Sarah E. Whitmore

Sarah E. Whitmore

Partner at Torys LLP
(416) 865-7315
(416) 865-7380
79 Wellington St W, Suite 3000, Box 270, TD Ctr, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 2011 (ON)
Sarah is practice group leader for Torys' litigation department. Sarah maintains an active disputes practice with an emphasis on commercial litigation, class actions, employment law, and defamation. Sarah advises corporations in all stages of disputes, including complex governance disputes, shareholder arrangements, breach of contract claims, and transaction disputes. Sarah advises clients in numerous class actions, including employment claims, product liability, competition law, mass tort, and negligence disputes. She regularly represents clients in the banking, retail, and technology sectors, including acting as counsel in several leading and precedent-setting national class actions, acting for the Canadian Hockey League, Canada Cartage, and Deloitte, as well as a Canadian Schedule I bank in its defence to the first common issues trial to proceed on the merits in an employment class action in Canada. She has appeared as counsel at all levels of court in Ontario, BC, Alberta, and Quebec, as well as in various administrative tribunals in Ontario (including the Human Rights Tribunal), the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada.
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