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Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Law Firms in City of Ottawa, Ontario

87 law firms.

What does a civil litigation lawyer in Ottawa do?

A civil litigation lawyer resolves disputes between people, businesses, or organizations where no criminal charge is involved. The common files are breach of contract, unpaid debts, property and construction disputes, shareholder disagreements, and professional negligence. If a case goes to trial, it's heard at the Superior Court of Justice at the Ottawa Courthouse, 161 Elgin Street, with the Small Claims Court handling smaller matters. Most disputes settle or resolve through negotiation or mediation long before that.

A good litigator spends as much time keeping clients out of court as in it. Ottawa firms act for clients across the city, from Kanata tech companies to homeowners in Orleans.

Which court hears your Ottawa dispute?

The court depends on how much you're claiming. The Superior Court of Justice hears the larger claims and the more complex ones, while the Small Claims Court is built for straightforward, lower-value matters. As of October 1, 2025, the Small Claims Court limit rose to $50,000, up from $35,000. Anything above that belongs in Superior Court, unless you're willing to give up the excess.

The two tracks move differently. Small Claims is faster and cheaper, so a Nepean contractor chasing a modest unpaid invoice sits there. A six-figure commercial fight between two Stittsville businesses goes to the Superior Court, where the procedure and the costs are heavier.

How long do you have to start a claim?

For most civil claims the deadline is two years, set by the Limitations Act, 2002. The clock usually starts the day you knew, or reasonably should have known, that you had a claim and that going to court was the right response. That start date isn't always the day the problem happened, which is one reason to get advice early rather than assume you still have time.

Miss the limitation period and you can lose the right to sue altogether, no matter how strong the underlying case is. Some claims carry their own separate notice rules on top of the two-year period, particularly disputes with a municipality or a public body. A lawyer will calendar every relevant date at the outset so nothing lapses while the file is being built.

How do you choose a civil litigation firm in Ottawa?

Start with a firm that has actually run your kind of dispute, whether that's a contract claim, a construction lien, or a shareholder disagreement. Ask who will carry your file day to day, how the firm approaches settlement versus trial, and how it bills, since litigation is usually hourly rather than contingency. Ottawa firms serve the downtown core along with Kanata, Nepean, Orleans, and Stittsville, so there's likely one near you.

You can confirm any lawyer's standing on the Law Society of Ontario directory. Browse the civil litigation & dispute resolution firms in Ottawa below.

A & C Law Firm LLP

3 lawyers

A & C Law Firm LLP is an Ottawa firm focused on immigration and civil litigation. It also handles family law and notary matters, including wills, estates, separation and divorce, and offers document certification serv…

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Allan Snelling LLP

3 lawyers

Allan Snelling LLP is a full-service law firm based in Kanata, serving the Ottawa and Kanata area. Its lawyers practice personal injury, business and employment law, wills and estates, and criminal and quasi-criminal …

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Anders Law

2 lawyers · Est. 1973

Anders Law is a general practice law firm in Ottawa, founded by Kurt Anders in 1973 and now run alongside his daughter Katrina Anders. The firm handles family law, real estate, wills and estates, corporate and commerc…

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Atasoy Law Firm

1 lawyer

Atasoy Law Firm is a Canada-based firm serving business leaders and immigrants, with offices in Toronto and Ottawa. It practices business, corporate, and commercial law, civil litigation, and immigration and estates l…

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Bennett Jones LLP

16 lawyers

Bennett Jones LLP is a national Canadian business law firm with more than a century of history, grown from a ten-lawyer prairie town office to a firm with offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vanco…

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Bennett McIntyre Mysicka LLP is a general-practice law firm based in Carleton Place, Ontario, with a second office in Nepean, serving Lanark County, the Ottawa Valley and the Greater Ottawa area. The firm focuses on r…

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Black & Associates

5 lawyers

Black & Associates is a civil litigation, employment, and public law firm based in Ottawa, serving businesses and individuals across Ottawa, Toronto, and Eastern Ontario. It handles commercial disputes, contract and s…

