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Geoff Adair's practice is focused entirely on trial and appellate advocacy. Adair's court-
room experience is virtually unparalleled, having appeared at all levels of court and
conducted over 250 jury and non-jury cases trial plus in excess of 150 appeals. Adair has
appeared in the Supreme Court of Canada on several occasions. Adair is a fellow of the
American College of Trial Lawyers, and has been named as one of Canada's 500 leading
lawyers in e Lexpert®/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. He is the
author of the critically acclaimed advocacy text On Trial (Butterworths, second edition,
2004) and frequent lecturer to the profession. Adair practices primarily in the fields of
commercial litigation, class actions and major tort matters, acting for corporations, insur-
ers and individual plaintiffs.
Chair of Torys' Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. Senior trial/appellate counsel
with a broad civil litigation practice, including corporate/commercial and securities
litigation, IP, defamation and administrative law cases. Has appeared as counsel on a wide
range of leading cases before all levels of court in Canada and in international arbitrations
and other tribunals. Has spoken and written extensively on advocacy and civil litigation.
Has taught advocacy in Canada, the United States, England, Scotland, New Zealand
and El Salvador. Recognized by Lexpert® and Benchmark as one of Canada's leading 25
women litigators. Chair, Touching Tiny Lives Foundation; President/Trustee, Harold
G. Fox Education; Trustee, Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy, Geneva;
President's Council, University of Ottawa; Advisory Board, Program on Ethics, Business
and the Law, University of Toronto Law School. Recipient of numerous awards, includ-
ing the University of Ottawa's Honorary LLD and Meritas Tabaret Award. LLB (Gold
Medalist), 1972, University of Ottawa. Ontario Bar, 1974.
National Leader of BLG's Class Actions Group, practicing commercial litigation, includ-
ing class-action proceedings. Defends corporations, municipal governments, utilities and
hospitals in class actions and conventional proceedings, including claims for business
and other economic losses and property damage. Case portfolio includes claims from
failure of infrastructure, pharmaceutical products, soware, telephone services, medical
devices and consumer products. Chairman of the Ontario Bar Association Class Actions
Law Section. Member of the Canadian Bar Association, American Bar Association and
Defence Research Institute. Graduated from University of Windsor Law School (1980),
University of Toronto (applied science & engineering) and Australian National Univer-
sity (Masters of International Law). Called to the Ontario Bar in 1983. Recognized in
the 2015 edition (and since 2011) of e Best Lawyers in Canada and in the 2014 edition
of Benchmark Canada – e Definitive Guide to Canada's Leading Litigation Firms &
Attorneys (Class Actions). Martindale-Hubbell peer review rated.
Geoffrey D.E.
Adair, QC
Adair
Barristers LLP
Tel: (416) 941-5863
Fax: (647) 689-2059
Toronto
Sheila R.
Block
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7319
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
Timothy O.
Buckley
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: (416) 367-6169
Fax: (416) 361-7062
Toronto
gadair@adairbarristers.com
sblock@torys.com
tbuckley@blg.com
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