Keel Cottrelle LLP
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.13 lawyers · Established 1987 · City of Toronto
One of 2,276 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 156 handling Administrative & Regulatory Law.
About Keel Cottrelle LLP
Keel Cottrelle LLP is a mid-sized law firm in downtown Toronto that traces back to 1987, when a group of lawyers left larger firms to practise together in what they described as a smaller, more focused and congenial environment. Founding partner George Cottrelle, called to the Ontario bar in 1980 after graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School, still practises at the firm today. The other founding partner, Bob Keel, was called to the bar in 1977 and practised law at the firm until declining health required giving up the practice; Bob Keel passed away on November 20, 2024.
The firm's lawyers work across a range of practice areas, from education law, administrative law and professional regulation to condominium law, construction, employment law and wills and estates. Its education law group represents public school boards across Ontario, along with education associations and consortia, private and independent schools, post-secondary institutions and First Nations education organizations. Litigation lawyers at the firm have appeared before every level of court in Ontario and Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Canada, and before a range of tribunals, boards and commissions. The firm also keeps lawyers on staff who are fluent in French.
Keel Cottrelle's lawyers have been recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada every year from 2020 through 2026, and the firm received Corporate International Magazine's 2010 International Legal Award for The Best Boutique Law Firm In Canada.
Practice areas
Administrative & Regulatory Law
Business & Corporate Law
Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Construction Law
Wills, Estates & Trusts
Intellectual Property
Real Estate Law
Insurance Law
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In the community
- Keel Cottrelle is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and to the promotion of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, and it maintains an EDI Committee that directs the firm's diversity work.
- The firm publishes newsletters on education law, employment and HR law, professional regulation, construction law, wills and estates, condominium law and procurement, and its lawyers regularly deliver seminars and professional development sessions for other lawyers and members of the education community.
- Lawyers at the firm chair the Ontario Bar Association's Education Law and Administrative Law section executives for 2026 and 2027, and they chair the Osgoode Professional Development certificate program in education law.
- Keel Cottrelle sponsored the Canadian Bar Association's Administrative Law and Labour and Employment Conference, held in Ottawa in November 2025.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
By appointmentLawyers 13
Alex Smith
Associate
Anthony Rosato
Partner
Buck Sully
Partner
Christopher Wirth
Partner
George Cottrelle
Partner
James Easto
Counsel
John Little
Partner
Karly Kolynchuk
Associate
Administrative & Regulatory LawCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Kimberley Ishmael
Partner
Michael Tersigni
Partner
Nicola Simmons
Partner
Patricia Harper
Partner
Rita Yousif
Associate
Civil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionWills, Estates & Trusts
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 1976–2025 · median 19 years in practice 13 of 13 lawyers
- Law schools
- University of Toronto (4), Osgoode Hall Law School (3), University of Ottawa (2), Queen's University, Queen's University, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia and 1 more 13 of 13 lawyers
Who handles what
Where to find them
1 Toronto Street, Suite 910, Toronto, ON M5C 2V6 · 416-367-2900
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