Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.25 lawyers · Established 2018 · City of Toronto
About Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP
Adair Goldblatt Bieber is a Toronto litigation firm whose trial, appeal and arbitration lawyers take on civil, commercial and administrative disputes for clients across Canada and abroad. It works for public and private companies and for individuals, and it also represents professionals, the regulators who oversee them, and statutory and public officers.
The firm opened in 2018, when a small group of litigators set out to build a practice around strong advocacy, practical advice and a supportive place for its people to grow. Jordan Goldblatt is its managing partner. Many of the lawyers clerked for judges before joining, some trained at national and multinational firms, and others came to law after working in business and industry.
Not all of the work happens in a courtroom. Its lawyers served as Commission Counsel to the Ottawa Light Rail Transit Inquiry, and the firm gives pre-litigation advice where keeping a dispute out of court altogether is often the point.
Canadian Lawyer magazine first named AGB a 5-Star Pro Bono Firm in 2023 and gave it that designation again in 2026. Between them, the lawyers speak Hindi, Punjabi, French and Portuguese as well as English. The office is in Suite 3200 at 401 Bay Street in Toronto, and the main line is 416-499-9940.
Practice areas
Commercial litigation
Companies, partnerships and the shareholders, directors and boards behind them bring AGB their business disputes, which it argues in trial and appeal courts, on the Toronto Commercial List, and in arbitration or mediation. At a trial in British Columbia, Cameron Rempel defended cryptocurrency company WonderFi Technologies against a claim over an alleged bonus contract, and the court dismissed the action entirely.
Shareholder and governance disputes
The firm handles oppression claims, derivative actions, shareholder fights and proxy contests, acting on the plaintiff side and the defence side for corporations, independent directors and officers, and their insurers.
Class actions
AGB's lawyers have acted for plaintiffs and for defendants in class proceedings. With co-counsel at other firms, it's currently pressing public interest claims against Meta for minor Instagram users and against the Government of Canada for Manitoba farmers. Jordan Goldblatt and Alex Fidler-Wener were class counsel in a case over an insurer turning down travel claims early in the COVID-19 pandemic because airlines and other providers had offered credits.
Securities litigation
Investors, issuers, regulators and other market participants use AGB for securities matters, from civil suits and arbitration to class actions, proxy fights and discipline hearings. The lawyers regularly appear before the Capital Markets Tribunal and the securities commissions of British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba.
Insurance coverage disputes
AGB acts for both policyholders and insurers on how policies should be read and enforced; on the policyholder side, clients run from homeowners after a house fire to large corporations seeking coverage for class actions. It also handles negligence claims against brokers whose mistakes allegedly left risks uninsured or underinsured. Gord McGuire acted for the owners of a dental practice when the Divisional Court dismissed an insurer's bid to overturn an appraisal panel's order to replace their smoke-damaged equipment rather than just clean it.
Integrity Commissioners and public accountability
AGB advises municipal and school board Integrity Commissioners on their mandates under laws such as the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Education Act, and it can carry out investigations and write reports under their delegated authority. In May 2025 the Divisional Court released its reasons in a case where Julia Wilkes and a colleague successfully represented the City of Pickering and its Integrity Commissioner against a councillor's challenge to two sanctions.
Administrative and public law
Lawyers at the firm have acted for unionized child protection workers at coroners' inquests into the deaths of young people, and they've litigated constitutional challenges to Ontario's changes to its sex education curriculum and its greenhouse gas targets. AGB also intervened successfully at the Supreme Court of Canada in a privacy appeal connected to the offence of voyeurism.
Appeals and judicial review
Trial lawyers specifically bring AGB in to launch and answer appeals, and many of the firm's lawyers clerked at superior and appellate courts. John Adair and Emily Vaillancourt represented the plaintiff in a medical negligence appeal that left the trial judge's negligence finding in place.
