Chris Paliare’s practice covers all aspects of counsel work, including appeals, commercial litigation, administrative law, class actions, defamation, employment law, labour law, and pension litigation. He has appeared before numerous administrative tribunals as well as in every level of trial and appellate court in the Province of Ontario, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Acting on behalf of professionals who have come into conflict with their regulatory agencies, Mr. Paliare regularly appears before the Divisional Court, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and before disciplinary bodies.
Mr. Paliare has supervised the conduct of multi-jurisdictional litigation. He is a frequent lecturer and speaker to professional industry groups on the impact of litigation trends and employment and labour issues. Chris Paliare was awarded the prestigious Law Society Medal in 2004.
Mr. Paliare is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers; a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and former Ontario Provincial Chair; an Honourary Member of COMBAR; a Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation and is consistently listed in the Guide to the Leading 100 Canada/US Cross-Border Litigators; Lexpert/American Lawyer Media Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Chambers Global The World’s Leading Lawyers; Mondaq’s Employment Lawyers, Euromoney’s Expert Guide to Global Labour and Employment Lawyers; and the PLC Global Counsel Handbook. LL.B from Osgoode Hall (1970); LL.M from the University of Texas at Austin (1971). He is a member of The Advocates' Society and a former member of the Board of Directors.
In 1997 - 1998, the Honourable Madam Justice Gloria Epstein appointed Mr. Paliare Counsel to the Dionne Quintuplet Review. | 
