{"id":37353,"date":"2025-08-26T15:55:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/?post_type=team&#038;p=37353"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:55:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:55:55","slug":"liam-baines-2","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/your-team\/liam-baines-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Baines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Liam Baines is a member of Miller Thomson&#8217;s Commercial Litigation group. Liam maintains a broad civil and commercial litigation practice, with a focus on commercial law, contract law, and security enforcement matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to articling at Miller Thomson, Liam worked as a summer student at the firm. Liam obtained his Juris Doctor (with Distinction) from the University of Alberta in 2024. 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