Experience
Our Toronto based lawyers have many years of experience in Courts in Toronto and across Ontario. We are frequently consulted and retained by other lawyers as litigation counsel. Over the last several years, more than 200 lawyers and other professionals have referred complex litigation and family cases to us.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution Services
Ellyn Law LLP provides comprehensive litigation services. Sound advice, effective strategy and negotiations and experienced advocacy are the hallmarks of our approach to each case. We understand and apply ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) methods wherever possible to reduce the time and cost of obtaining the best possible result for our client.
Igor Ellyn QC,
Igor Ellyn QC, FCIArb
Telephone: 416-365-3750
Areas of Practice
Business Litigation
Shareholders Disputes
International Judgment Enforcement
Commercial Lease Disputes
Employment Law
E-Commerce and Electronic Copyright
Insurance Law
Matrimonial and Family Law
Igor Ellyn is the founding member of Ellyn Law LLP a well recognized Toronto law firm and a senior commercial litigator. Called to the Bar in 1973, Mr. Ellyn was designated Queen's Counsel in 1985 and has been certified by the Law Society as a Specialist in Civil Litigation since 1989. He is a member of the Law Society's Certification Board.
Igor has litigated successfully in in the courts of Ontario, including the Superior Court of Justice, the Divisional Court, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada. His experience spans complex business and commercial cases, shareholders' disputes involving closely-held and medium-size corporations, non-union employment law, investment and securities disputes, e-commerce and electronic copyright matters, commercial lease disputes, insurance law, construction law, professional negligence, defamation, matrimonial matters and estates. He was counsel on more than 70 decisions reported in the law reports, some of which were precedent-setting. He is recommended by senior lawyers and other professionals from Canada, USA and internationally and is highly rated by Martindale and Hubbell.
Apart from his trial and appellate experience, Mr. Ellyn is also a chartered arbitrator and mediator. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, one of the largest arbitration organizations in the world. He is a member of the arbitration panels of the ADR Institute of Ontario, ADR Chambers International and the Better Business Bureau of Central and Midwestern Ontario.
Click here for Igor Ellyn's ADR curriculum vitae. Cliquez ici pour le curriculum vitae de Me Igor Ellyn en français. Please contact Mr. Ellyn at iellyn@ellynlaw.com or at 416-365-3750.
Mr. Ellyn is a leader of the Bar and served as President of the Ontario Bar Association, where, among other accomplishments, he founded the Equal Opportunity Committee. He has also written extensively about the law. Some of his articles appear in the Information Centre. He was an instructor in the Law Society Bar Admission Course, an advocacy coach at the Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop and Chairman and Speaker at more than 25 legal education conferences. He was Chairman of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists Global Conference held in
As a law columnist for the Toronto Sun, Mr. Ellyn wrote 85 columns which explained legal principles to the public. In 1997, he received the Law Society's Bicentennial Award of Merit. Active in many community and legal organizations, he has participated in legal conferences in Canada, USA, England, Ireland, France, Italy Poland, and Israel. Mr. Ellyn provides legal services in English, French, Romanian and Hebrew and has some comprehension of German and Italian.