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Professional Qualifications
Called
to the Bar:
Ontario, Canada 1976
Other calls to the Bar (not
current): Alberta, New Brunswick
Bachelor of Laws
(First Class Honours): Osgoode Hall Law School 1974
Bachelor
of Arts: Victoria College, University of Toronto 1971
FCIArb:
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 1997
University
of Windsor: ADR Workshop 2001 |
Harvard Law
School/PIL: Mediation Workshop, 2004
Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators: Fellowship course, Berlin 1996
Law
Firms
Laskin, Jack,
Horton
& Harris (partner 1978-1982)
McMillan Binch
(articling student and associate 1974-1978 and partner 1982-2000)
Blake,
Cassels & Graydon LLP (partner 2000-2006)
(Served
terms as head of litigation at McMillan Binch and Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP)
Current
Practice
Barrister, Arbitrator, Mediator
General Practice Description (See Case
Experience page for details)
Bill Horton has
appeared before all levels of courts up to and including the Supreme
Court of Canada and has served as both an arbitrator and counsel in
commercial arbitrations. Bill has successfully represented
clients in significant cases involving business and corporate disputes,
fraud, lender liability, international banking disputes, litigation
arising from major insolvencies and reorganizations, fiduciary duty and
good faith obligations, directors and officers liability, professional
liability, insurance and reinsurance disputes, competition offences,
defamation, shareholder disputes, class action and injunctive remedies.
Professional
Associations
- International Bar Association (past chair
of the International Litigation Committee of the Section on Business
Law)
- ADR Chambers, Toronto (Co-Chair ADR
Chambers International; Resident Toronto Chambers)
- ICDR (Panel Member)
- ICC (Canadian Roster Member)
- CIETAC (China International Economic Trade and Arbitration Commission) (Member: Panel of Arbitrators)
- ADR Institute of Canada (arbitration
member, editorial board ADRIC Journal)
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
(Fellow)
- Arbitration Roundtable of Toronto
(Founding Member)
- The Advocates’ Society (former
director)
- The Law Society of Upper Canada (member,
former counsel to Complaints Review Committee)
- International Law Association (former
Director, Canadian Branch; Program Co-Chair 2006 Biennial Conference)
- Osgoode Hall Law School (former lecturer
in civil procedure, assistant instructor in LLM program)
- NAFTA 2022 Committee (Canadian member)
- British Columbia International Commercial
Arbitration Centre (member of the international panel)
- Vis Moot (memorial judge and adjudicator)
- Canadian Bar Association (member)
- Ontario Bar Association (member, former
member editorial board “Briefly Speaking”))
- American Bar Association (member)
Professional Recognitions
Bill is
recognized in the following recent surveys:
- 2008 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory:
International Commercial Arbitration (Most Frequently Recommended),
Corporate Commercial Litigation (Most Frequently Recommended),
Directors and Officers Litigation (Repeatedly Recommended), Securities
Litigation (Repeatedly Recommended).
- Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration 2008
- The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers Commercial Litigation 2008, published by Law Business Research
- The 2008 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500
Lawyers in Canada (Arbitration and Litigation –
Corporate/Commercial)
- Peer selection for Best Lawyers in Canada 2008 in four
specialties: Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration,
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Director & Officer Liability
- The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2007,
published by Law Business Research – Ten Most Highly Regarded
Individuals (Global) in the field of commercial litigation: "As
in previous years, William Horton is the country's most highly
nominated litigator. Academically strong and tremendous in the
courtroom."
- Lexpert 2007: Leading US/Canada Cross Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada
- The
International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2006,
published by
Law Business Research – Ten Most Highly Regarded Individuals
(Global) in the field of commercial litigation, “most
highly
nominated” and “a very well known
litigator with a
tremendously strong reputation.”
- The 2007
Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
(Litigation – Corporate/Commercial)
- Chambers
Global: The
World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2006
– Rank 3 (Dispute
Resolution: Ontario), “won praise as an ‘incredibly
capable, superb lawyer’ with an ‘excellent
courtroom
presence’ to boot.”
- Chambers
Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2007
–
Rank 3 “recommended as a go-to lawyer for arbitration"
- Martindale-Hubbell
– AV
Peer Review Rating (Very High to Pre-eminent), “shows that a
lawyer has reached the height of professional excellence, has usually
practiced law for many years, and is recognized for the highest levels
of skill and integrity”
- The
Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2006 – Consistently
Recommended
(Litigation – Corporate/Commercial, and International
Commercial
Arbitration)
- Legal Media Group’s The Best
of the Best 2006 (Litigation Lawyers – Canada)
- Legal
Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Experts
in
Commercial Arbitration 2006Legal Media Group’s Guide to the
World’s Leading Litigation Lawyers 2006
- PLC
Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2006 (Dispute Resolution)
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