{"id":4323,"date":"2021-11-25T21:30:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T02:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/news\/eric-johnson-and-natasha-smith-named-2021-lexpert-rising-stars\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T19:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T23:02:44","slug":"eric-johnson-and-natasha-smith-named-2021-lexpert-rising-stars","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/news\/eric-johnson-and-natasha-smith-named-2021-lexpert-rising-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Johnson named 2021 Lexpert Rising Star"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to our 2021 Lexpert Rising Star, <strong>Eric Johnson.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year, Lexpert celebrates the emerging leaders of the Canadian legal industry with the Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 awards. These lawyers distinguish themselves through exemplary leadership and innovative contributions to their firm, community and the legal profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eric<\/strong>\u2019s corporate and commercial practice spans a variety of industries, including finance, real estate, and agriculture. As Managing Partner for Regina and Saskatoon and Co-Leader of the National Agribusiness and Food Production Industry Group, Eric is an influential voice in the firm\u2019s leadership. He takes an active role in guiding the career progression of students and associates, and fostering a supportive, collegial work environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also pleased to announce Litigation Partners <strong>Mark Alexander<\/strong> and <strong>Kelsey Sherriff<\/strong>&nbsp;were named Rising Stars finalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information: <a href=\"https:\/\/risingstarscanada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"template":"","news-category":[652],"class_list":["post-4323","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eric Johnson named 2021 Lexpert Rising Star | Miller Thomson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/news\/eric-johnson-and-natasha-smith-named-2021-lexpert-rising-stars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eric Johnson named 2021 Lexpert Rising Star | Miller Thomson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Congratulations to our 2021 Lexpert Rising Star, Eric Johnson. 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