Peter Griffin

Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP

Tel: 416-865-9500

Email: pgriffin@lsrsg.com

Background
- Born in Victoria, British Columbia, April 17, 1954
- B.A. Carlton University, 1974
- LL.B. Queen's University, 1977
- Called to the Bar of Ontario, April 1980

Professional Career

- Articled McCarthy & McCarthy, Toronto, 1978-79
- Practised as Associate and then Partner at McCarthy & McCarthy / McCarthy Tétrault, 1980-1992
- Left McCarthy Tétrault with four other partners to form Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin, October 1992

Practice Areas
Commercial, Securities, Shareholder Rights, Insolvency, Restructuring,
Professional Negligence, Life Insurance, Competition Litigation

Professional Interests
I have been active in teaching advocacy to law students and practising lawyers through the National Institute of Trial Advocacy Programs through Osgoode Hall Law School, University of Toronto Law School, the Law Society of Upper Canada and The Advocates' Society in Ontario and joint programs of the Department of Justice / British Columbia Law Society in British Columbia. I have also taken an interest in the training of advocacy teachers through the same programs. I am actively involved in various committees relating to the practise of litigation in Ontario. I have been active in chairing and teaching at CLE seminars and programs, mostly through the Canadian Bar Association and The Law Society of Upper Canada.

Memberships
- Canadian Bar Association
- The Advocates' Society
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers