Adil Abdulla

Adil has a broad litigation practice ranging from commercial and franchise disputes to intellectual property and estates matters. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and the Federal Court of Appeal, among others.

He is currently writing a textbook on Indigenous class actions for LexisNexis, and has previously published chapters in textbooks and peer-reviewed articles on a wide variety of legal subjects, including securities law, competition law, intellectual property law, and franchise law. He has lectured on a variety of legal subjects, including privacy law and consumer protection law. He is currently the Chair of the Ontario Bar Association’s Civil Litigation section and a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Steering Committee of The Advocates’ Society.

Prior to joining Sotos, he worked at a Bay St. litigation firm working on a wide variety of commercial litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants. In law school, he was the top oralist at the Davies Corporate/Securities Moot, the Editor-in-Chief of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review, a Senior Editor of the Critical Analysis of Law Journal, and an Associate Editor of the Indigenous Law Journal and the Journal of Law and Equity.

He is proficient in French and Spanish.

In his spare time, he enjoys singing, playing chess, coding, and learning about technology. He has credentials in cybersecurity, data analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence.