Norman Joseph Emblem

Norm Emblem is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group of Dentons' Toronto office. Norm has a very broad-ranging commercial litigation and advocacy practice which includes class action defense, securities, auditor’s negligence, CCAA, defamation, banking and insolvency litigation, professional negligence (lawyers, engineers, architects, planners), products liability, Mareva injunctions, Anton Piller Orders, Norwich Orders, high-end disability income claims, insurance defence, personal injury defence, workplace investigations, “whistleblower” complaints, directors & officers liability, shareholders’ disputes, intellectual property disputes involving trade secrets, patents and confidential information, Coroners’ Inquests, Public Inquiries and human rights litigation.

Norm has particular expertise advising and representing accounting firms and, in particular, the “Big 4” Canadian accounting firms, primarily in securities related class actions often with cross Canada and/or cross border implications as well as in related regulatory proceedings involving the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (CPAO), the Canadian Public Accountability Board (CPAB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). In addition to appearing regularly before the Superior Court of Ontario, Norm appears in the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Tax Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the Saskatchewan Court of King's Bench and the Superior Court of Quebec. He also appears before the Commercial List in Toronto as well as before numerous regulatory and administrative tribunals throughout the Province of Ontario, including the OSC, the CPAO, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal and the Ontario Pension Board.