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Biography

Darryl Cruz is a partner in the Toronto office and is our Litigation Practice Group Leader. As Practice Group Leader, Mr. Cruz works with our litigation, bankruptcy and restructuring, intellectual property, environmental, international trade and research lawyers in all of our offices across Canada.

Mr. Cruz also maintains a general litigation practice with particular emphasis on commercial and professional liability issues. He has acted as trial and appellate counsel for clients such as Pepsi-Cola Canada Ltd., Xerox Canada Ltd., American Airlines Inc., Ellis Vision Incorporated, the Special Deputy Receiver for the State of Illinois and Connor Clark Ltd. He has tried jury and non-jury cases. His trials have concerned all areas of law, including contract law, insurance, tax, intellectual property, defamation, professional negligence and employment. He has regularly appeared as counsel on injunction applications and on other applications for interim relief.

In the professional liability context, Mr. Cruz has acted as lead counsel for doctors and lawyers in a wide variety of negligence cases and discipline cases.

Mr. Cruz has appeared as counsel at all levels in the Ontario courts and in the Supreme Court of Canada. He has appeared as counsel before various administrative boards and tribunals such as the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board.

Mr. Cruz is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Advocates’ Society and the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto. He received his LL.B. from the University of Toronto and was called to the Ontario bar in 1992.