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Brazeau Seller Law

21 lawyers · Est. 1989

Brazeau Seller Law is an Ottawa business law firm founded in 1989, originally designed to serve family-owned businesses and help protect and grow their wealth. Today the firm offers corporate and commercial, real esta…

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Bytown Law

1 lawyer

Bytown Law is a solo family and divorce law practice in Ottawa run by Joshua Chmielewski, who also handles wills, estates and trusts, immigration, and civil litigation matters. The firm serves the greater Ottawa area,…

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Carters Professional Corporation

17 lawyers · Est. 2001

Carters is a law firm established in 2001 that focuses on charity and not-for-profit law, with offices in Orangeville, Ottawa, and Toronto. It also serves individuals, corporations, and businesses across litigation, r…

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Cavanagh LLP

6 lawyers

Cavanagh LLP is a boutique litigation firm in Ottawa, formerly known as Cavanagh Williams Conway Baxter LLP, focused on commercial litigation, insurance and tort, professional liability, mediation and arbitration, and…

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Caza Saikaley LLP

8 lawyers

Caza Saikaley LLP is an Ottawa litigation firm founded by Ronald F. Caza and Jeff G. Saikaley, whose lawyers all practise in both English and French. The firm concentrates on complex civil, commercial, and constitutio…

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Chand & Co.

5 lawyers · Est. 2016

Chand & Co. (Chand Snider LLP) is a boutique litigation firm founded in Toronto in March 2016 by Pradeep Chand and Murray Snider. It handles civil, commercial, regulatory, and criminal litigation matters from offices …

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Chiarelli Cramer Witteveen LLP

3 lawyers · Est. 1969

Chiarelli Cramer Witteveen LLP is a boutique law firm in Nepean, Ottawa, founded in 1969. It practises wills and estates, real estate, family law, civil litigation, and criminal law for clients across the Ottawa area.

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Christopher E. Clermont is a sole-practice lawyer and notary public based in Ottawa, practising employment law, wills and estates, and civil litigation. He has been in private practice since 1989 and represents employ…

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CoLex Legal

2 lawyers

CoLex Legal is an association of two lawyers offering real estate, business, immigration, wills and estates, and dispute resolution services, with offices in Ottawa, London, and Cambridge, Ontario. Its lawyers have ov…

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Connolly Obagi LLP

10 lawyers

Connolly Obagi LLP is an Ottawa personal injury and medical negligence firm representing plaintiffs in motor vehicle collision, fall, insurance, disability, and medical negligence claims, as well as class actions. The…

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Conway Baxter Wilson LLP/s.r.l.

18 lawyers · Est. 2014

Conway Baxter Wilson LLP/s.r.l. is a boutique litigation firm in Ottawa, founded in 2014. The firm focuses on commercial litigation, public law litigation, and appellate advocacy, and its size lets it take on complex,…

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Corman Feiner LLP

5 lawyers

Corman Feiner LLP is a Toronto litigation boutique founded by Sarah Corman and Jeffrey Feiner, who each spent more than a decade litigating at a major national law firm before starting the practice. The firm focuses o…

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Danielson Kabesh Law Professional Corporation is a full-service law firm based in Ottawa that serves clients across Ontario. The firm practices family law, landlord and tenant matters, real estate, wills and estates, …

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David | Sauvé LLP

9 lawyers

David | Sauvé LLP is a bilingual boutique litigation firm with offices in Ottawa and Montréal, serving clients across Canada and North America. The firm's lawyers handle civil, commercial, and administrative litigatio…

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Diamond & Diamond Lawyers LLP is a national personal injury firm headquartered in Toronto, with offices across Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nova Scotia. Its main focus is personal injury and accident claims,…

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Dubuc-Osland

2 lawyers

Dubuc-Osland is an Ottawa law firm that practises throughout Ontario and Nunavut, with a particular focus on Inuit and First Nations economic development. Its lawyers handle Indigenous law and land claims, corporate a…

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Edward Conway

1 lawyer

Edward Conway is a sole-practitioner law office in Ottawa practising civil litigation, family law, corporate law, employment law and personal injury law. Conway was called to the bar in Newfoundland and Labrador in 19…

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