Employment disputes
Employers and employees both turn to AGB for wrongful dismissal claims, some involving executives and public companies, and the firm also appears before the Ontario Labour Relations Board and the Human Rights Tribunal.
Professional liability and regulation
Several AGB lawyers defend civil claims against lawyers, accountants, health professionals and other professionals across Canada, and the firm also sues for plaintiffs in professional negligence cases. Its lawyers defend regulatory investigations and prosecutions, especially before the Ontario Securities Commission and Capital Markets Tribunal, and they prosecute unlicensed practitioners for the Law Society of Ontario.
Trust and estates litigation
Estate trustees, trustees, beneficiaries and trust companies work with AGB on passing of accounts, will challenges, dependant's support claims and capacity disputes.
Real estate litigation
AGB litigates fights over purchase agreements, commercial leases, development and construction, and mortgage financing, including matters where hundreds of millions of dollars are in play.
Insolvency litigation
In insolvency litigation the firm acts for debtors, creditors, secured lenders and bondholders, among others, as well as for directors and officers.
Sports disputes
AGB represents national and provincial sport organizations and athletes before sport tribunals and in court, and independent third parties also choose its lawyers to sit as mediators and adjudicators in these cases. Jordan Goldblatt represented a former Olympic medallist whose lifetime ban, imposed after the Dubin Inquiry, was overturned.
Defamation and privacy
Lawyers at the firm both bring and defend defamation and privacy claims, for individuals, companies, publications and politicians, among others.
Arbitration and mediation
Out of court, AGB's lawyers work in alternative dispute resolution across many industries, international arbitration included.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessibleHow Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP works
AGB's guiding idea is a simple one: do excellent work, keep things practical, and put the client first. The firm commits to setting out options and advice plainly, without legal jargon or hedged opinions, and its commercial lawyers start from the fact that clients run businesses, not lawsuits, so the aim is a resolution that makes economic sense for the client.
The firm is also committed to developing its associates by getting them into court and handing them substantive parts of files as early in their careers as it can.
Milestones & recognition
- AGB has made Canadian Lawyer magazine's Top Litigation Boutique list in every cycle since 2018 to 2019, its founding year, most recently for 2026 to 2027.
- In 2026 the firm won Litigation Boutique Firm of the Year at the 14th annual Benchmark Litigation Canada Awards.
- The 2026 Legal 500 Canada edition ranked AGB a Tier 1 Elite Boutique for Dispute Resolution in Ontario and named John Adair a Leading Partner in that area.
- Chambers and Partners has listed the firm in Commercial Litigation: The Elite, Band 4, from 2025 through 2027.
- Twelve AGB lawyers appear in the 2027 Best Lawyers guides for Canada, across 10 litigation practice areas.
- John Adair was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2025.
- Julia Wilkes, Nathaniel Read-Ellis and Robert Stellick were named to Benchmark Litigation's 40 & Under List in 2025.
In the community
- AGB does pro bono advice and advocacy for organizations including Pro Bono Ontario, Ecojustice Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and LEAF, and it regularly represents refugees suing the federal government over Charter breaches, often when they need urgent injunctions.
- Its lawyers give free advice and representation to people who can't otherwise pay for a lawyer, among them athletes and students facing proceedings before their institutions' adjudicative bodies.
- Beyond legal causes, AGB supports United Way of Greater Toronto and the Daily Bread Food Bank.
- An Inclusion Committee of partners, associates and staff, led by Jocelyn Howell, drives the firm's equity, diversity and inclusion efforts.
- John Adair is an Adjunct Professor of Access to Justice and the Legal Process at the University of Toronto, and David Ionis teaches Trial Advocacy at Osgoode Hall.
Affiliations & connections
- Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF): AGB is a continuing supporter of LEAF and sponsored its 2026 An Evening for Equality fundraiser.
- Pro Bono Ontario: AGB is a Gold Tier Member of Pro Bono Ontario's 100% Access to Justice Leadership Circle.
