Paul Brooks
Partner
With 40 years of experience as a civil litigator, Paul now focuses on employment and labour law, municipal law, and land-use planning. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants, as well as acting for employers and employees.
Office
Areas of Expertise
Breach of Confidence
Business and Contractual Disputes
Commercial Tenancies & Real Estate Litigation
Employment and Labour Disputes
Environmental Litigation
Professional Negligence and Discipline
Securities and Investment Dealer Litigation
Municipal, Land Use Planning and Administrative Law
Tribunals and Commissions
Education
Master of Arts (Political Science), The Western University (1988)
Admitted to Ontario Bar (1985)
Bachelor of Laws, University of Windsor (1983)
Bachelor of Arts, (Honours), (Political Science and Geography), Queen’s University (1978)
Education
Master of Arts (Political Science), The Western University (1988)
Admitted to Ontario Bar (1985)
Bachelor of Laws, University of Windsor (1983)
Bachelor of Arts, (Honours), (Political Science and Geography), Queen’s University (1978)
Education
Master of Arts (Political Science), The Western University (1988)
Admitted to Ontario Bar (1985)
Bachelor of Laws, University of Windsor (1983)
Bachelor of Arts, (Honours), (Political Science and Geography), Queen’s University (1978)
Awards and Recognition
Paul’s academic contributions include being a past Instructor in Civil Litigation, Public Law/Charter of Rights, and other sections of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Bar Admission Course. He also lectured in Law, Politics and the Judicial Process, and many other courses at Western University.
Awards and Recognition
Paul’s academic contributions include being a past Instructor in Civil Litigation, Public Law/Charter of Rights, and other sections of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Bar Admission Course. He also lectured in Law, Politics and the Judicial Process, and many other courses at Western University.
Awards and Recognition
Paul’s academic contributions include being a past Instructor in Civil Litigation, Public Law/Charter of Rights, and other sections of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Bar Admission Course. He also lectured in Law, Politics and the Judicial Process, and many other courses at Western University.
Selected Presentations and Publications
(and Leitch) "Recent Cases on Whether Employment Contracts Are Enforceable; Progressive Discipline; and, Mitigation Income" (London: Middlesex Law Association Annual Business Breakfast, 2017)
"What Employers Need to Know About Cause for Dismissal, Reasonable Notice; and Frustration of Contract/Disability Accommodation" (London: Middlesex Law Association Annual Business Breakfast, 2016)
"Update on Workplace Misconduct & Punitive Damages" (London: Middlesex Law Association Annual Business Breakfast, 2015)
"Sex and Lies in the Workplace" (London: Middlesex Law Association Annual Business Breakfast, 2014)
"Zoning and Land Use Planning in Ontario" (London: Lorman Education Services, 2003)
(and Lambe) “Security for Costs Motions”, Judging Motions: Advanced Interlocutory Strategies (Toronto: Ontario Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, 2002)
"The Employment Standards Act" (London: Lorman Education Services, 2001)
(and Nickle) “Employee Dishonesty and Termination (London: Southwestern Human Resources Professionals Conference, 2000)
(and Kirkness) "Planning Act - Zoning Dilemmas" (London: Municipal Law Enforcement Officers' Association 20th Annual Training Seminar, 1999)
