Sarah focuses her practice on commercial litigation and professional liability and regulation. Sarah acts for a broad range of clients including large and small companies, institutions, government entities and professionals. She has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and various administrative tribunals. She has also acted as counsel in complex commercial arbitration matters and inquests. 

Before co-founding Corman Feiner LLP, Sarah was a partner in the litigation group at McCarthy Tétrault LLP, where she practised for 12 years following her call to the bar in 2004.

Sarah has acted for major mining companies, power generators, global software development firms, insurers, investors, contractors and government entities in complex project disputes. She is experienced in acting for companies in breach of contract, negligence, competition/antitrust, regulatory and environmental cases. She also has the rare experience of having acted on both sides of class actions: as defence counsel and as class counsel. Sarah’s class actions experience includes competition/anti-trust, product liability, pharmaceutical and consumer protection cases.  Sarah is a co-author of the text Defending Class Actions in Canada: A Guide for Defendants, 4th Edition, published in 2015.

Professional liability and regulation is also at the core of Sarah’s practice. She has extensive experience defending health professionals in high stakes negligence proceedings and before their regulatory bodies. She also acts on the regulator side as an external prosecutor for the College of Nurses of Ontario. Sarah acts for dealer firms and regulated professionals in Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and Mutual Fund Dealers Association (MFDA) proceedings and for accountants, engineers and other professionals in civil and regulatory proceedings.

Sarah is an active teacher of legal advocacy, serving as an Adjunct Professor in the Competitive Mooting Program and a member of the Faculty in the Upper Year Trial Advocacy Course at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Sarah also enjoys her role as an active mentor to young lawyers and law students.  

Sarah received her BA (Hons.) in Philosophy and History from Queen’s University and her JD from the University of Toronto. Sarah spent a semester studying law on an exchange program at the National University of Singapore.

She articled as a law clerk for the Chief Justice and the Judges of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. She received her LLM with a Specialization in Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution from Osgoode Hall Law School. 

Sarah is a past member of the Executive of the Board of Directors of YWCA Canada and previously served on the YWCA Toronto Board for six years and as Chair of the Nominating Committee.

Throughout her legal career, Sarah has performed a range of pro bono work, including representing the Canadian Civil Liberties Association at the Supreme Court of Canada and assisting individual litigants through the Pro Bono Ontario clinic at the Superior Court in Toronto. In law school, Sarah spent hundreds of hours volunteering as a case worker and member of the Executive of Downtown Legal Services.

In 2012, Sarah received the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Wilson-Prichard Award for professional excellence and community service and in 2010 received an Arbor Award for her volunteer service to the University of Toronto. 

Sarah is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Advocates’ Society, the Canadian Bar Association, and the Ontario Bar Association. She is a past elected member of the Executive of the Civil Litigation Section of the Ontario Bar Association. Sarah is also a Certified Sommelier (Court of Master Sommeliers) and a member of the Guild of Sommeliers.

Co-author with Anastasia-Maria Hountalas, “What is a New Cause of Action? Post-Limitation Amendments to Pleadings,” Annual Review of Civil Litigation (Carswell), 2017

Co-author, Defending Class Actions in Canada: A Guide for Defendants, 4th Edition (Toronto: LexisNexis), 2015

Co-author with Christine Wadsworth, "Recent Developments in Competition Private Actions," Annual Review of Civil Litigation (Carswell), 2014

Co-author with Shaun Finn, "The Impact of the Indirect Purchaser Trilogy," Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) Magazine, Spring 2014

“More Class Action Trials in Canada?” Class Actions Monitor, March 20, 2014

"Arbitration Clauses: Drafting for Cost Control," Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) Magazine, Winter 2013

Co-Author with Emily Rix, "The New Landscape for Competition Private Actions," Annual Review of Civil Litigation (Carswell), 2009

Hilary focuses her practice on complex legal issues, opinions and appeals. Hilary specializes in written advocacy for all levels of court and provides strategic advice on issues arising in complex litigation and appeals. Her practice areas include commercial and civil litigation, health law, professional liability and regulation, property tax assessment litigation and administrative law. She has appeared in all levels of court in Ontario and several administrative tribunals, including the Assessment Review Board, Ontario Land Tribunal and Health Professions Appeal and Review Board. Prior to joining Corman Feiner as an Associate, Hilary articled at a leading national law firm where she gained experience in complex commercial litigation and international arbitration.

Hilary attended McGill University where she graduated with Distinction and First Class Joint Honours in Political Science and History. She received her JD from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, where she mooted competitively and won an award for best appellant’s factum. She also co-chaired the Faculty’s Women & Law group, and won the Judy LaMarsh course prize in Feminist Analysis of the Law. Hilary spent a semester of her legal studies on exchange at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and a semester of her undergraduate studies on exchange at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Hilary was called to the Ontario bar in 2017.

Hilary is a member of the Ontario Bar Association’s Civil Litigation Executive Committee and Women Lawyers Forum Executive Committee. 

