A senior litigator in Gowling WLG's Ottawa office, Todd Burke’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, professional liability, and insurance defence. Todd also brings a strong crisis management perspective allowing clients to manage both legal and reputational risk. In over 30 years of practice, he has represented national and international clients in sectors including manufacturing, finance, tech, transportation, health, and nuclear energy. Recent mandates have focused on class actions, shareholder disputes, oppression claims, real estate disputes, software implementation, environmental contamination, construction disputes, professional negligence, and disciplinary proceedings before various professional colleges. Todd also has extensive experience in domestic and international arbitration particularly cases in the commercial, insurance, and professional liability fields. He has been recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, The BestLawyers in Canada, as well as Benchmark Litigation Canada and received the 2021 Client Choice Litigation Award for Canada presented by Lexology. Todd was named in the Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers 2023 and 2024 lists. He is one of six members of the firm’s International Board.
