Tamryn Lara Jacobson

She has significant experience with both international (ad hoc, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL) and domestic arbitration, dealing with commercial disputes covering a broad range of industries, including construction, mining, banking/finance, technology, retail, hospitality and clean technology.

Tamryn has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario. She has been involved in many multi-party construction and infrastructure disputes (both private and public/government projects), acted as counsel in various complex CCAA litigation trials, and has significant experience in the technology industry.

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT AND PRO BONO

Tamryn currently serves as a board member of the Toronto Lawyers Association, the Secretary of The Advocates’ Society Arbitration and Mediation Practice Group, and a member-at-large of the OBA’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Executive Board. She also sits on Practical Law Canada’s Corporate & Commercial Litigation Advisory Board.

Tamryn has an active pro bono practice. She has been involved with Pro Bono Ontario (PBO) for many years, acting as duty counsel for low-income litigants at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, as well as providing summary legal advice to low-income Ontarians through PBO’s Free Legal Advice Hotline. She also served as a director of the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) for 7 years, including as the Chair of ACT’s Leadership and Governance Committee.

She co-authored the Canadian chapter of Global Legal Insights’ International Arbitration, 2nd to 6th editions, and writes and speaks frequently on arbitration and litigation topics.

Education:
University of Toronto (J.D., with honours, 2008)
McMaster University (B.A., Psychology, summa cum laude, 2005)

Professional Affiliations:
Law Society of Ontario
Canadian Bar Association
Ontario Bar Association
The Advocates’ Society
Toronto Lawyers Association
ICC Canada – Arbitration Committee
Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners

Year of Call: 2009 Ontario