Hilary enjoys legal writing has published articles in the Banking and Finance Law Review, Canadian Family Law Quarterly and Toronto Law Journal.

Jeffrey has a broad range of experience in commercial litigation, health law, professional liability and regulation, and administrative law. He has conducted trials, arbitrations, and hearings for institutions, large and small corporate clients and individuals. Jeffrey’s clients have trusted him to advise them on the optimal way forward through a dispute, whether this means advancing a position through to trial or finding an acceptable negotiated resolution.

Jeffrey has acted as lead counsel on a number of leading commercial litigation and administrative law matters.

His commercial litigation experience is wide-ranging and includes contractual and shareholder disputes, product liability, class actions, franchise and dealer disputes, injunctions and fraud recovery, banking litigation, liability of educational institutions, regulatory offences, and real property. Jeffrey's recent experience includes successfully advancing and defending shareholder disputes, breach of contract claims, and multi-million dollar real property litigation. He has represented financial institutions in negligence, fraud, and conversion claims and Fortune 500 companies in "bet the company" litigation. He has experience in injunction and licencing disputes, subrogated claims, and class actions. Jeffrey helps institutional clients navigate some of the potential pitfalls and reputational risk that can accompany publicized litigation.

Jeffrey has significant experience acting for physicians in a wide range of litigation and regulatory matters, including trials and discipline proceedings at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.  He assists physicians with complaints, hospital privileges disputes, quality of care reviews, inquests, administrative appeals, investigations, peer assessments and appearances before the Quality Assurance Committee. Jeffrey has acted for and advised other professionals and regulators. 

Prior to co-founding Corman Feiner LLP, Jeffrey was Counsel in McCarthy Tétrault’s Litigation Group.

Jeffrey graduated from McGill University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Linguistics and his Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB). He spent one semester of his legal studies on exchange at the University of Copenhagen. Jeff articled at McCarthy Tétrault and spent a portion of his articling year on secondment to the Ontario Securities Commission, where he assisted in the prosecution of enforcement proceedings. He was called to the bar in 2005.

Jeffrey is a long-time member of the Board of Directors of White Ribbon, White Ribbon, the world’s largest movement of men and boys working to eliminate gender-based violence against women and girls. Jeffrey served as Chair of White Ribbon for more than three years. Jeffrey has donated hundreds of hours of his time to various political, charitable, and pro bono activities, including providing litigation services to local community organizations.

While studying law at McGill University, Jeffrey served as President of the Law Students Association. He was also a producer and co-host of "LegalEase" a radio program focusing on legal issues. He maintains his connection with McGill University and served as President of the Toronto Branch of the McGill University Alumni Association. He is a past winner of the McGill Alumni Association of Toronto’s volunteer service award.

Jeffrey is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, Medico-Legal Society of Toronto, Advocates’ Society, and Toronto Lawyers Association. He mentors new lawyers and law students, assists Law Faculty mooting teams, and speaks and writes on a variety of litigation topics.

Michelle focuses her practice on commercial litigation, tort claims, and administrative tribunal work. She has a particular interest in the areas of defamation and employment law.
Before joining Corman Feiner as an Associate in 2018, Michelle served as a staff lawyer at the Court of Appeal for Ontario. There, Michelle assisted the Chief Justice and judges of the Court with legal research and editing related to complex civil appeals.
Michelle also gained valuable experience at the trial court level, completing a judicial clerkship at the Superior Court of Justice in the busy Central West Region, where she assisted with a broad range of civil, criminal, family, and estates litigation matters. 

Michelle attended McMaster University where she received her BA (Hons.) in sociology, graduating with Distinction. She received her JD from Queen’s University and was called to the bar in 2016.

Michelle gives back to the community through volunteer work with children and youth. She has volunteered with the Welcome Inn Community Centre in Hamilton and Youth Diversion in Kingston, Ontario, assisting children and youth with challenges impacting their ability to succeed in school. Michelle currently volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto, and was selected as Big Sister of the Year for 2022. Michelle has also provided pro bono legal services through the Adoption Council of Ontario’s Never Too Late For A Family program.

Michelle has served on the Toronto Lawyer’s Association’s Education Committee since 2021.

Michelle loves to spend time with her family and get out of the city. She has undertaken a project, planting and cultivating a hobby vineyard in Grey County, which combines her love of the outdoors with her interest in wine. 

Ryan’s practice focusses on commercial litigation, professional liability and regulation, as well as administrative law. Prior to joining Corman Feiner, Ryan worked for several years at litigation firms in Hong Kong and Toronto where he frequently dealt with a broad range of administrative law, civil, estates, immigration, and complex cross border commercial disputes. Drawing on his diverse experiences, Ryan is able to provide his clients with effective and creative solutions to their legal disputes. Ryan is able to serve his clients in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Ryan graduated from the University of Toronto, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree in Ethics, Society and Law and went on to receive his Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Ryan was called to the bar in 2022.

While pursuing his studies, Ryan worked as a law clerk at several litigation firms in Toronto and Hong Kong as well as a research intern at the Ontario Deputy Judges Association.

