Eric Jay Adams

Eric joined Dutton Brock in 2009 following his call to the Ontario Bar and became a partner in 2017. His practice focuses on insurance coverage disputes, defence and subrogation, including product liability, personal injury, professional liability, disability, first-party property and transportation. He completed a Master of Laws on insurance coverage litigation and has published numerous articles and papers in industry and peer-reviewed journals on insurance related topics. He regularly attends the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on interlocutory matters and has appeared as trial counsel in courts and tribunals in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. Eric is also a member of the Law Society of Alberta and the Law Society of British Columbia. Eric sits on the Canadian Defence Lawyer’s Insurance Coverage Law committee and has chaired the CDL’s annual insurance coverage symposium.

Eric earned a Bachelor of Arts with distinction from the University of Calgary (2003), a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Victoria (2006) and a Master of Laws from the University of British Columbia (2009). Eric served as a student representative on both the University of Victoria Law Students Society and the University of British Columbia Graduate Law Students Society.

During law school, Eric was awarded a number of course awards and scholarships, including the Law Foundation Entrance Award, the John McAlpine Prize in Civil Liberties and the Om Radsady Asia-Pacific Studies Award.

Symposium Chair, The Seventeenth Annual Insurance Coverage Symposium, Canadian Defence Lawyers, May 2021

Symposium Chair, The Sixteenth Annual Insurance Coverage Symposium, Canadian Defence Lawyers, February 2020

Symposium Chair, The Fifteenth Annual Insurance Coverage Symposium, Canadian Defence Lawyers, February 2019