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Alyssa Tomkins Partner

Parle :  Anglais, Français

Téléphone principal : +1 613-786-0078

Courriel : alyssa.tomkins@gowlingwlg.com

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Bureau principal :  Ottawa

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Alyssa Tomkins

Alyssa Tomkins is a bilingual partner in Gowling WLG's Ottawa office. She is a member of the Advocacy group and her practice focuses on public law and corporate/commercial litigation and arbitration, as well as appeals and judicial reviews.

Alyssa has argued cases as lead counsel at all levels of court in Ontario, in the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, in the British Columbia Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, and in the Supreme Court of Canada. The subjects she has argued include corporate and commercial law, shareholder rights, professional liability, class actions, trusts and real property law, insolvency law, as well as all aspects of constitutional and administrative law.

Alyssa taught appellate advocacy for ten years at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Common Law as coach of the Laskin Moot (constitutional and administrative law) team. She is the current vice-chair of The Advocates' Society Regulatory and Administrative Law Practice Group, as well as a member and former chair of the County of Carleton Law Association technology committee. Alyssa also enjoys playing soccer and hockey, as well as skiing and cycling.

Prior to joining Gowling WLG, Alyssa worked with a boutique litigation firm in Ottawa. She also clerked for the Honourable Michel Bastarache at the Supreme Court of Canada in 2007-2008.

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Associations professionnelles

  • The Advocates Society
  • Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario
  • County of Carleton Law Association

Actualités et ressources

Sunset view of the Supreme Court of Canada Articles
12 juillet 2022 Abus de procédure causés par des délais indus : La Cour suprême du Canada maintient la ligne dure (article en anglais)

Nouvelles en vedette

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02 mars 2023 211 avocats de Gowling WLG reconnus dans le Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory de 2023
25 août 2022 Best Lawyers™ in Canada 2023 names Gowling WLG "Law Firm of the Year" in Advertising and Marketing Law, recognizes 226 lawyers
28 juillet 2022 Société des plaideurs : des avocats de Gowling WLG nommés à des postes de tête pour 2022-2023

Publications

  • Alyssa Tomkins, Employment Consequences of Criminal Charges and Criminal Convictions, 2018 CanLIIDocs 10828
  • Alyssa Tomkins and Albert Brunet, Best Practices for E-Discovery, 2017 CanLIIDocs 3819
  • Alyssa Tomkins & Ron Caza, Language Rights, in Principles and Pragmatism: Essays in Honour of Louise Charron 233 (Graham Mayeda & Peter Oliver eds. 2014)
  • Alyssa Tomkins, "Does Beaulac Reorient Judicial Bilingualism" in Joseph Eliot Magnet ed., Official Languages of Canada: New Essays (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Canada, 2008) 171

Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker, "Top Insurance-Related Appeals: Pandemic Years in Review," Ontario Bar Association, April 5, 2022.
  • Co-Moderator, "A Fireside Chat with Justice Rennie and Justice Nadon", The Advocates' Society, March 30, 2022.
  • Speaker, Law Society of Ontario, Six-Minute Administrative Law and Practice 2022, March 1, 2022.
  • Speaker, Osgoode Professional Development 16th Annual National Forum in Administrative Law and Practice, "Cases To Watch in 2022", October 6, 2021.
  • Speaker, "The alcohol abstinence rule and liver transplantation: The applicability of the human rights laws under the Charter and the Human Rights Code", Key Policy Issues in Organ Donation & Transplantation, uOttawa Health Law, June 18, 2021.
  • Speaker, "Litigating Administrative Law Post-Vavilov", Runnymede Society National Conference 2021, March 13, 2021.
  • Co-Chair, "The Art of Settlement", The Advocates' Society, Virtual Program, February 22, 2021.
  • Speaker, "Written Advocacy for Litigators: Drafting Affidavits", The Advocates Society, Virtual Program, February 19, 2021.
  • Speaker, "Une mise à jour essentielle sur l'impact de la pandémie en 2020 sur le droit de la faillite", Ontario Bar Association, Webinar, November 5, 2020.
  • Speaker, "Navigating the Ambiguities Post-Vavilov: Practical Tips for Counsel", Canadian Institute, 20th Annual Advanced Administrative Law & Practice, October 28-29, 2020.
  • Speaker, "Annual Round Table: Towards a Unified Theory of Administrative Law", Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, Webinar, May 29, 2020.
  • Speaker, CCLA Virtual Round Table: Lawyers Working From Home: How Technology Can Help, CCLA, Webinar, May 25, 2020.
  • Speaker, OBA Civil Litigation Section: Remote Litigation Series, Ontario Bar Association, Webinar, May 7, 2020.
  • Moderator, "Bell and Vavilov: The SCC's impact on standard of review, administrative law and arbitration decisions", The Advocates' Society, Tele-seminar, February 14, 2020.
  • Speaker, "Top Cases of 2019 in Regulatory and Administrative Law", The Advocates' Society, Toronto, ON, Jan 14, 2020.
  • Moderator and Speaker, "What do the Clients Think? The Perspective of Clients: Plaintiffs and Defendants", OBA Class Actions Colloquium, Toronto, ON, Dec 2, 2019.
  • Moderator, "Crash Course in Arbitration for IP Lawyers", Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, Webinar, July 25, 2019.
  • Speaker, "Imeson c. Maryvale : Une mise à jour concernant les experts participants", Congrès de l'Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario, Sudbury, ON, June 22, 2019.

Mandats représentatifs

  • Lead counsel for a provincial law society in an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada dealing with delay before administrative tribunals (appeal heard November 8, 2021, on reserve)
  • Co-lead counsel for a municipality in a precedent-setting case dealing with the liability of municipalities in tort (2021 ONCA 410)
  • Lead counsel for a foreign state in a successful motion to stay a $16.5M claim (2020 ONSC 2246)
  • Lead counsel for three individual defendants on a successful motion to strike a $13M claim by trustee in bankruptcy (2020 ONSC 682)
  • Co-counsel on a successful motion to strike a $1B oppression claim (2020 ONSC 411)
  • Lead counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association for an intervention at the Supreme Court of Canada relating to the application of the Charter to corporations (2020 SCC 32)
  • Lead counsel for a pro bono litigant successfully resisting the government's attempt to convert his Charter challenge into a judicial review (2019 ONSC 6159)
  • Lead counsel for the Canadian American Bar Association in an intervention before the Supreme Court of Canada in Uber v. Heller, 2020 SCC 16
  • Lead counsel for a coalition of economic organizations at the British Columbia Court of Appeal in the Pipeline Reference (2019 BCCA 181)
  • Lead counsel for a federal organization in successfully responding to an appeal relating to document disclosure (2019 FCA 252)
  • Lead counsel in a successful pro bono judicial review relating to the disclosure of clinical trial data (2018 FC 710)