Paul J. Martin

Paul Martin is the director of the Toronto office's Class Actions practice group. He has an extensive practice in all aspects of civil, administrative and quasi-criminal litigation at all levels of court in Ontario, with particular emphasis in the areas of class actions, product liability, defamation, shareholder rights, employment, financial institutions, insurance, securities regulation, competition, taxation and intellectual property. He has been counsel in matters before the Federal Court, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Ontario Municipal Board, the Tax Court of Canada, the Ontario Securities Commission, the Commercial Registration Appeal Tribunal, the Pensions Appeal Board and various administrative tribunals.

Paul is also an Adjunct Lecturer at Queen's University Faculty of Law where he teaches a course on class actions.

Selected Experience

• LeFrancois v. Guidant Corp., [2008] O.J. No. 1397 (S.C.J.)
• Tele-Mobile Co. v. Ontario, [2008] S.C.J. No. 12 (S.C.C.)

Publications

• Podcast of Financial Institutions Seminar: "Legal and Regulatory Developments Affecting Financial Institutions”
• An Insight into Antitrust/Competition Class Actions in Canada (Podcast)

Presentations

• The Canadian Institute's Forum on Drug, Medical Device & Biotech Litigation
• 9th Annual Forum on Litigating Class Actions

Membership/Affiliations

• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association (Section of Litigation - Class Action and Derivative Suits Committee and Antitrust Litigation Committee)
• Member, American Association for Justice - Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Subsections
• Member, Toronto Lawyers Association
• Instructor, Bar Admission Course and Ontario Centre for Advocacy Training (OCAT)