- The Advocates' Society: John Adair is a member of The Advocates' Society and a former co-chair of its Commercial Litigation Practice Group.
Lawyers 25
Alex Fidler-Wener
Partner and Director of Operations
Civil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionClass Actions
Andrew Locatelli
Associate
Avi Qarri
Associate
Cameron Rempel
Partner
Employment & Labour Law
Caroline Harrell
Associate
David Ionis
Associate
Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Emily Vaillancourt
Associate
Emma March
Associate
Erin Rooney
Associate
Gord McGuire
Partner
Jacqueline Houston
Associate
Jocelyn Howell
Partner
John Adair
Partner
Administrative & Regulatory Law
Jordan Goldblatt
Managing Partner
Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Julia Wilkes
Partner
Administrative & Regulatory Law
Logan St. John-Smith
Associate
Marisa Benjamin
Associate
Nathaniel Read-Ellis
Partner
Class ActionsBankruptcy & Insolvency
Pedro Saraiva
Associate
Rachel Allen
Associate
Rebecca Kennedy
Partner
Wills, Estates & Trusts
Ritika Rai
Partner
Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Robert Stellick
Partner
Robert Trenker
Partner
Insurance Law
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 2005–2025 · median 9 years in practice 18 of 25 lawyers
- Law schools
- University of Toronto (7), Osgoode Hall Law School (3), Queen's University (3), Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University, Dalhousie University, University of Memphis School of Law and 2 more 18 of 25 lawyers
- Languages on the roster
- English, French, Hindi, Punjabi
Who handles what
The neighbourhood
AGB works from the Simpson Tower at 401 Bay Street. John B. Parkin Associates and Bregman & Hamann completed the 33 floor tower in 1968 as head office for the Simpsons department store company, and it got a new exterior in 2017. The building houses the Arcadian Court event space and links to the Eaton Centre across Queen Street.
The office sits on the traditional territory of many nations, among them the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat, and the firm has committed itself to truth and reconciliation and to justice and equality for Indigenous peoples.
Frequently asked questions
- Can Adair Goldblatt Bieber give me a second opinion on appealing a decision another lawyer handled?
- Adair Goldblatt Bieber regularly gives opinions on whether an appeal or judicial review has merit. It does this for clients it represented the first time around and for people who had other counsel and want a second view, or new lawyers for the appeal itself.
- Did Adair Goldblatt Bieber act for Ejaz Choudry's family against Peel police?
- Adair Goldblatt Bieber's Simon Bieber, Robert Stellick and Ritika Rai act for the family of Ejaz Choudry, whom Peel Regional Police shot and killed at home after a mental health call. When the officers asked for a publication ban to keep their names out of the lawsuit and the media, the firm opposed it, and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice turned the motion down.
- Has the firm had someone declared a vexatious litigant under section 140 of the Courts of Justice Act?
- Adair Goldblatt Bieber's Jordan Goldblatt and Logan St. John-Smith obtained a section 140 order declaring a plaintiff vexatious across several proceedings. They acted for a group of lawyers who'd all represented that plaintiff before and then been sued in those proceedings.
- Does AGB defend people in CIRO enforcement proceedings?
- Adair Goldblatt Bieber's Simon Bieber and Cameron Rempel, working with a colleague, act for a dealing representative in an enforcement proceeding before the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization. The hearing panel agreed with them that it has the power to halt such an investigation, though it didn't order a stay in that matter.
- Can Adair Goldblatt Bieber run an internal investigation under solicitor-client privilege?
- Adair Goldblatt Bieber conducts and responds to investigations of alleged wrongdoing, such as harassment, sexual assault, fraud and leaks of confidential information, for individuals, companies, regulators and statutory officers. The firm carries out this work within solicitor-client privilege.
Where to find them
401 Bay Street, Suite 3200, Toronto, ON M5H 2Y4 · 416-499-9940
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