Torys

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'''Torys LLP''' is a Canadian international corporate law firm with offices in Toronto, Calgary, New York, Montreal and Halifax. The firm acts for a wide range of commercial clients and financial institutions in Canada, the United States, and globally.

==History== The firm was founded in 1941 by Toronto business lawyer John Stewart Donald Tory.

In the 1960s the firm was renamed Tory Tory DesLauriers & Binnington.

In 2000, it merged with New York law firm Haythe & Curley and was briefly known as Tory Haythe before being rebranded to Torys LLP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.torys.com/about/our-story |title=Our Story; Torys LLP |publisher=Torys.com |accessdate=2020-01-29}}</ref>

Torys became a national firm with the opening of a Calgary office in 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.torys.com/NewsRoom/FirmNewsandRecognitions/Pages/TorysOpensCalgaryOffice.aspx |title=Torys Opens Calgary Office | Torys LLP |publisher=Torys.com |date=2011-03-03 |accessdate=2013-08-15}}</ref> and a Montreal office in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.torys.com/about/news/2013/02/opening-an-office-in-montreal-is-a-clientcentric-decision-says-les-viner-in-legal-feeds |title=Rodrigue to Lead Torys' New Montréal Office; Torys LLP |publisher=Torys.com |date=2011-03-03 |accessdate=2013-08-15}}</ref>

The firm is one of the Seven Sisters, a group of seven prominent Canadian business law firms.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Drew Hasselback: 'Seven sisters' no longer rule the Bay Street roost |url=https://financialpost.com/legal-post/drew-hasselback-seven-sisters-no-longer-rule-the-bay-street-roost |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231229063607/https://financialpost.com/legal-post/drew-hasselback-seven-sisters-no-longer-rule-the-bay-street-roost |archive-date=2023-12-29 |access-date=2026-01-22 |work=financialpost |language=en-CA}}</ref>

==Notable lawyers== * John Tory, 65th and former Mayor of Toronto, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, grandson of founder John S. D. Tory * J. Robert S. Prichard, Former Chairman of the Bank of Montreal * Anita Anand, Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada * Frank Iacobucci, former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada * John B. Laskin, justice of the Federal Court of Appeal{{cn|date=January 2026}} * Robert P. Armstrong, former Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario * Bill Davis, former Premier of Ontario

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.torys.com Torys Official Website] *[https://avagiolaw.com/ Personal Injury Lawyer]

Category:Tory family Category:Law firms of Canada Category:1941 establishments in Canada Category:Law firms established in 1941