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Partner in Torys' Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice, and Competition and An-
titrust Practice. Practice focuses on competition litigation, class-action defense, corpo-
rate/commercial disputes and securities litigation. Also practices in the areas of public
law, constitutional law and employment. Has appeared as counsel in the Supreme Court
of Canada, in all levels of court in Ontario, and in the Federal Court, as well as before
the Competition Tribunal and the Ontario Securities Commission. Member of the An-
titrust Section of the American Bar Association, the Canadian Bar Association and The
Advocates' Society. Has taught advocacy and lectured on class actions and competition
law issues at Osgoode Hall Law School, the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, the
University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and at programs run by The Advocates' Society
and the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. LLB, 1994, University of Toronto. On-
tario Bar, 1996.
One of Canada's premier litigators both at trial and appellate levels; shareholder disputes,
securities litigation, administrative law, Charter of Rights and Freedoms and constitution-
al litigation, class actions, employment law, labor law, pension litigation and white-collar
criminal law. Fellow, IATL (Eastern Canadian Chair); Fellow, ISB; Fellow, ACTL and
former Ontario Provincial Chair; Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, honor-
ary member of COMBAR; certified by the LSUC as a Specialist in Civil Litigation;
Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Consistently listed in the Lexpert® Guide to
the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada; The Lexpert® Guide
to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada; The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for
Business; Mondaq's Employment Lawyers; Euromoney's Expert Guide to Global Labour
and Employment Lawyers. LLB, Osgoode Hall (1970); LLM, University of Texas at Aus-
tin (1971). Called to the Ontario Bar (1973), with honors.
Guy Pratte focuses his practice on civil litigation (with emphasis on commercial litiga-
tion, and class actions), administrative and constitutional law. He is also often retained in
complex cases of all types. Fully bilingual, he has an active practice in Ontario and Qué-
bec. Pratte regularly pleads before the Supreme Court of Canada and the Superior and
Appeal Courts of Ontario and Québec, as well as the Federal Court and Federal Court of
Appeal. Named Advocatus Emeritus by the Québec Bar for "outstanding contributions
to the legal profession." He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a
member of The Advocates' Society. He is also a member of the Supreme Court of Canada
Advocacy Institute. Taught at University of Ottawa and University of Montréal. Adjunct
Professor at the University of Toronto, he teaches a course focused on the Supreme Court
of Canada (2012/2014). Was also the Milvain Chair in Advocacy at the University of
Calgary Law School. Chair Emeritus, BLG. Recognized as a leading Canadian lawyer in
several legal ranking publications.
Joel Rochon is managing partner at Rochon Genova LLP and heads the firm's class-action
practice with emphasis on product liability, securities, transportation law and consumer
goods litigation. Rochon's achievements of note include the certification and settlement
of the Wilson v. Servier Canada diet drugs litigation (the first defective drug case to be
certified in Canada). Rochon is or has been lead or co-lead counsel on a number of signifi-
cant class actions, including the C$1.2-billion resolution of Nortel securities litigation,
Maple Leaf Foods tainted meat settlement, the landmark Toyota unintended accelera-
tion litigation, and ongoing class-action litigation involving CIBC, SNC Lavalin, market
timing in mutual funds, and Lac-Mégantic train derailment. Rochon was educated at the
University of Western Ontario, McGill University, and graduated from the Université de
Moncton, Faculty of Law (in French) in 1986. He is admitted to the Ontario Bar.
Linda M.
Plumpton
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-8193
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
Chris G.
Paliare, OO,
LSM
Paliare Roland
Rosenberg
Rothstein LLP
Tel: (416) 646-4318
Fax: (416) 646-4301
Toronto
Guy J.
Pratte
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: 1 (888) 918-2545
Toronto
Joel P.
Rochon
Rochon
Genova LLP
Tel: (416) 363-1867
Ext.222
Fax: (416) 363-0263
Toronto
lplumpton@torys.com
chris.paliare@paliareroland.com
gpratte@blg.com
jrochon@rochongenova.com
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