Rory has a diverse range of litigation experience. His marine and transportation practice has included multimodal cargo transport, environmental claims, collisions, derailments, and groundings. He regularly handles insurance coverage, defence and subrogation matters on a wide variety of specialty insurance, including construction, professional and cyber claims. Rory’s past general litigation experience has included class actions, fraud actions, D&O actions, contractual disputes, defamation claims, environmental and municipal law matters. Rory has appeared before various appeal and first instance courts across Canada. He is a member of the law societies of Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Saskatchewan. He is acting secretary of the Canadian Bar Association's Maritime Law section, has an Osgoode Hall Law School Certificate in Construction Law, and has completed the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society (TCAS) Gold Standard Course in Commercial Arbitration. Before starting his firm, Rory was a partner at a Toronto litigation firm, and formerly worked at leading, full service firms in Ontario and in Atlantic Canada. Rory has a Masters of Laws from University College London, University of London, a LLB from the University of New Brunswick, and a BA from McGill University.
