Rachel Cooper

Rachel’s practice focuses on product liability defence and products-related regulatory issues in the industrial manufacturing, automotive and consumer products sectors. She has extensive experience defending manufacturers in product liability actions, involving products ranging from construction, agriculture, and industrial machinery, automobiles and recreational vehicles, to fire and security products, consumer products, building materials, and juvenile products. Rachel acts as national coordinating counsel for several manufacturing clients, managing their product liability litigation matters across Canada. She provides advice to clients in relation to the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and routinely handles product recalls, working on global recall teams. Rachel has been recognized for her expertise in Product Liability Defence in 2024 by Lexology, Lexpert, and Chambers. She is Vice Chair of the Products Liability Section of the Federation of Defence and Corporate Counsel (FDCC) and is a Client Concierge for the Product Liability SLG of the Defence Research Institute (DRI).