(and Otten) “Walking the Line: Termination in the Unionized Workplace – Steps to Avoiding Grievances and Arbitrations” (London: The Human Resources Professionals of London and District, 1998)
(and Downs and Hopkins) “Long Term Disability, The Employment Relationship and Termination of Employment” (London: The Human Resources Professionals of London and District, 1997)
(and Judson) “Expropriations: From Initial Client Contact to O.M.B. Hearing”, The O.M.B. For The Non-Specialist Keeping It In-House (Toronto: The Law Society of Upper Canada, 1989)
(and Judson) “New Frontiers in Law and Practice” (Toronto: Ontario Expropriation Association Annual Fall Seminar, 1988)
Selected Presentations and Publications
(and Leitch) "Recent Cases on Whether Employment Contracts Are Enforceable; Progressive Discipline; and, Mitigation Income" (London: Middlesex Law Association Annual Business Breakfast, 2017)
"What Employers Need to Know About Cause for Dismissal, Reasonable Notice; and Frustration of Contract/Disability Accommodation" (London: Middlesex Law Association Annual Business Breakfast, 2016)
"Update on Workplace Misconduct & Punitive Damages" (London: Middlesex Law Association Annual Business Breakfast, 2015)
"Sex and Lies in the Workplace" (London: Middlesex Law Association Annual Business Breakfast, 2014)
"Zoning and Land Use Planning in Ontario" (London: Lorman Education Services, 2003)
(and Lambe) “Security for Costs Motions”, Judging Motions: Advanced Interlocutory Strategies (Toronto: Ontario Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, 2002)
"The Employment Standards Act" (London: Lorman Education Services, 2001)
(and Nickle) “Employee Dishonesty and Termination (London: Southwestern Human Resources Professionals Conference, 2000)
(and Kirkness) "Planning Act - Zoning Dilemmas" (London: Municipal Law Enforcement Officers' Association 20th Annual Training Seminar, 1999)
(and Otten) “Walking the Line: Termination in the Unionized Workplace – Steps to Avoiding Grievances and Arbitrations” (London: The Human Resources Professionals of London and District, 1998)
(and Downs and Hopkins) “Long Term Disability, The Employment Relationship and Termination of Employment” (London: The Human Resources Professionals of London and District, 1997)
(and Judson) “Expropriations: From Initial Client Contact to O.M.B. Hearing”, The O.M.B. For The Non-Specialist Keeping It In-House (Toronto: The Law Society of Upper Canada, 1989)
(and Judson) “New Frontiers in Law and Practice” (Toronto: Ontario Expropriation Association Annual Fall Seminar, 1988)
Selected Presentations and Publications
(and Leitch) "Recent Cases on Whether Employment Contracts Are Enforceable; Progressive Discipline; and, Mitigation Income" (London: Middlesex Law Association Annual Business Breakfast, 2017)
"What Employers Need to Know About Cause for Dismissal, Reasonable Notice; and Frustration of Contract/Disability Accommodation" (London: Middlesex Law Association Annual Business Breakfast, 2016)
"Update on Workplace Misconduct & Punitive Damages" (London: Middlesex Law Association Annual Business Breakfast, 2015)
"Sex and Lies in the Workplace" (London: Middlesex Law Association Annual Business Breakfast, 2014)
"Zoning and Land Use Planning in Ontario" (London: Lorman Education Services, 2003)
(and Lambe) “Security for Costs Motions”, Judging Motions: Advanced Interlocutory Strategies (Toronto: Ontario Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, 2002)
"The Employment Standards Act" (London: Lorman Education Services, 2001)
(and Nickle) “Employee Dishonesty and Termination (London: Southwestern Human Resources Professionals Conference, 2000)
(and Kirkness) "Planning Act - Zoning Dilemmas" (London: Municipal Law Enforcement Officers' Association 20th Annual Training Seminar, 1999)
