Kathryn Manning

Kathryn is a Founding Partner in DMG Advocates.  Kathryn has a broad civil litigation and arbitration practice that includes acting as counsel and an arbitrator in complex commercial disputes. Her experience includes shareholder disputes, officer and director liability, product liability litigation, complex contract disputes, civil fraud proceedings, tort litigation, employment litigation, professional negligence, and class actions. Kathryn regularly acts in cross-border matters, including assisting foreign clients with enforcement of judgments in Canada.

Kathryn represents individuals and organizations both in the Canadian courts and in commercial arbitration proceedings. Her clients are a mix of public companies, closely held corporations, and individual businesspeople. She provides her clients with practical, strategic advice at every stage of a dispute, all with a view to maximizing their business goals and achieving cost efficiencies. Kathryn leverages technology in all her files, including at examinations and hearings. She has conducted hearings and examinations both virtually and by utilizing electronic data during in-person attendances.

In addition to her trial and arbitration experience, Kathryn has expertise in complex motion and appellate advocacy. Her experience also includes obtaining, executing, and enforcing Anton Piller and Mareva injunctions to preserve assets at the outset of litigation in civil fraud matters.

Kathryn acts as an Arbitrator of commercial disputes. She holds a Q. Arb designation from the ADR Institute of Canada. She is a member of the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and Arbitral Women. When acting as Arbitrator, Kathyrn’s goal is to run proceedings that are efficient and cost-effective, utilizing procedures that parties agree on to get to a hearing much more quickly than in the court system.

Kathryn has been ranked among Canada’s best commercial litigation lawyers by Best Lawyers Canada, Benchmark Litigation, Who’s Who Legal Canada, and Post Toronto.

Kathryn is the President of the Ontario Bar Association. She has been a member of the OBA since she was called to the Ontario Bar in 1998. Since then, Kathryn has held a number of Board and Officer positions as well as representing the Toronto Region on the OBA Council.

Kathryn sits on the Ontario Civil Rules Committee and is a member of its Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee. She is also a member of The Advocates’ Society and the Toronto Lawyers’ Association.