SECURITIES
Tom Curry
Lenczner Slaght
Royce Smith
Griffin LLP
Tel: (416) 865-3096
Fax: (416) 865-9010
Toronto
tcurry@litigate.com
Partner. Recognized nationally as a leading trial and appellate counsel, Tom Curry has
a long record of high-profile success in commercial litigation, class actions, arbitrations,
business disputes, administrative law, judicial review, intellectual property and professional liability cases. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, he is a regular
speaker on a wide variety of subjects relating to trial practice and substantive law. Curry
is also a contributing editor of Corporate Liability, a journal devoted to examining issues
of liability under criminal and regulatory law.
James W.E. Doris
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 367-6919
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
jdoris@dwpv.com
Partner in the Litigation, Competition and Insolvency groups. Specializes in general
civil litigation with an emphasis on shareholder and oppression remedy actions, class
actions, contested mergers & acquisitions, insolvency, gaming and competition matters.
Recent high-profile matters include acting for Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation in defeating certification of a $3.5-billion class action alleging OLG owed a duty of
care to prevent "problem gamblers" from gambling in OLG's commercial casinos, and
acting for Shaw Communications Inc. in a successful appeal to the Supreme Court of
Canada concerning the jurisdiction of the CRTC to impose a "value for signal" regime
in Canada. Included in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business,
Benchmark Canada, The Best Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert ®
Directory. LLB and BCL, McGill University; BA, University of Toronto. Called to
Ontario Bar in 1992.
James D.G.
Douglas
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: (416) 367-6029
Fax: (416) 361-2747
Toronto
jdouglas@blg.com
Partner and Chair of BLG's Securities Litigation Group. Extensive experience in securities litigation, including shareholder disputes, mergers & acquisitions litigation, broker
liability suits, regulatory proceedings and prosecutions. Appears regularly as counsel
before all levels of courts, the Ontario Securities Commission and other securities industry regulatory bodies. Former senior investigation counsel with the Ontario Securities
Commission. Frequent writer and speaker on topics relating to securities litigation and
regulation, shareholders' rights and broker liability. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1981.
John Fabello
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-8228
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
jfabello@torys.com
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Partner in Torys' Litigation Practice and co-lead of Securities Defence Litigation Practice.
Class action and corporate/commercial litigation with strong focus on securities defense
litigation and regulatory matters. Represents clients at all levels of courts in Canada in
cross-border class actions and regulatory matters and in matters involving the OSC and
other Canadian securities commissions, IIROC and the MFDA. Recognized as a leading
Canadian securities law and professional liability lawyer by Lexpert®, Woodward White
and Real Time News. Author and lecturer (including at Osgoode Hall Law School)
on securities law topics. Co-chair, The Advocates' Society Securities Litigation Practice
Group. Member, Board of Trustees of Toronto Lawyers Association. LLB, 1992, University of Alberta; Certificate in International and EEC Law, 1990, Oxford University/
University of San Diego; 1988, University of Toronto. Ontario Bar, 1994.
