Nadia is a Partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and the Toronto Regional Group Manager of the Disputes Group – Construction and Commercial Litigation. She represents a wide range of clients, in both English and French, in complex and often high-profile proceedings, including in administrative law, class action, constitutional law and commercial litigation. Nadia regularly appears before all levels of Ontario courts, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. She has represented several clients before the SCC, including the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and York University. She was most recently Lead Counsel for the Honourable Louise Arbour appointed to carry out a review into the Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence, in response to reports of harassment and sexual misconduct as well as Lead Counsel for the Honourable Thomas Cromwell appointed to carry out a governance review of Hockey Canada. Nadia is ranked by Benchmark Litigation, Chambers and Best Lawyers. In addition, she was recognized as one of Benchmark Litigation’s Top 100 Women in Litigation, received ‘Litigator of the Year’ at the 2022 Canadian Law Awards, and most recently, awarded the 2023 AJEFO Ordre du mérite. Nadia regularly publishes and speaks on topics in administrative law and appellate advocacy and is the Secretary of The Advocates’ Society Appellate Advocacy Practice Group, a member of the Ontario Bar Association Official Languages Committee and Past President of the Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario (AJEFO).
Updated April 2024
