Andrew Bernstein

Torys - Ontario

Partner

79 Wellington St. W., 33rd Floor
Box 270, TD South Tower
Toronto, ON M5K 1N2 Canada

416.865.7678

Litigation Star


Jurisdiction:

Canada
Ontario

Practice area:

Commercial
Intellectual property


Andrew helps clients involved in numerous types of disputes, including intellectual property, commercial and public law matters. A significant portion of his practice involves patents, copyright, and trademark disputes arising in the life sciences, information technology, media and other industries.

Andrew’s commercial litigation practice includes considerable experience in class actions, licensing, contract and tort actions, frequently advising and defending traditional and new media clients on defamation and free expression issues. He also has a strong track record in public law matters, having acted for both public- and private-sector clients in administrative hearings, judicial reviews and constitutional law cases.

Andrew is an experienced appellate lawyer. He has helped numerous clients navigate difficult appeals before the Ontario and Federal Courts of Appeal, as well as other appellate courts across the country in a wide variety of areas of substantive law, including contracts, patents, copyright, class actions, administrative and constitutional law. He has also argued several appeals before the Supreme Court of Canada.

Andrew is currently the Co-Chair of the Advocates Society’s Appellate Practice Group, which he founded. He has previously been the Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s Intellectual Property section, a member of the Board of Directors of the Advocates Society and a member of the Board of IT.Can.

 

Updated April 2024