Adam Bazak

Adam is passionate about advocacy. A fearless advocate with a proven record of accomplishment in complex and legally novel matters, Adam understands that effective dispute resolution requires carefully considering clients’ objectives and devising creative approaches that are mindful of the big picture and the bottom line.

Whether working with corporations, chartered banks, governments, regulatory agencies, class members, professionals or other private individuals, clients value the strategic insights, sound judgment, and practical advice that Adam delivers.

Adam has a wide range of expertise and experience involving trial and appellate advocacy in private and public law across many practice areas. His private civil litigation practice includes plaintiff- and defence-side class actions, corporate and commercial litigation, product liability, torts, banking litigation, and professional liability. Adam’s public law practice includes judicial reviews, state immunity, administrative law, and constitutional challenges against government actors.  

Adam is also experienced in judgment enforcement, including cross-border and foreign judgment enforcement, acting for both private entities and public agencies, including North American financial and securities regulators. 

Adam has appeared before various administrative tribunals and courts across Canada, including: the Ontario Securities Commission; the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario; all levels of Ontario courts; the Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba; the Superior Court of Québec; the Court of Appeal of Québec; the Federal Court; and the Federal Court of Appeal. Adam has also represented appellants and respondents involved in leave applications to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Adam actively participated in mooting while completing his Juris Doctor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where his colleagues repeatedly elected him to the executive of the Osgoode Mooting Society.  Among the awards Adam received while participating in various moots were a distinguished oralist prize and a top factum prize in the Jessup International Law Moot, in which he advanced to represent Canada at the international rounds in Washington, D.C. During law school, Adam was also a client advocate and later Director of the Fair Change Legal Clinic, which provides free legal services and representation to street-involved individuals. Upon graduation, Adam received the Legal and Literary Society Student Leadership Award and the F.W. Minkler Prize for outstanding integrity, scholarship, and contribution to his alma mater.

Adam is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, the Toronto Lawyers Association, and The Advocates’ Society.

As a first generation Canadian, Adam is committed to mentoring students and young lawyers. He is a member of the First Generation Network and the Osgoode Mentor Program.

Since being called to the bar, Adam continues to provide pro bono legal services to low-income Ontarians under Pro Bono Ontario in the areas of Civil Litigation and Appeals.