Overview

With 60 years of litigation experience and over 30 years specializing in commercial litigation and arbitration, both as counsel and arbitrator, Earl bring a senior and knowledgeable perspective to any commercial dispute.

Recognized by Benchmark Canada as “Litigation Star” for his leading expertise (2025, 2026)

Recognized by his peers in Best Lawyers in Canada for Administrative and Public Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Defamation and Media Law; Director and Officer Liability Practice; International Arbitration; Legal Malpractice Law; Product Liability Law

Recognized by his peers in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for Commercial Arbitration (2008-2026); Litigation – Corporate Commercial (2008-2026); Litigation – Commercial Insurance (2008-2016); Litigation – Product Liability (2008-2016); Professional Liability (2008-2016); Litigation – Class Action (2008-2011); Litigation – Directors' & Officers' Liability (2008-2011)

Listed in the area of Arbitration in Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) (2024)

First recipient of the Ontario Bar Association Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation (2004)

Guest Speaker, Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Annual General Meeting, about his forthcoming book, “In the Courts, a Counsel’s Memoir”, June 11, 2026

Speaker, "Top 6 in 60: The 6 Recent Cases from the SCC You Must Know," Toronto Lawyers Association, December 4, 2024

Practice Areas

• Administrative Law
• Professional Malpractice
• Constitutional Law
• Public Law
• Corporate & Commercial Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1960 (ON); 1974 (ON)