Biography
- Married, three children
- Partner, Gowling WLG
Career
- Chair, Government Relations and Public Affairs, Law Society
- Commercial, civil and regulatory litigator
- Gowling WLG National Commercial Litigation Practice Group Leader
Current Activities
- Member, Civil Rules Committee for Ontario
- Director, Institute for Civility and Professionalism
- Director, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
- Co-authour, Class Action, Law and Practice
- Lecturer on civil procedure, trial advocacy and class actions
- Coach, son’s hockey team
- Member: The Advocates’ Society, Canadian Bar Association, Toronto Lawyers Association, Thomas More Lawyers’ Guild, Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario
Past Activities
- Clerk, Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories
- Fox Scholar
- Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto Law School
- Chairman, Simplified Rules Review Committee
- Director, The Advocates’ Society
Recognition
John has been recognized by several publications as a leading commercial counsel in Canada, including:
- Lexpert / American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 lawyers in Canada
- Lexpert / American Lawyer Guide to The Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers in Canada
- Benchmark Canada: The Definitive Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys
- The Best Lawyers in Canada
- Financier Worldwide Litigation and Adjudicator Resolution Handbook