Laurence Pattillo

Laurence Pattillo

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The Honourable Laurence Pattillo

Laurence Pattillo

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Areas of Practices

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Education

1969 - Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- B.A. (English)

1972 - Osgoode Hall at York University, L.L.B.


PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • 1974 - Call to the Bar, Province of Ontario
  • 1986 - Call to the Bar, Province of British Columbia

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

  • 1974 - 1975 – Law Clerk to the Chief Justice of Ontario, Ontario Court of Appeal
  • 1975 – 1978 – Associate at Osler, Hoskins and Harcourt in Toronto, Ontario
  • 1978 – 2006 – Associate and Partner at Torys LLP, formerly Tory Tory Deslauriers & Binnington, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2006 – 2022 – Justice of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario

NATURE OF LEGAL PRACTICE

  • General civil litigation including corporate/commercial law, professional negligence and other torts, product liability, environmental law, construction law and intellectual property
  • Appeared as counsel at every level of court in the Province of Ontario
  • Appeared as counsel in the British Columbia Court of Appeal
  • Appeared as counsel in the Federal Court
  • Appeared as counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada
  • Appeared as counsel before arbitrators and administrative tribunals

LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA

  • Bencher, 2003 – 2006

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

  • Member of the Canadian Bar Association, 1974 – 2006
  • Council member, Canadian Bar Association – Ontario
  • Member of the Advocates Society, 1980 – 2020
  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Justice Pattillo obtained a BA in English from Dalhousie University in 1969 and his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 1972. Following his call to the Bar of Ontario in March 1974, he clerked for the Court of Appeal for a year after which he began practice at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, as it was then known. In 1978 he joined Tory, Tory, DesLauriers & Binnington, now Torys LLP, where he practiced litigation until his appointment to the Superior Court on October 26, 2006. Mr. Pattillo retired from the Court on January 22, 2022.

As a lawyer, his area of practice was commercial litigation and he appeared before tribunals, arbitration panels and all levels of courts. As a judge, he sat in all areas of the Court’s business, including in particular, Divisional Court and the Commercial List.