50 Queen St N, Suite 1020, PO Box 2248, Kitchener, ON
Year called to bar: 1996 (ON)
A partner in Gowling WLG’s Waterloo Region office, Jacqueline (Jay) Armstrong Gates is the leader of the firm's national Product Liability Group and Advocacy department. Jay’s commercial litigation practice finds her helping insurance companies, manufacturers, retailers, self-insured entities and other public and private corporations and partnerships (both in Canada and the US) navigating a wide range of disputes, including: product liability; commercial litigation; shareholder and partnership disputes; negligence actions; construction liens; commercial leasing disputes; title insurance and general insurance-related disputes, including with respect to third-party property damage, wrap-up and construction and transportation issues. She has appeared before all levels of Ontario courts including the Court of Appeal. The awards and recognitions Jay has received include the 2019 Coulter A. Osborne Award, presented by the Waterloo Law Association, a Lexpert Rising Star: Leading Lawyers Under 40 (2010) and one of Waterloo Region Record’s “Top 40 under 40” (2010). She has been recognized in Chambers Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and The Best Lawyers in Canada, receiving the Best Lawyers 2023 Insurance "Lawyer of the Year" award in the Waterloo Region.
