Several law firms from Canada were heavily involved in the highly successful 2010 Winter Olympics. There have already been various announcements from such firms on their connections with the worldwide athletic event.

Here are just some of the declared activities law firms participated in:

• David Klein, a class action litigator, dedicated his torch run at the Olympics to the survivors of the Woodlands residential school. Those survivors were the 500 people who were left out of the class-action arrangement because they could not meet the government’s cut-off date.

• Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, one of Canada’s finest corporate law firms that has offices in New York, Calgary, Ottawa and Montreal, sponsored and backed Clara Hughes, who was chosen as the flag bearer in the event.

This is not the first time that the firm has sponsored the athlete; she has been supported by Osler for three years now. With that, she has been contributing to the firm through blogging for a site called “Clara’s Corner,” meeting with clients and other professionals.

• Attorney Blair Horn of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, a multi-service law firm with offices in Canada (Montreal, Vancouver, Quebec City, Ottawa and Calgary), London and Paris, carried the torch. Horn was an Olympian and a gold medalist in rowing, torch.

Law firm Langlois Kronström Desjardins, SENCRL, announced the involvement of attorney Yann Bernard, one of the partners of the firm’s office in Montreal, in the event. He is said to be currently located in Vancouver who will serve as ombudsman to the Canadian delegation at this year’s Winter Olympics.