 Bennett Jones Education Emory University, BA, 2008 University of Toronto, JD, 2015 Bar Admissions Ontario, 2016 British Columbia, 2025 With a strategic, results-driven approach, Ethan guides multinational corporations through high-stakes disputes, protecting their interests, minimizing risks and ensuring business-friendly resolutions. Overview Whether clients are seeking to avoid litigation, facing complex class actions or looking to resolve regulatory challenges, Ethan is committed to providing clear, actionable guidance at every stage. Ethan’s extensive experience spans litigating disputes from pleadings through trial and appeal in multiple Canadian jurisdictions, with a focus on multijurisdictional class actions, product liability and commercial disputes. His meticulous and creative approach ensures clients’ legal matters are handled with precision, whether in negotiation, mediation or the courtroom. He resolves disputes efficiently while minimizing risk and disruption, allowing clients to maintain focus on their business goals. Active in the legal community, Ethan sits on the Ontario Bar Association Class Actions Executive as the CPD Liaison. He serves as a co-editor of the Bennett Jones Class Actions Quick Takes publication and he is ranked by Chambers and Partners in the category of Litigation: Product Liability. Ethan has also been recognized as a Lexology Legal Influencer, reflecting his commitment to staying at the forefront of legal developments. Select Experience • Appeared as Amicus Curiae in Fresco v Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 2024 ONCA 628, upholding a motion judge’s counsel fee decision following a class action settlement • Ford in class actions relating to oil consumption and water pump defects (Carter v Ford Motor Company of Canada, 2021 ONSC 4138 and 2021 ONSC 4137) • Bridgestone in the defense of class actions related to anti-vibration rubber parts • A. O. Smith Corporation and its affiliates, as Canadian national product liability counsel, with respect to household and commercial products • Bureau Veritas SA in its successful defence of a $1.85-billion proposed class action Das v George Weston Limited, 2018 ONCA 1053, aff’g 2017 ONSC 4129, leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada refused, 2019 CanLII 73201 • C.R. Bard Inc. and its affiliates in defence of a class action relating to medical devices which prevent blood clots from causing pulmonary embolism • Hyundai and Kia in defence of a class action relating to allegations of air bag defects (Larsen v ZF TRW Automotive Holdings Corp, 2023 BCSC 1471) • General Motors in defence of a class action arising out of alleged emissions misrepresentations, Marcinkiewicz v General Motors of Canada Co, 2022 ONSC 2180 • American Airlines in defense of class actions related to airfares • Successful intervention in a judicial review of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission's decision to disqualify certain applicants: Reynolds v Registrar (Alcohol and Gaming Commission), 2019 ONSC 5571. |