Adam D.H. Chisholm

Associate


Toronto

Tel : 416.307.4209
Fax : 416.865.7048

Email : adam.chisholm@mcmillan.ca
VCard : vcard

Professional Activities

Adam D.H. Chisholm is an associate in the Commercial Litigation Group in the firm's Toronto office. His advocacy practice focuses on corporate-related dispute resolution with an emphasis on administrative tribunal proceedings and commercial litigation for clients inside and outside of Ontario.

Adam has acted as lead litigation counsel before the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Small Claims Court. Adam is experienced at drafting opinions, pleadings, motion and appeal materials. In addition to arguing hearings on the merits, he has appeared in mediations, arbitrations, discoveries, cross-examinations and settlement conferences.

Adam also zealously advocates for parties in administrative law forums such as those related to the Competition Act, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and Regulated Health Professionals Act, 1991. Adam has particular experience arguing judicial reviews and statutory appeals related to administrative decisions of governmental and non-governmental actors.

Adam has been privileged to have worked with members of Ontario's judiciary. He has benefitted from clerking with a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice and working as a research assistant for a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Adam received more than eight awards for academic performance while studying law, including course prizes and awards based on high academic standing. He also assisted in teaching contract law and competed in the Niagara International Moot and the Canadian Corporate/Securities Moot.

publications and presentations
January 2012
winding-up, without limitation (periods)
securities and corporate governance litigation newsletter
December 2011
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: What's the Harm in an Exemption?
Information Privacy and Data Protection - Technology, Security and Corporate Responsibility in Today's Marketplace, Lexpert
November 2011
costs or no costs? reasonable or correct?
employment and labour bulletin
October 2011
Freedom of Information? But I'm a Corporation!
privacy bulletin


  • litigation
    • commercial litigation

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Ontario Bar Association
  • Advocates' Society
  • Toronto Lawyers Association
Called to the Ontario bar - 2009

University of Windsor, LLB - 2008

University of Western Ontario, B.Sc. (Hons.) - 2004