading Women in Business Law. Cyndee is included in the 2010 Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law compiled by Legal Media Group as a Canadian international trade law expert.

Legal Media Group compiles extensive research for their series of Expert Guides. Their research process involves sending out questionnaires to senior practitioners or in-house counsel in over 65 jurisdictions asking them to nominate leading practitioners based on their work and reputation.

A nationally and internationally recognized international trade lawyer, Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, has been identified as a leading international trade and/or commodity tax lawyer by other notable legal directories such as The Guide to the World's Leading International Trade Lawyers, Chambers Global and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Cyndee Todgham Cherniak is frequently contacted by top media organizations to share her views and insights on hot button trade issues. She has appeared on national and local television and radio shows on networks such as BNN and TVO (the Agenda with Steve Paikin) as well as publications such as The National Post, The Toronto Sun and The Globe and Mail to name a few.

Cyndee is an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and teaches a course on NAFTA and bilateral trading arrangements. She is a vice-chair of the American Bar Association, Section of International Law, Customs, International Trade, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, and Membership Committees. Cyndee has also been appointed the Vice Chair of the Canadian Bar Association, National Commodity Tax, Customs and Trade Section August 2010 - 2012 and incoming chair (2012-2014). Cyndee is a director of the Canada China Business Council and on the advisory board of the Canada United States Law Institute.

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