William (Bill) represents clients across a broad range of commercial litigation matters, with an emphasis on the defence of product liability class actions, anti-trust law (price fixing, bid-rigging, misleading advertising, illegal trade practices and deceptive marketing practices), infrastructure and construction claims, banking law, insolvency, restructuring and corporate disputes.
He has appeared before the courts in Ontario, Québec, British Columbia and Alberta, the Federal Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal, as well as before the Competition Tribunal and numerous private arbitral panels. He is fluently bilingual in English and French and conducts trials or appellate advocacy in either language.
Bill is a member of The Advocates’ Society and the DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar. He is also the past President of the National Construction Law Section and a former member of the National Sections Council Executive of the Canadian Bar Association.
Between 1985 and 1987, Bill served as counsel to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Presence of War Criminals in Canada. The Commission’s report led to the adoption of amendments to various Canadian laws, including the Criminal Code, facilitating the prosecution of war criminals in Canada and, in at least two cases, led to the deportation of war criminals who gained entry into Canada illegally.
Updated April 2024
