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