Catherine Beagan Flood > Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
199 BAY STREET
SUITE 4000, COMMERCE COURT WEST
TORONTO, ONTARIO M5L 1A9
Canada

Work Department

Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment; Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Privacy

Position

Cathy is the co-Practice Group Leader of the Toronto Litigation group and also leads Blakes National Cybersecurity Working Group. Cathy has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in 18 appeals and has appeared before the courts of every province, the Federal Courts, the Competition Tribunal and other tribunals. She litigates complex commercial and regulatory cases and defends class actions with a regulatory component. In particular, she is currently defending clients in multiple privacy, antitrust, product liability and consumer protection class actions. Cathy previously served on the Blakes Executive Committee.

Career

Cathy clerked for the Honourable Antonio Lamer, Chief Justice of Canada from 1997 to 1998. She taught information and privacy law at Osgoode Hall Law School from 2000 to 2008.

Personal

She was the Gold Medallist at Osgoode Hall Law School in 1997. Cathy obtained an LLM from Harvard Law School, an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School and a BA from the University of Prince Edward Island.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Dispute resolution: Ontario

(Hall of Fame)

Catherine Beagan FloodBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP‘s Ontario group is recognized for its expertise in commercial litigation, securities litigation, IP litigation, class action and product liability matters, as well as arbitration. The team is frequently retained by clients in the automotive, energy, transportation and aerospace segments. The group is co-led by Catherine Beagan Flood and Iris Fischer; Beagan Flood has focused her practice on commercial disputes, including appeals and class actions on privacy, antitrust, product liability, insurance and consumer protection issues. Fischer, for her part, has particular expertise in the media and defamation space. Additional key litigation-focused partners include Michael BarrackJeff Galway and Gordon McKee. Bradley Berg is another name to note.