DMG Advocates LLP
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.8 lawyers · Established 2018 · City of Toronto
One of 2,276 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 435 handling Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution.
About DMG Advocates LLP
DMG Advocates LLP is a small litigation firm in downtown Toronto, founded in 2018 by Hugh DesBrisay, Kathryn Manning, and Ryder Gilliland, whose combined initials give the firm its name. All three arrived with years of experience at larger firms first. DesBrisay had been a partner and counsel at a national firm and a partner at a prominent Toronto litigation firm. Manning had built a broad civil litigation and arbitration practice over two decades. Gilliland spent 15 years at a national firm, nine of them as partner, before helping start DMG.
The firm concentrates on commercial and public litigation and arbitration, along with related niches: media, defamation and privacy law, civil fraud and white collar matters, employment litigation, and cryptocurrency and blockchain disputes. DMG's lawyers appear before Ontario courts at every level and before international arbitration panels, acting for clients in manufacturing, transportation, securities, and technology. The team spans founding partners to associates, and the firm has been recognized in Chambers Canada, Best Lawyers, and The Globe and Mail's Best Law Firms rankings.
Practice areas
In the community
- Firm lawyers regularly donate time to the Pro Bono Ontario hotline, which provides free legal advice to low income Ontarians.
- DMG partners with the Childhood Arrivals Support and Advocacy Program, run through Justice for Children and Youth, assisting young people seeking permanent residency on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
- The firm has represented individuals and organizations pro bono in journalism, defamation, and free expression matters.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessibleLawyers 8
Corey Groper
Partner
Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Hugh DesBrisay
Counsel
Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
John Mather
Partner
Jordana Haar
Associate
Kathryn Manning
Partner
Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Lauren Baker
Associate
Max Libman
Associate
Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Ryder Gilliland
Partner
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 1986–2022 · median 13 years in practice 7 of 8 lawyers
- Law schools
- Queen's University Faculty of Law (2), Dalhousie University, McGill University, Osgoode Hall Law School, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Common Law, Western University 7 of 8 lawyers
Who handles what
Where to find them
155 University Avenue, Suite 1230, Toronto, ON M5H 3B7 · 416-238-7475
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