Ryan is a passionate advocate and in 2020, Ryan and his team won first place at the Walsh Moot Competition as the representative of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

Ryan is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Ryan currently serves on the board of directors at the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice and the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (Ontario) and provides technical support to Tribunal Watch Ontario. Ryan has also previously acted as a consultant for the World Wildlife Fund-Canada and was a volunteer teaching assistant at the Hart House Underwater Club NAUI Scuba Course and the YMCA Academy.

As part of the Chinese Canadian National Council, Ryan is a high-profile social advocate on the topic of hate crimes, social media regulations and anti-Asian hate. Ryan is regularly consulted by Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, Fortune 500 companies, and community partners on these topics. Ryan’s social advocacy work is regularly featured in various media including the CBC, Globe & Mail and Toronto Star.

Ryan continues to provide mentorship to aspiring young lawyers and social advocates as a Fellow of York University and for students at Adler University and Ontario Tech University’s “Countering Hate” course.

We are first-rate litigators who know what it takes to present your case in the best possible light. We trained, and litigated for many years, at one of Canada’s top national firms and have handled some of the toughest cases. Our experience, success, and reputations as effective trial counsel give us the skills required to best position your case for trial.   

We are also effective advocates for our clients out of court. We have honed our alternative dispute resolution skills. We know how to achieve excellent settlements for our clients before litigation is commenced, in the early stages of litigation and through more complex mediation and arbitration procedures. Many clients prefer to avoid going to trial. We will work strategically and tirelessly to position your case for an excellent out-of-court resolution.

We will always take the time to understand your business and your legal problem. We will keep your business goals front-of-mind at all times and will offer our advice as to how best to avoid future litigation.

We are an agile law firm. We built our firm using the latest technologies so that we can spend our time and energy on what matters – advancing your case. Our strategic investment in technology paired with our considerable litigation experience allows us to manage your case as efficiently as possible.

We will work with our clients to tailor the best approach to meet your specific needs. Our success is measured by the success of our clients. We are invested in our clients’ goals. We are focused on results and want you to achieve these results in the quickest, most cost-effective manner possible. 

Our mission is to add value in the services we provide. Your legal solution shouldn't cost more than your business problem. Once we are retained by you, we will constantly evaluate the status of a case to ensure that the chosen approach continues to make sense from a business perspective.

We actively advise clients on litigation preparedness and how to avoid future litigation or improve your position in the event that litigation is unavoidable. We will use the knowledge we have gained about your business and/or the services you provide to offer our advice on risk management going forward.

In everything we do, we want to ensure that using us is a good use of your money and your time.

Litigation is unpredictable. That doesn’t mean your legal fees need to be. We will prepare a litigation plan and budget when we take on a new matter. We will work with you to ensure that you have a clear idea of what your legal spend is going to be prior to embarking on complex litigation.

We are also happy to work with you to arrive at an alternative fee arrangement (AFA) that provides a further measure of predictability, including fixed fees.

We will work creatively and intelligently to advance your case. We will draw upon our experience but will not default to past practices in the way we conduct your case. We will innovate to give you the best possible chance of success or to minimize your legal fees.

Our firm is built on innovation, having leveraged the latest technologies to better serve your needs. We are constantly thinking about the future of legal service delivery and always on the lookout for new approaches to serving our clients better. Although we are practitioners of a legal tradition, we are not complacent and will not stand still. 

We are community citizens. We are deeply committed to giving back to our community and do so through our volunteerism with charities and not-for-profit organizations, our teaching and our pro bono activities.

It was through early community advocacy work on behalf of students that Jeff and Sarah first became friends in 1998. Both Jeff and Sarah served as elected executives of their respective university student associations and were involved in university governance, Jeff on the McGill University Senate and Sarah on the Queen's University Board of Trustees. Their passion for community involvement has continued to this day.

Jeff has an extensive history of community involvement and service in a variety of charitable and political causes. He served as Chair of the Board of White Ribbon from 2016 to 2019. White Ribbon is a registered Canadian charity that is the world's largest movement of men and boys working to eliminate violence against women and girls. He previously served as President of the McGill University Alumni Association of Toronto. Jeff has provided pro bono legal assistance to members of the community, including assisting a local residents association in its successful efforts to preserve two historic buildings in the City of Toronto. He has also been involved in teaching his advocacy skills to law students and through various continuing education programs for lawyers.

Sarah served on the Executive of the Board of YWCA Canada, the Executive of the Board of YWCA Toronto and as Chair of its Nominating Committee. Sarah has been involved in teaching law students at the University of Toronto for many years as an Instructor in the Trial Advocacy Course and an Adjunct Professor in the Competitive Mooting Program. In 2012, she received the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Wilson-Prichard Award for professional excellence and community service and in 2010 received an Arbor Award for her volunteer service to the University of Toronto. Sarah has conducted a number of cases on a pro bono basis and has acted as counsel to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association on two interventions at the Supreme Court of Canada.