Paul Michell

M. Paul Michell, B.A. (McGill) 1990, LL.B. (Toronto) 1994, B.C.L. (Oxford) 1995, Ontario Bar 1997, is a partner at Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP. His practice focuses on complex commercial arbitration and litigation, appeals and judicial review in the Ontario and Federal courts, the Supreme Court of Canada, and before administrative and arbitral tribunals. He was law clerk to Justice Charles Gonthier, Supreme Court of Canada. His articles have been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, High Court of Australia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. He has been appointed as an arbitrator, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, an associate chair of the Discipline Appeals Board of the University of Toronto, and has served as a presiding officer under the Competition Act. He is ranked as a leading lawyer for arbitration and commercial litigation by Benchmark Canada, Chambers Canada, Lexpert, and Who’s Who Legal: Canada. Contact: pmichell@lolg.ca