About:

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The Honourable Todd L. Archibald BA, LL.B, LL.M, C. Med, C. Arb, FCIArb

President: Archibald Mediation & Arbitration Solutions Inc. (May 2021 to present); Appointed Justice of the Superior Court of Justice (1999-2021); Acting Regional Senior Justice (September 2019-February 2020); Member of Ontario Civil Rules Committee (2014-2021). Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (1992-1999); Practiced in the fields of civil, commercial, criminal, and environmental litigation; Litigation Lawyer, Gardiner Roberts LLP (1990-1992); Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as an Environmental Law Specialist in 1997; Senior Solicitor for the Legal Department of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto (1989-1990); Senior Assistant Crown Attorney (1985-1989).

Received LLB from the University of Toronto in 1977; LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1986; Fellow: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)-2018; ADRIC’s Chartered Mediator’s designation (C. Med.)-2019; ADRIC’s Chartered Arbitrator’s designation (C.Arb.)-2023; Member: Canadian Academy of Distinguished Neutrals 2022 to present.

Adjunct Professor: Osgoode’s Professional LLMs in Mediation Advocacy (2021 and 2023), Advanced Trial Advocacy and Corporate Crimes and Regulatory Offences (2000-2021). Appointed Co-Director of Osgoode’s Professional Civil LLM in 2009; Received Ontario's 2015 Mundell Medal for Legal Scholarship; Granted Osgoode's Professional LLM Teaching Award in 2008.

Received Rotary Foundation’s 2023 Paul Harris Fellowship (Rotary International’s Highest Award) for Public and Community service; Granted OBA 2020 Foundation Award for outstanding contribution to legal education; Received Osgoode's Alumni Gold Key Award for Public Sector Achievement-2019; Presented Ontario Tennis Association Distinguished Service Award-2019; Recipient of Canada’s 150 Community Award for legal teaching and scholarship-2017; Bestowed 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and 2002 Golden Jubilee Medal for Public service.

Author, Co-Author, or Editor of seven legal texts:2023 Litigation and Administrative Advocacy: The Art and Science of Persuasion; Editor: Advocates’ Quarterly (2020-present); Co­Author: 2023 Ontario Superior Court Practice (an annual publication); Co-Author: 2023 Profiting from Risk Management and Compliance (updated annually); Co-Author: 2021 The Trial Handbook; Founding Editor: Annual Review of Civil Litigation (2001-2022); Co-Author: 2017 Discovery in Canadian Common Law: Practice, Techniques and Strategies.