Ontario

Firm overview

Talented: Adair Goldblatt Bieber is one of Canada’s leading litigation boutiques. Our commitment to excellence is recognized by our clients as well as our peers in the legal community. Our lawyers receive some of the highest independent ratings in peer reviewed publications, including Chambers, Benchmark, Lexpert, Best Lawyers, and Martindale Hubell. Many of our lawyers clerked with appellate courts, were medal and prize winners in their educational careers, and had business and industry experience prior to coming to law.

Tenacious: We understand that no client wants to be involved in litigation, but it is sometimes necessary to protect their interests or assert their rights. First and foremost, we are trial and hearing lawyers. We use our expertise to move cases quickly and effectively, while advancing principled positions that are important to our clients. We are forceful advocates, expert in ensuring our clients’ voices are heard by judges, arbitrators, tribunal members, and the other side.

Trusted: We are trusted by a diverse client base to handle their most sensitive matters including commercial litigation, professional discipline and liability claims, partnership disputes, directors’ and officers’ liability claims, civil claims for sexual assault and harassment, class actions, public inquiries, product liability claims, employment actions, and defamation claims. We are frequently requested by other lawyers to help their clients in situations where they are unable to assist.

Recognitions: Since it opened its doors in 2018, our firm and its lawyers have been recognized by leading legal publications throughout the world. To see lawyer recognitions, please visit their individual biographies. Our firm recognitions include:

• Benchmark Litigation Canada - Canadian Litigation Boutique of the Year Shortlist 2019-2020, 2022-2023
• Benchmark Litigation Canada - Recommended for Dispute Resolution
• Canadian Law Awards - Litigation and Dispute Resolution Boutique Law Firm of the Year, Excellence Awardee 2021 & 2023
• Canadian Lawyer Magazine - Top 10 Civil Litigation Boutique in Canada 2020-2022
• Canadian Lexpert Directory - Litigation Bullseye - Toronto, 2020-2023
• Canadian Lexpert Directory - Commercial Litigation Bullseye - Toronto, 2021
• Chambers Global - Ranked for General Commercial Litigation 2022-2023
• Globe and Mail - Canada’s Best Law Firms (Dispute Resolution) 2021-2023

Updated March 2023

Firm overview

Roy O’Connor LLP is widely considered one of Canada’s leading litigation boutiques offering sophisticated advocacy and counsel in the areas of complex corporate commercial litigation, class actions, securities litigation and general civil litigation. Our firm and lawyers are consistently recognized as outstanding lawyers who produce top results for our clients.

Roy O’Connor LLP acts as both plaintiff and defense counsel and acts for many leading public and private corporations, governmental bodies, non-governmental organizations and private individuals in matters that are often high profile and very confidential. Roy O’Connor LLP’s lawyers have succeeded in many nationally recognized, precedent-setting cases in the areas in which it practices.

By working along side and with our clients, our lawyers apply their creativity and experience to craft the right solution for each of our clients’ complex problems.

Benchmark Litigation Canada the guide to Canada’s leading litigators- ranks the firm as one of the few recommended firms in Ontario and a firm that shifts “seamlessly between plaintiffs and defence work…” Our firm was further recognized with one of the prestigious Benchmark Firm of the Year awards in 2013, 2015 and again in 2017. The National Magazine, the official publication of the Canadian Bar Association, described our lawyers as among the best class action lawyers in the Country. Lexpert ranks the firm as a consistently recommended leading Toronto boutique in the field of class actions.

Updated April 2023

Firm overview

Experienced. Strategic. Committed.

We are a renowned legal team

We succeed for our clients because we don’t stop until we find the right answer. Our team works collaboratively, leveraging diversity of style and expertise to produce better legal outcomes.

We have more experience, expertise, and success in appeals than any other lawyers in the province of Ontario.

We are strategic

We simplify the complex. We distill our cases down to their most important elements. We continually analyze the case from different angles, uncovering opportunities that tip the scales in your favour.

We are known throughout the profession and by the courts as exceptional advocates.

We are in your corner

We thrive on doing the impossible for our clients. Our job is to solve your problems and get you results, whether in or out of court. We listen to your needs. We’re committed to your case. We care about the outcome.

Updated March 2023

Firm overview

DMG Advocates offers clients top-tier litigation expertise with exceptional boutique service. DMG broke onto the Canadian litigation scene in 2018 and was quickly recognized as one of the top litigation boutiques in the country. 

DMG partners bring decades of experience litigating at leading national firms. They are recognized by peers as among the best advocates in multiple categories. All of DMG’s lawyers have extensive expertise in complex commercial disputes across a broad range of sectors, including manufacturing, transportation, securities, media, technology, real estate, franchising, energy, and construction. 

The firm has appeared at all levels of Court in Ontario and in the Supreme Court of Canada. DMG lawyers regularly act in domestic and international arbitrations, as well as before administrative and regulatory bodies. DMG Advocates also has an active public litigation practice, including acting as counsel at public inquiries and government commissions. 

The DMG team is dedicated to delivering client-focused service that draws on the depth of our litigation expertise. The firm is large enough to take on the largest and most complex files, but small enough to ensure our clients receive boutique service delivered efficiently. DMG uses industry-leading experience in complex litigation, discovery planning and eDiscovery to deliver streamlined and cost-effective service, managing every file proportionately and strategically. 

DMG is a member of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms and is the law firm for commercial litigation in the Toronto Chapter. 

Practice Areas & Specialisations:

• Commercial Litigation
• Product Liability
• Shareholder Disputes
• Class Action Defence
• Commercial Arbitration
• eDiscovery
• Defamation
• Privacy and Cyber Security
• Public Inquiries
• Construction and Infrastructure
• Public and Private Procurement 

Updated March 2023