(and Otten) “Walking the Line: Termination in the Unionized Workplace – Steps to Avoiding Grievances and Arbitrations” (London: The Human Resources Professionals of London and District, 1998)
(and Downs and Hopkins) “Long Term Disability, The Employment Relationship and Termination of Employment” (London: The Human Resources Professionals of London and District, 1997)
(and Judson) “Expropriations: From Initial Client Contact to O.M.B. Hearing”, The O.M.B. For The Non-Specialist Keeping It In-House (Toronto: The Law Society of Upper Canada, 1989)
(and Judson) “New Frontiers in Law and Practice” (Toronto: Ontario Expropriation Association Annual Fall Seminar, 1988)
Noteworthy Cases
Statutory Accident Benefits
Urquhart and Zurich Insurance Company [OIC A96-00368, June 4, 1997] [Whether an insured person who continues to perform an activity, is continuously prevented from engaging in that activity]
Morley and National Frontier Insurance Company [OIC A-006595, May 15, 1995] [Whether payment of a death benefit to surviving spouse precludes payment of death benefit to that spouse as a dependant]
Torts
Nespolon v. Alford (1998), 40 O.R. (3d) 355 (Ont. C.A.) (Application for leave to appeal to Supreme Court of Canada dismissed January 21, 1999) [Teenagers transporting intoxicated friend in car, could not foresee risk to driver who suffered nervous shock after hitting and killing their friend]
Municipal, Land Use Planning and Administrative Law
Canadian Entertainment Properties v 2680432 Ontario Inc. et al, 2022 ONSC 6389 (CanLII)[Summary judgment granted for specific performance in property dispute)
Elston v. Morris Township, [2001] O.M.B. No. 408 (QL) (J.R. Boxma) [Claimant not entitled to damages for injurious affection under Expropriations Act for damage caused by adjacent road improvement]
Robinson v. Caradoc Township (1998), 40 O.R. (3d) 684 (Ont. Div. Ct.) [Municipality having authority to remove and demolish vehicles and material under property standards by-law]
Howay v. Caradoc Township (1991), 6 M.L.P.R. (2d) 70 (Ont. Gen. Div) [Municipal residents were users required to pay water rates even if not connected to water system]
Employment and Labour
McKevitt Trucking Limited v Serrador, 2024 ONSC 6362 (Ont. Div. Ct.) [Numerous incidents of misconduct warranted discipline not dismissal]
Huron Commodities Inc. v Alexander, 2019 CanLII 11915 (CA LA) (H. Snow) [Employment Insurance Officer ruling of no misconduct prevents employer from alleging misconduct in subsequent unjust dismissal proceeding]
Chen v. UWO Faculty Association, 2017 CanLII 29307 (O.L.R.B.) [UWOFA properly turned its mind to whether it had a duty to represent Dr. Chen and did not breach s.74]
Boucher v. Black & McDonald Ltd. (2016) ONSC 7220 (Ont. Div. Ct.) [Employment was not frustrated, and employee entitled to human rights award and wrongful dismissal damages]
Caskanette v. Bong-Keun Choi Dentristry (2016) ONSC 5641 (Ont. Div. Ct.) [Employee's insubordination warranted discipline not dismissal]
Baldor Electric Canada Inc. v. Baldor Electric Canada Inc. Employees' Association (October 10, 2014) [Employee's gross insubordination warranted discipline not dismissal]
Chang v. Busvek (2014) ONSC 1790 (Ont. S.J.C.) [Associate dentist's decision to work for senior dentist while he organized his future practice was not cause for dismissal]
Payne v. Bank of Montreal (2013) FCA 33 [Appellate counsel at Federal Court of Appeal for dismissed employee. The Court of Appeal restored an adjudicator’s decision, finding that the adjudicator’s reasons relating to unjust dismissal satisfied the Dunsmuir criteria.]
