Leading Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Lawyers – Toronto, 2026

The 2026 listing of leading Toronto Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Lawyers details lawyers practising in commercial litigation and dispute resolution matters in the Toronto legal market who have been identified by their fellow Toronto lawyers specialsing in these areas for their expertise and abilities in the area. 

Preeminent

Sarit Batner, McCarthy Tétrault
Tom Curry, Lenczner Slaght
Matthew Gottlieb, Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb
Peter Griffin, Lenczner Slaght
Monique Jilesen, Lenczner Slaght
Eliot Kolers, Stikeman Elliott
Jonathan Lisus, Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb
Linda Plumpton, Torys
Crawford Smith, Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb
Paul Steep, McCarthy Tétrault
Kent Thomson, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Leading

John Adair, Adair Goldblatt Bieber
Rahool Agarwal, Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb
Michael Barrack, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Bradley Berg, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Sonia Bjorkquist, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Chantelle Cseh, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Catherine Beagan Flood, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Sandra Forbes, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Mark Gelowitz, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Geoff Hall, McCarthy Tétrault
Peter Howard, Stikeman Elliott
Shaun Laubman, Henein Hutchison Robitaille
Matthew Milne-Smith, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Chris Paliare, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein
Orestes Pasparakis, Norton Rose Fulbright
Derek Ricci, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Alexander Rose, Stikeman Elliott
Ken Rosenberg, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein
Luis Sarabia, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Robert Staley, Bennett Jones
Richard Swan, Bennett Jones

Recommended

Sarah Armstrong, Fasken
Sandra Barton, Gowling WLG
Andrew Bernstein, Torys
Simon Bieber, Adair Goldblatt Bieber
Sheila Block, Torys
Robert Brush, Crawley MacKewn Brush
James Bunting, Tyr LLP
Nadia Campion, Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb
Gordon Capern, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein
Carlo Di Carlo, Stockwoods
Adam Chisholm, McMillan
David Conklin, Goodmans
Jeremy Devereux, Norton Rose Fulbright
Gillian Dingle, Torys
James Doris, Tyr LLP
Andrew Faith, Polley Faith
Iris Fischer, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Patrick Flaherty, Chernos Flaherty Svonkin
Matthew Fleming, Dentons Canada
Jeff Galway, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Brad Hanna, McMillan
Adam Hirsh, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Geoff Hunnisett, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Shawn Irving, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Peter Kolla, Goodmans
Jeffrey Larry, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein
Eli Lederman, Lenczner Slaght
Matthew Lerner, Lenczner Slaght
Paul LeVay, Stockwoods
Zohar Levy, Lundy Levy & Eski Barristers
Craig Lockwood, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Alan Mark, Goodmans
Gordon McKee, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Paul Michell, Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb
Christine Muir, Norton Rose Fulbright
Dan Murdoch, Stikeman Elliott
Justin Nasseri, Ross Nasseri
David Di Paolo, Borden Ladner Gervais
Paul Pape, Pape Chaudhury
Mary Paterson, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Peter Pliszka, Fasken
James Renihan, Norton Rose Fulbright
Samuel Robinson, Stockwoods
Julie Rosenthal, Goodmans
Linda Rothstein, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein
Marina Sampson, McCarthy Tétrault
Mike Schafler, Dentons Canada
Byron Shaw, McCarthy Tétrault
Junior Sirivar, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Lauren Tomasich, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Vera Toppings, Fasken
Andrew Winton, Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb
Cheryl Woodin, Bennett Jones

The 2026 rankings of leading Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution lawyers in the Toronto market, identified by fellow Toronto Litigation Lawyers. Compiled via our independent, peer-review methodology — rankings cannot be purchased.