Brian Kolenda Email & Phone Number

Brian’s civil litigation practice includes a wide range of disputes, from complex business disputes to civil fraud and from professional negligence to defamation. His clients have included Canadian and foreign public and private companies (large and small), professionals (doctors, lawyers, auditors, accountants and securities professionals), non-governmental bodies, governments and regulators. He has a particular interest in cases involving fraud, securities and complex financial instruments.Brian has experience prosecuting and defending claims at trial and on appeal. He has appeared before the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Federal Court as well as administrative tribunals.A top student at Queen’s Law, Brian was the Editor-in-Chief of the Queen's Law Journal and earned two major academic awards and prizes for the highest standing in several courses. Brian was a member of the Queen’s Law Jessup International Law moot team and now coaches the Queen’s Law Ontario Trial Lawyers’ Association Moot team. He also regularly acts as a judge at the Jessup moot and teaches international law in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.Brian is among the firm's lawyers who assist the Legal Aid Ontario's Refugee Law Office on behalf of clients seeking emergency stays of deportation.