UWO Staff Association v. UWO, LHSC et al 2013 CanLII 2133 (O.L.R.B.) [Board declined to grant application for a declaration that the responding parties were one employer for the purposes of the Act]
DeBoer v. CPC Logistics Canada Limited (2010) C.L.A.D. No. 282 (R. Verity) [Employee failure to provide information about health status during absence warranted discipline not dismissal]
Payne v. Bank of Montreal (2009) C.L.A.D. No. 374 (R.H. McLaren) [Bank manager not excluded from making unjust dismissal claim]
McLaughlin v. Looby Construction Ltd., (2006) 47 C.C.E.L. (3d) 289 (Ont. S.C.J.) [Employee and employer conducted themselves in accordance with employee retiring and employment was not terminated by employer]
Oliver v. S.M. Freight (2005) O.J. No. 42695 (Ont. S.J.) [Employee’s unauthorized four-week absence from work warranted discipline, not dismissal]
Fox v. Bank of Nova Scotia (2002), 21 C.C.E.L. (3d) 172 (R. Verity) [Bank manager excluded from making unjust dismissal claim]
W. Van Erp Masonry Inc. et. al 2000 CanLII 1749 (O.L.R.B.) [Responding contractors were not associated or related nor was there a sale of a business within the meaning of the Act]
Keeler v. Bank of Nova Scotia (1997), 29 C.C.E.L. (2d) 282 (R.H. McLaren) [Bank manager excluded from making unjust dismissal claim]
694643 Ontario Limited c.o.b. as O’Connor Electric, [1995] O.L.R.B. No. 4180 (QL) [Experienced contractor becoming employee of inexperienced, non-union contractor, insufficient to make companies associated for labour relations purposes]
Novosel v. Riegl (1993) 46 C.C.E.L. 245 (Ont. Gen. Div.) [Plaintiff constructively dismissed by employer conduct and actions]
Noteworthy Cases
Statutory Accident Benefits
Urquhart and Zurich Insurance Company [OIC A96-00368, June 4, 1997] [Whether an insured person who continues to perform an activity, is continuously prevented from engaging in that activity]
Morley and National Frontier Insurance Company [OIC A-006595, May 15, 1995] [Whether payment of a death benefit to surviving spouse precludes payment of death benefit to that spouse as a dependant]
Torts
Nespolon v. Alford (1998), 40 O.R. (3d) 355 (Ont. C.A.) (Application for leave to appeal to Supreme Court of Canada dismissed January 21, 1999) [Teenagers transporting intoxicated friend in car, could not foresee risk to driver who suffered nervous shock after hitting and killing their friend]
Municipal, Land Use Planning and Administrative Law
Canadian Entertainment Properties v 2680432 Ontario Inc. et al, 2022 ONSC 6389 (CanLII)[Summary judgment granted for specific performance in property dispute)
Elston v. Morris Township, [2001] O.M.B. No. 408 (QL) (J.R. Boxma) [Claimant not entitled to damages for injurious affection under Expropriations Act for damage caused by adjacent road improvement]
Robinson v. Caradoc Township (1998), 40 O.R. (3d) 684 (Ont. Div. Ct.) [Municipality having authority to remove and demolish vehicles and material under property standards by-law]
Howay v. Caradoc Township (1991), 6 M.L.P.R. (2d) 70 (Ont. Gen. Div) [Municipal residents were users required to pay water rates even if not connected to water system]
Employment and Labour
McKevitt Trucking Limited v Serrador, 2024 ONSC 6362 (Ont. Div. Ct.) [Numerous incidents of misconduct warranted discipline not dismissal]
Huron Commodities Inc. v Alexander, 2019 CanLII 11915 (CA LA) (H. Snow) [Employment Insurance Officer ruling of no misconduct prevents employer from alleging misconduct in subsequent unjust dismissal proceeding]
Chen v. UWO Faculty Association, 2017 CanLII 29307 (O.L.R.B.) [UWOFA properly turned its mind to whether it had a duty to represent Dr. Chen and did not breach s.74]
Boucher v. Black & McDonald Ltd. (2016) ONSC 7220 (Ont. Div. Ct.) [Employment was not frustrated, and employee entitled to human rights award and wrongful dismissal damages]
Caskanette v. Bong-Keun Choi Dentristry (2016) ONSC 5641 (Ont. Div. Ct.) [Employee's insubordination warranted discipline not dismissal]
Baldor Electric Canada Inc. v. Baldor Electric Canada Inc. Employees' Association (October 10, 2014) [Employee's gross insubordination warranted discipline not dismissal]
Chang v. Busvek (2014) ONSC 1790 (Ont. S.J.C.) [Associate dentist's decision to work for senior dentist while he organized his future practice was not cause for dismissal]
Payne v. Bank of Montreal (2013) FCA 33 [Appellate counsel at Federal Court of Appeal for dismissed employee. The Court of Appeal restored an adjudicator’s decision, finding that the adjudicator’s reasons relating to unjust dismissal satisfied the Dunsmuir criteria.]
