Julia Wilkes

Julia Wilkes

(416) 351-2790
95 Wellington St W, Suite 1830, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 2012 (ON)
Julia acts for and provides advice to a range of corporate and individual clients in all manner of civil, commercial, and administrative proceedings, including professionals, statutory officers, shareholders, and directors and officers. She has a robust regulatory and administrative law practice assisting municipal integrity commissioners, athletes, university students, and regulated professionals accused of misconduct. Julia has acted as lead counsel on trials in the Superior Court of Justice, on judicial reviews in the Divisional Court, and in hearings before various tribunals. Julia also regularly acts as a mediator and arbitrator in sports-related disputes.
Julia is regularly recognized by her peers and in leading legal publications. Since 2020, Benchmark Litigation has named her a “Future Litigation Star” and top “40 & Under” litigator, and in both 2022 and 2023 shortlisted her for the Emerging Talent Litigator of the Year. Julia is also recognized by Lexpert for corporate commercial litigation and regulatory and public law. Julia mentors students through the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law Alumni-Student Mentorship Program and through her ties to the university’s student legal clinic, Downtown Legal Services.
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