The group promotes arbitration as an alternative method of conflict resolution over litigation, especially in commercial suits.
The group dedicates its time to encouraging this form of Dispute resolution through seminars, papers, and talks.
[1] Founded in summer 2004 when John Judge and William G. Horton talked about bringing several prominent ADR Chambers members together after noticing how well suited to arbitration Toronto representatives were during an ICC arbitration with counsel from Canada, France, Germany, and the United States.
[3] Members of the Roundtable belong to several major law firms, educational institutions, and private practices located in the Toronto area as well as abroad.
[4] William G. Horton practices as independent counsel working with a variety of top law firms in Toronto[5] His areas of practice include business and corporate disputes, class action, competition offences, defamation, directors and officers liability, fiduciary duty and good faith obligations, fraud, injunctive remedies, insurance and reinsurance disputes, international banking disputes, lender liability, litigation arising from major insolvencies and reorganizations, professional liability, and shareholder disputes.
[6] Best Lawyers in Canada 2009 recognized Horton for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Directors & Officer Liability, and International Arbitration.
[6] John Judge is a senior partner at Stikeman Elliott practising both corporate and commercial law and specializing in banking and insolvency disputes, insolvency matters, insurance and reinsurance claims, partnership and shareholder disputes, product liability, professional negligence, real estate and complex construction litigation, sale of goods, and share/asset acquisitions as well as technological disputes and trademark law[7] Aside from his corporate and commercial work, Judge has also served as counsel in several cases regarding human rights for the Ontario Human Rights Commission and has worked on many international arbitrations through the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.
He is a member and past director of the Advocates' Society, American Bar Association, Arbitration Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Bar Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCI Arb.
He has more than 30 years of experience as counsel, acting on many complex and significant cases for a wide variety of clients and involving many different industries.
His industry experience includes financial services, natural resources and energy, technology and intellectual property, manufacturing, construction and projects, and consumer products.
His practice includes having tried, arbitrated, and mediated cases in construction, contract disputes, procurement, product liability, securities, shareholders' rights, and technology and software.
Richler possesses an AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell and Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business have ranked him since 2005.
Donald Short is a partner at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin in Toronto[16] and chairs the firm's Toronto Construction Law Group[17] Certified by the Law Society as a Specialist in Civil Litigation, his practice focuses on commercial and construction litigation, insolvency matters, and alternative dispute resolution.
[17] Janet Walker is a full professor and former associate dean at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
She also serves as counsel to members of the profession in the public and private sectors in Canada, the United States and Australia.
[19] In 2002 Walker was awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal for her continuing service in the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve.
Previously, Wisner was an economist in Canada's Department of International Trade Investment Policy Division.