UWO Staff Association v. UWO, LHSC et al 2013 CanLII 2133 (O.L.R.B.) [Board declined to grant application for a declaration that the responding parties were one employer for the purposes of the Act]
DeBoer v. CPC Logistics Canada Limited (2010) C.L.A.D. No. 282 (R. Verity) [Employee failure to provide information about health status during absence warranted discipline not dismissal]
Payne v. Bank of Montreal (2009) C.L.A.D. No. 374 (R.H. McLaren) [Bank manager not excluded from making unjust dismissal claim]
McLaughlin v. Looby Construction Ltd., (2006) 47 C.C.E.L. (3d) 289 (Ont. S.C.J.) [Employee and employer conducted themselves in accordance with employee retiring and employment was not terminated by employer]
Oliver v. S.M. Freight (2005) O.J. No. 42695 (Ont. S.J.) [Employee’s unauthorized four-week absence from work warranted discipline, not dismissal]
Fox v. Bank of Nova Scotia (2002), 21 C.C.E.L. (3d) 172 (R. Verity) [Bank manager excluded from making unjust dismissal claim]
W. Van Erp Masonry Inc. et. al 2000 CanLII 1749 (O.L.R.B.) [Responding contractors were not associated or related nor was there a sale of a business within the meaning of the Act]
Keeler v. Bank of Nova Scotia (1997), 29 C.C.E.L. (2d) 282 (R.H. McLaren) [Bank manager excluded from making unjust dismissal claim]
694643 Ontario Limited c.o.b. as O’Connor Electric, [1995] O.L.R.B. No. 4180 (QL) [Experienced contractor becoming employee of inexperienced, non-union contractor, insufficient to make companies associated for labour relations purposes]
Novosel v. Riegl (1993) 46 C.C.E.L. 245 (Ont. Gen. Div.) [Plaintiff constructively dismissed by employer conduct and actions]
Noteworthy Cases
Statutory Accident Benefits
Urquhart and Zurich Insurance Company [OIC A96-00368, June 4, 1997] [Whether an insured person who continues to perform an activity, is continuously prevented from engaging in that activity]
Morley and National Frontier Insurance Company [OIC A-006595, May 15, 1995] [Whether payment of a death benefit to surviving spouse precludes payment of death benefit to that spouse as a dependant]
Torts
Nespolon v. Alford (1998), 40 O.R. (3d) 355 (Ont. C.A.) (Application for leave to appeal to Supreme Court of Canada dismissed January 21, 1999) [Teenagers transporting intoxicated friend in car, could not foresee risk to driver who suffered nervous shock after hitting and killing their friend]
Municipal, Land Use Planning and Administrative Law
Canadian Entertainment Properties v 2680432 Ontario Inc. et al, 2022 ONSC 6389 (CanLII)[Summary judgment granted for specific performance in property dispute)
Elston v. Morris Township, [2001] O.M.B. No. 408 (QL) (J.R. Boxma) [Claimant not entitled to damages for injurious affection under Expropriations Act for damage caused by adjacent road improvement]
Robinson v. Caradoc Township (1998), 40 O.R. (3d) 684 (Ont. Div. Ct.) [Municipality having authority to remove and demolish vehicles and material under property standards by-law]
Howay v. Caradoc Township (1991), 6 M.L.P.R. (2d) 70 (Ont. Gen. Div) [Municipal residents were users required to pay water rates even if not connected to water system]
Employment and Labour
McKevitt Trucking Limited v Serrador, 2024 ONSC 6362 (Ont. Div. Ct.) [Numerous incidents of misconduct warranted discipline not dismissal]
Huron Commodities Inc. v Alexander, 2019 CanLII 11915 (CA LA) (H. Snow) [Employment Insurance Officer ruling of no misconduct prevents employer from alleging misconduct in subsequent unjust dismissal proceeding]
Chen v. UWO Faculty Association, 2017 CanLII 29307 (O.L.R.B.) [UWOFA properly turned its mind to whether it had a duty to represent Dr. Chen and did not breach s.74]
