Toronto litigation boutique Polley Faith continues to see its profile rise, with its partners attracting a steady stream of glowing peer and client review. “Those guys are just amazing,” extols one peer in summation. Another elaborates,
“They are all ex-McCarthy [Tétrault] people so they come with a prestigious pedigree. They were bred as trial lawyers and that has paid off for them big time. They get some
really impressive work, especially for a firm of their size and relative youth.” One peer even asserts, “They are knocking on the door of your top-tier firm
rankings for sure. I would keep an eye on them over the next year or two – in terms of just sheer skill set they are highly recommended already.” Clients are also appreciative:
one
declares, “The Polley Faith lawyers are very flexible and capable of thinking outside the box. They have a deep team of competent staff and working with them is a pleasure. I am consistently impressed by the quality of the work.” Another testifies, “This is a wonderful firm that assisted us with a dispute we were told was impossible to win. We did win, and we won fast and decisively, and that was because the firm drove strategy from the start and had a good and clear vision of how we could win.” Bucking a global phenomenon of challenges to growth and talent retention in the wake of the COVID pandemic, Polley Faith continues to foster homegrown talent, with two new partner announcements as of January 2022. These come hot on the heels of another recent addition to the partnership,
Jeffrey Haylock, who achieved that status last year and has been actively involved in litigation and arbitration work. Mark Polley represented Sienna Senior Living, whose participation in Ontario’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission involves both informing the
commission
about the measures Sienna took in response to the pandemic
and also providing recommendations as to how the long-term care sector can improve during the pandemic’s second wave. Polley played a role in assisting Sienna in navigating this process by ensuring that it is prepared to respond to any questions or requests from the
commission. In another COVID-related matter, Andrew Faith represented
the
Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario. The appeal to the Divisional Court successfully resulted in the overturning of various legal and factual errors made by the Discipline Panel in finding that an engineer was not guilty of professional misconduct.
