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Senior counsel with a broad litigation practice including corporate/commercial, class
actions, defamation, securities, administrative/regulatory, intellectual property, profes-
sional negligence and general counsel work. Appeared before every level of Ontario court,
Federal Court of Canada, Supreme Court of Canada, administrative tribunals and Inquiry
Commissions. Commission Counsel to Arbour Inquiry into Certain Events at the Prison
for Women. Widely recognized as leading counsel including Leading 500 Lawyers in
Canada, Chambers & Partners' Chambers Global: World's Leading Lawyers for Business;
Woodward White's e Best Lawyers in Canada 2014 Toronto Class Action Litigation
Lawyer of the Year. Recipient, 2009 Law Society of Upper Canada Medal. Fellow, Ameri-
can College of Trial Lawyers. Director, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Canadian
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Former member, Ontario Judicial Council. Former
director, e Advocates' Society Legal Education and Action Fund Foundation. Senior
Chair, University of Toronto Tribunal. Lecturer at numerous law schools and professional
bodies. Ontario Bar 1979.
Practices exclusively in the fi eld of securities litigation. Regularly represents investment
dealers, public companies, investment funds, directors and offi cers in a wide range of
matters, including regulatory investigations and proceedings before provincial securities
commissions, all Canadian stock exchanges and self-regulatory organizations. Experienced
in representing bidders and targets in contested mergers and acquisition transactions.
From 1994 to 1996, served as an enforcement counsel at the Ontario Securities
Commission and therea er continued to act for the Commission in a variety of
enforcement matters. Advises foreign regulators on securities regulation and enforcement
matters. Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Law School where he co-leads the
Securities Law in the Adversarial Setting course. Recognized by e Best Lawyers in
Canada for Securities Law (2011‒2014). Included in e Canadian Legal Lexpert®
Directory 2010‒2014 for Litigation ‒ Securities and Litigation ‒ Directors' & Offi cers'
Liability. Called to the Bar of Ontario in 1991.
Broad and eclectic cross-border international commercial litigation practice with em-
phasis on matters involving some element of dishonesty or corporate misconduct, includ-
ing white-collar crime, securities fraud, corruption and competition law violations. He has
acted as counsel to boards of directors, audit committees and special committees investi-
gating allegations of serious corporate misconduct. Recognized as a creative and strategic
problem solver. He has also acted as counsel and arbitrator in numerous domestic and in-
ternational arbitrations. He has appeared before all levels of court in Canada and numer-
ous administrative tribunals. Frequent lecturer on a broad range of issues and former part-
time teacher at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law.
Partner. Signifi cant experience in corporate/commercial and securities litigation, share-
holder remedies, professional negligence and product liability. Has worked on signifi cant
restructuring matters and major securities, competition and product liability class actions
and appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and in the SCC. Has acted for signifi cant
participants in public and private take-over litigation and in matters before the Ontario
and British Columbia Securities Commissions. Recognized as a leading litigation lawyer
by e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, e Lexpert® Special Edition on Canada's Leading Litiga-
tion Lawyers in the Globe & Mail's ROB magazine, e Best Lawyers in Canada and Bench-
mark Canada. Also recognized in Benchmark's Top 25 Women in Canadian Litigation.
Founding/past Chair of Goodmans' professional standards and confl icts committee. Fel-
low of American College of Trial Lawyers. Contributing editor to the Commercial Litiga-
tion Journal.
Patricia D.S.
Jackson
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7323
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
David A.
Hausman
Fasken
Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
Tel: (416) 868-3486
Fax: (416) 364-7813
Toronto
John A.
Keefe
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-4268
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
Jessica A.
Kimmel
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-4219
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
tjackson@torys.com
dhausman@fasken.com
jkeefe@goodmans.ca
jkimmel@goodmans.ca
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