Boucher v. Black & McDonald Ltd. (2016) ONSC 7220 (Ont. Div. Ct.) [Employment was not frustrated, and employee entitled to human rights award and wrongful dismissal damages]
Caskanette v. Bong-Keun Choi Dentristry (2016) ONSC 5641 (Ont. Div. Ct.) [Employee's insubordination warranted discipline not dismissal]
Baldor Electric Canada Inc. v. Baldor Electric Canada Inc. Employees' Association (October 10, 2014) [Employee's gross insubordination warranted discipline not dismissal]
Chang v. Busvek (2014) ONSC 1790 (Ont. S.J.C.) [Associate dentist's decision to work for senior dentist while he organized his future practice was not cause for dismissal]
Payne v. Bank of Montreal (2013) FCA 33 [Appellate counsel at Federal Court of Appeal for dismissed employee. The Court of Appeal restored an adjudicator’s decision, finding that the adjudicator’s reasons relating to unjust dismissal satisfied the Dunsmuir criteria.]
UWO Staff Association v. UWO, LHSC et al 2013 CanLII 2133 (O.L.R.B.) [Board declined to grant application for a declaration that the responding parties were one employer for the purposes of the Act]
DeBoer v. CPC Logistics Canada Limited (2010) C.L.A.D. No. 282 (R. Verity) [Employee failure to provide information about health status during absence warranted discipline not dismissal]
Payne v. Bank of Montreal (2009) C.L.A.D. No. 374 (R.H. McLaren) [Bank manager not excluded from making unjust dismissal claim]
McLaughlin v. Looby Construction Ltd., (2006) 47 C.C.E.L. (3d) 289 (Ont. S.C.J.) [Employee and employer conducted themselves in accordance with employee retiring and employment was not terminated by employer]
Oliver v. S.M. Freight (2005) O.J. No. 42695 (Ont. S.J.) [Employee’s unauthorized four-week absence from work warranted discipline, not dismissal]
Fox v. Bank of Nova Scotia (2002), 21 C.C.E.L. (3d) 172 (R. Verity) [Bank manager excluded from making unjust dismissal claim]
W. Van Erp Masonry Inc. et. al 2000 CanLII 1749 (O.L.R.B.) [Responding contractors were not associated or related nor was there a sale of a business within the meaning of the Act]
Keeler v. Bank of Nova Scotia (1997), 29 C.C.E.L. (2d) 282 (R.H. McLaren) [Bank manager excluded from making unjust dismissal claim]
694643 Ontario Limited c.o.b. as O’Connor Electric, [1995] O.L.R.B. No. 4180 (QL) [Experienced contractor becoming employee of inexperienced, non-union contractor, insufficient to make companies associated for labour relations purposes]
Novosel v. Riegl (1993) 46 C.C.E.L. 245 (Ont. Gen. Div.) [Plaintiff constructively dismissed by employer conduct and actions]
Memberships
The Law Society of Ontario
The Advocates' Society
The Middlesex Law Association
The Canadian Bar Association (Municipal Law, Labour and Employment Law Sections)
The London Chamber of Commerce
The London Squash Racquets Club
Memberships
The Law Society of Ontario
The Advocates' Society
The Middlesex Law Association
The Canadian Bar Association (Municipal Law, Labour and Employment Law Sections)
The London Chamber of Commerce
The London Squash Racquets Club
Memberships
The Law Society of Ontario
The Advocates' Society
The Middlesex Law Association
The Canadian Bar Association (Municipal Law, Labour and Employment Law Sections)
The London Chamber of Commerce
The London Squash Racquets Club
Carefully Assessing the Strengths and Weaknesses
Paul Brooks is a London-based partner at Lerners LLP and a member of its Dispute Resolution and Advocacy group. Having practised as a civil litigator for 40 years, he now works primarily in the areas of employment and labour law and municipal, land-use planning and administrative law. Paul represents plaintiffs as well as defendants and acts for both employers and employees.
