Patricia D. S. (Trisha) Jackson, LSM FCIArb

PATRICIA D.S. JACKSON is a litigation lawyer, with a trial and appellate practice in a range of subject areas including corporate and commercial disputes, class actions, civil rights and Charter-based actions, defamation, administrative law, product liability and professional negligence. She has appeared as counsel at every level of court in Ontario, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada. She has served as counsel to a Special Legislative Committee inquiring into the release of confidential information by a member of government, and as Commission Counsel to the Commission of Inquiry concerning the Kingston Prison for Women. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, she is a recipient of the 2009 Law Society Medal and the 2015 Ontario Bar Association Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation. She is a frequent speaker and lecturer at the Law Society of Upper Canada as well as other professional associations and law schools. The Senior Chair of the University of Toronto Discipline Tribunal, she is also a Vice-President/Director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the President of the Canadian Foundation of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Director of both the Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies and the Osgoode Society, a former director of The Advocates Society and the Legal Education and Action Fund Foundation, and a former member of the Ontario Judicial Council.