Bradley E. Berg
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Tel: 416-863-4316
Fax: 416-863-2653
E-mail: brad.berg@blakes.com


Brad has a wide-ranging counsel practice that includes both complex commercial cases and precedent-setting public interest litigation. He has appeared as lead counsel before various administrative tribunals, arbitration panels, inquests and at all levels of court, including all Ontario civil courts, the Tax Court, the federal courts and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Litigation Experience: Brad's extensive experience in commercial and civil litigation includes business disputes, agency and distributorship conflicts, fiduciary obligations, real estate and leasing, taxation, procurement, injunctions, the regulation of professionals, constitutional and administrative law and all types of contract and negligence actions. Brad has acted on a wide range of corporate law and securities matters, including shareholder disputes, directors' and officers' actions and plans of arrangement. He is regularly consulted on corporate transactions and opinions, and frequently advises on complex questions of legal privilege, jurisdiction and cross-border regulation. A representative list of Brad's retainers can be seen at www.blakes.com. Prior to joining Blakes, Brad clerked to the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan and worked in a small law firm in his hometown of Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. He is a member of the bar in both Saskatchewan and Ontario.

Academic Involvement: Brad regularly teaches trial advocacy at Osgoode Hall Law School and is an active mentor for law students and young lawyers. He is a regular coach and judge for law school moot court competitions. Brad is the author of many publications and is a contributing editor to Barristers & Solicitors in Practice. In 1995, his graduate thesis was jointly awarded the Alan Marks Medal as the best thesis in law, masters or doctorate, at the University of Toronto.

Community Contribution: Brad is very active in The Advocates' Society and the profession generally. He is the past co-chair of a CBA committee on equality and human rights. Brad often acts on a pro bono basis, including in the landmark "three-parent case" (Ont. C.A.) and regularly for CCLA at the Supreme Court of Canada. Brad is a member of and advocate for the AIDS Committee of Toronto, the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, and Egale Canada, and for many years served on the board of directors of Family Services Toronto. Within Blakes, Brad serves on the Partnership Committee and is Co-chair of the Legal Personnel Committee.