Sotos LLP

Adil Abdulla

Associate

Prior to joining Sotos, Adil summered and articled at a leading litigation firm, working on class actions for both plaintiffs and defendants on topics ranging from social justice to digital technology. Since joining Sotos, he has worked on every type of class action and appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and the Federal Court of Appeal, among others.

Adil has published textbook chapters and peer-reviewed articles on a wide variety of legal subjects, including class actions and access to justice. He is the Vice Chair of the civil litigation section of the Ontario Bar Association; has sat on the executive of the class action section since 2020; is a member of the Young Advocates Standing Committee of The Advocates’ Society; and sits on the board of a legal clinic.

While 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 Review and the Journal of Law and Equity.

Adil is proficient in French and Spanish.

Practice Areas

Litigation

More About Adil

I am committed to helping clients get access to justice, especially in complex cases with power imbalances between the parties.

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

Bar Admission

2021

Education

Juris Doctor (J.D.), University of Toronto, 2020
M.A. (Econ.), University of Toronto, 2020
B.A. (I.R. & Econ.), University of Toronto, 2016

Professional Associations
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Law Society of Ontario
  • Canadian Franchise Association
  • International Franchise Association
  • Executive committee member (2020-2024), Ontario Bar Association Civil Litigation Section
  • Executive committee member (2020-2024), Ontario Bar Association Class Actions Section
  • Executive committee member (2020-2023), Ontario Bar Association Information Technology & Intellectual Property Section
  • Executive committee member (2021-2022), Ontario Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
  • Executive committee member (2019-2021), Ontario Bar Association Students Section
  • Vice Chair, Demand Inclusion
  • Treasurer and Director, West Scarborough Community Legal Services
  • Volunteer, Pro Bono Ontario
  • Member, Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association
  • Member, South Asian Bar Association
  • Member, The Advocates’ Society
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