Our Team
Attorney and Founder
Jeff Orenstein
Mr. Orenstein is the founder of the firm. His practice is devoted primarily to plaintiff’s class action work. He has experience with virtually all aspects of class action litigation. He is lead counsel in multiple national and provincial class actions. Mr. Orenstein has appeared numerous times before the Quebec Court of Appeal, the Superior Court of Quebec, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Quebec Court, the Quebec Labour Relations Commission and Arbitration Boards. He is a frequent speaker at class action conferences in both Canada and the U.S. and serves on numerous boards and committees of legal, professional, and non-profit organizations. With over 150 reported cases in 2 provinces, he has helped shape jurisprudence in the Canadian landscape. Mr. Orenstein is regularly interviewed by media outlets in Canada, the U.S. and internationally about his cases, as well as, other legal matters of interest to the public.
Areas of Practice
Complex litigation, emphasizing consumer protection, antitrust, drugs and product liability class actions.
ACCREDITATIONS
• BARREAU DU QUÉBEC, 2002
• LAW SOCIETY OF ONTARIO, 2011
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
• NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, New York, United States, Master of Laws (LL.M.), 2002
• UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL, Montreal, Quebec, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), 2000
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• BARREAU DU QUÉBEC
National Conference on Class Actions – Recent Developments in Quebec, in Canada and in the U.S.
2018 Topic: Class Action in Consumer Law – Impact of the Supreme Court of Canada’s Time Ruling
2017 Topic: Lac- Mégantic Class Action – Review and Discussion
• CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LAW & ETHICS
2017 Topic: Goals of Class Actions in Canada: Access to Justice, Judicial Economy, and Behavior Modification with Examples
2012 Topic: Explorations in Jewish Civil Law II – The Do-Gooder
2011 Topic: Explorations in Jewish Civil Law I – Finders Keepers
MEMBERSHIPS
• BARREAU DU QUÉBEC, Consumer Protection Committee, 2016-present
• COUNTY OF CARLETON LAW ASSOCIATION, Membership Committee, 2017-present
• MELVIN M. BELLI SOCIETY, Invited Member, 2016-present
• MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL, Director, Board of Trustees, 2013-present
• COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION ONTARIO (CLEO), Content Committee, 2016-present
• PRO BONO STUDENTS CANADA – UQAM, Attorney Supervisor, 2017-present
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES
• THE ADVOCATE’S SOCIETY
– Alternative Dispute Resolution Skills Certificate, 2018
– Civil Litigation Skills Certificate, 2016
• INSTITUT DE MÉDIATION ET D’ARBITRAGE DU QUÉBEC (IMAQ), Certificate in Civil and Commercial Mediation, 2014
• NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACY, Certificate in Trial and Deposition Skills, 2006-2007
AWARDS
GLOBAL LAW EXPERTS, Editor’s Choice category – Class Action Litigation Law Firm of the Year in Canada, 2018
Attorney
Lawrence David
Lawrence David is an associate lawyer at Consumer Law Group. Lawrence is fluently bilingual in English and French, and is trained in common law and civil law as a result of completing the combined BCL/LLB program at McGill University’s Faculty of Law. Lawrence also holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Harvard Law School.
Prior to joining Consumer Law Group, Lawrence worked in several legal and policy positions in various institutions of Canadian federal governance, including the Supreme Court of Canada, the Privy Council Office, Justice Canada, the Senate of Canada, and the House of Commons. In addition to serving as Judicial Law Clerk to the Honourable Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella at the Supreme Court of Canada, Lawrence also completed a clerkship at the Quebec Court of Appeal. In these capacities, Lawrence has contributed to the development and establishment of legal and policy initiatives of significant national importance. Lawrence was also involved in impactful and complex class action litigation instituted against the Government of Canada, including in devising strategies and arguments for comprehensive settlement agreements seeking to remedy intergenerational injustice against Indigenous Peoples.
Lawrence is the author of the first and most comprehensive monograph on the doctrine and practice of stare decisis in the Supreme Court of Canada, entitled: Stare Decisis, The Charter and The Rule of Law in The Supreme Court of Canada (LexisNexis, 2020). He is also the co-author of the Halsbury’s Laws of Canada volume on Civil Damages (2020 edition) with leading expert Dr. Bruce Feldthusen. Lawrence is also a part-time Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law in several fields, in both the Common Law and Civil Law Sections.
Lawrence has appeared as counsel or co-counsel before the Federal Court of Canada and the Ontario Court of Justice and has drafted or otherwise contributed to successful legal arguments and strategies in litigation before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Quebec Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, and the Federal Court of Appeal.
Bar Admissions
Law Society of Ontario, 2016
Academic Education
Harvard Law School (LLM, 2018)
McGill University (BCL/LLB., 2014)
Concordia University (BA, with Distinction, 2010)
Mr. Garonce oversees the day-to-day business of the firm including Human Resources, operations and case management.
He is the primary contact for class member communications, overseeing all logistical matters relating to the firm’s class action practice. Mr. Garonce is a certified member of the Canadian Association of Paralegals. the Association des Parajustices du Quebec and the OACIQ.
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