The Arbitration Roundtable of Toronto is made up of several litigators, academics, arbitrators, and mediators from the Greater Toronto Area. The group promotes arbitration as an alternative method of conflict resolution over litigation, especially in commercial suits. Members include commercial litigators from Toronto law firms including some of the Seven Sisters of Bay Street. Each member has experience and interest in promoting commercial Arbitration. The group dedicates its time to encouraging this form of Dispute resolution through seminars, papers, and talks.
History
Founded in summer 2004 when John Judge and William G. Horton talked about bringing several prominent ADR Chambers members together after noticing how well suited to arbitration Toronto representatives were during an ICC arbitration with counsel from Canada, France, Germany, and the United States.
Arbitration
Arbitration focuses on resolving conflicts outside of courthouse litigation. Parties defer to one or more mutually acceptable arbitrators who will come to the final decision. This mode of resolution has often been related to Alternative dispute resolution. In Canada groups and persons interested in or promoting ADR work with the ADR Institute of Canada, Inc.
Associations
Members of The Arbitration Roundtable of Toronto are associated with international groups promoting arbitration including ADR Chambers, The International Centre for Dispute Resolution, The British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Center, The London Court of International Arbitration, The Institute for Transnational Arbitration, the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, and the Ministry of the Attorney General's Toronto Local Mediation Committee.
Members
Members of the Roundtable belong to several major law firms, educational institutions, and private practices located in the Toronto area as well as abroad.
Brian Casey
Brian Casey is the managing partner at Baker McKenzie. His areas of practice include International arbitration, Domestic Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Competition Law, Banking and Finance Litigation, and Professional negligence. Associations include ADR Chambers, The Advocates' Society, the Canadian Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the International Bar Association, and the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Casey has a BS in engineering from Carleton University as well as a LL.B from the University of Ottawa and a LL.M from York University in International Business Law.
The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the leading 500 lawyers in Canada lists Brian Casey under international commercial arbitration and commercial litigation.
William G. Horton
William G. Horton practices as independent counsel working with a variety of top law firms in Toronto His areas of practice include business and corporate disputes, class action, competition offences, defamation, directors and officers liability, fiduciary duty and good faith obligations, fraud, injunctive remedies, insurance and reinsurance disputes, international banking disputes, lender liability, litigation arising from major insolvencies and reorganizations, professional liability, and shareholder disputes.
Horton has a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School, and a BA from Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Associations include ADR Chambers, the ADR Institute of Canada, the Advocates' Society, the American Bar Association, the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, the Canadian Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the China International Economic Trade and Arbitration Commission, the International Chamber of Commerce, the ICDR, the International Bar Association, the International Law Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the NAFTA 2022 Committee, the Ontario Bar Association, Osgoode Hall Law School, and Vis Moot.
Best Lawyers in Canada 2009 recognized Horton for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Directors & Officer Liability, and International Arbitration. He is also listed in the 2008 Lexpert Directory, the 2008 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert 2007: Leading US/Canada Cross Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2007, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2006 and 2007, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2006, Legal Media Group's The Best of the Best 2006, and PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2006.