“My approach to litigation is to tell clients what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear,” says Paul. “Clients usually feel very strongly about their case, but I ask them to also consider the
“I’m not just a cheerleader for clients, and I prefer a systemic approach to estimating the strengths and weaknesses of each case. We serve our clients by being accessible and by providing quick response times. Cases move forward efficiently because my team and I review and report on them regularly so that clients are always up to date. We’re also prepared to go to trial for our clients,” he adds.
In addition to having served on the boards of
In addition to squash, tennis and golf, Paul has participated in biathlons and marathons in Detroit, London and Toronto, and cycled in Great Britain, Italy, and from Paris to the outskirts of Lisbon.
Paul Brooks is a London-based partner at Lerners LLP and a member of its Dispute Resolution and Advocacy group. Having practised as a civil litigator for 40 years, he now works primarily in the areas of employment and labour law and municipal, land-use planning and administrative law. Paul represents plaintiffs as well as defendants and acts for both employers and employees.
“My approach to litigation is to tell clients what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear,” says Paul. “Clients usually feel very strongly about their case, but I ask them to also consider the potential cost of their litigation and balance that against the likely outcome.”
“I’m not just a cheerleader for clients, and I prefer a systemic approach to estimating the strengths and weaknesses of each case. We serve our clients by being accessible and by providing quick response times. Cases move forward efficiently because my team and I review and report on them regularly so that clients are always up to date. We’re also prepared to go to trial for our clients,” he adds.
In addition to having served on the boards of numerous charitable organizations, Paul has managed several competitive minor hockey and baseball teams. “Serving the community is its own reward,” he says. “But when people realize that you’re interested in them and giving them 100% effort, they will also remember you when they have a legal problem in the future.”
In addition to squash, tennis and golf, Paul has participated in biathlons and marathons in Detroit, London and Toronto, and cycled in Great Britain, Italy, and from Paris to the outskirts of Lisbon.
Paul Brooks is a London-based partner at Lerners LLP and a member of its Dispute Resolution and Advocacy group. Having practised as a civil litigator for 40 years, he now works primarily in the areas of employment and labour law and municipal, land-use planning and administrative law. Paul represents plaintiffs as well as defendants and acts for both employers and employees.
“My approach to litigation is to tell clients what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear,” says Paul. “Clients usually feel very strongly about their case, but I ask them to also consider the potential cost of their litigation and balance that against the likely outcome.”
“I’m not just a cheerleader for clients, and I prefer a systemic approach to estimating the strengths and weaknesses of each case. We serve our clients by being accessible and by providing quick response times. Cases move forward efficiently because my team and I review and report on them regularly so that clients are always up to date. We’re also prepared to go to trial for our clients,” he adds.
In addition to having served on the boards of numerous charitable organizations, Paul has managed several competitive minor hockey and baseball teams. “Serving the community is its own reward,” he says. “But when people realize that you’re interested in them and giving them 100% effort, they will also remember you when they have a legal problem in the future.”
In addition to squash, tennis and golf, Paul has participated in biathlons and marathons in Detroit, London and Toronto, and cycled in Great Britain, Italy, and from Paris to the outskirts of Lisbon.
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Everyone at Lerners is committed to ensuring your matters are addressed with the attention and care you expect.
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Everyone at Lerners is committed to ensuring your matters are addressed with the attention and care you expect.