• Corporate commercial law (enforcing non-competition covenants through injunction applications, government procurement, enforcing foreign judgments, asserting and defending claims for breach of contract and commercial tort)
• Privacy and freedom of information (advising clients as to obligations under private sector Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act; assisting clients in accessing information in the possession of the government through freedom of information requests and appeals)
• Defence of criminal and quasi-criminal charges (defending a substantial commercial fraud charge, defending charges under provincial regulatory legislation)
• Constitutional law (challenges to constitutionality of legislation)

Tony is recognized in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada in the specialty of defamation and media law, and is also recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as being repeatedly recommended in the area of defamation and media litigation.

Tony has appeared as lead counsel at every level of court in Ontario from the Ontario Court of Justice to the Ontario Court of Appeal. His courtroom experience includes acting as counsel on significant appeals, trials, applications, administrative hearings and judicial reviews.

A selection of the reported cases on which Tony has appeared as counsel is set out below:

Toronto Police Services Board v. (Ontario) Information and Privacy Commissioner, 2009 ONCA 20 [appeal of judicial review decision quashing order of Information and Privacy Commissioner]
• Guo v. Sing Tao Daily Ltd., [2008] O.J. 1840 (Sup. Ct.) [opposing addition of claim after expiry of limitation period]
• Toronto (City) Police Services Board v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), [2007] O.J. NO. 22142 (Div. Ct.) [respond to judicial review application of decision on freedom of information appeal]
• R. v. Eurocopter Canada Ltd. (2007), 287 D.L.R. (4th) 144 (Ont. S.C.J.) [limited inquiry to determine good faith of police claim of confidential informant privilege]
• Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. v. Canada, [2006] O.J. No. 3062 (S.C.J.) [application Canadian and American media companies to quash publication ban at bail hearing of alleged "homegrown terrorists"]
• K.B. v. Toronto District School Board (2006), 81 O.R. (3d) 56 (Div. Ct.) [opposing publication ban and sealing order at Divisional Court in proceeding under Education Act]
• Forestall v. Toronto Police Services Board, [2007] O.J. No. 256 (Div. Ct.) [opposing publication ban on judicial review in Divisional Court]
• R. v. MBB Helicopter Canada Ltd., [2006] O.J. 3230 (S.C.J.) [responding to application for certiorari of discharge at preliminary hearing]
• Xian v. Xiao, [2006] O.J. No. 1409 (C.A.) [appeal of permanent injunction order issued pursuant to confidentiality provision of agreement]
• OmegaNutrel Inc. v. Food Systems Innovation Inc., [2005] F.C.J. No. 1675 (Federal Court) [opposing application for interlocutory injunction]
• R. v. Polewsky, [2005] O.J. 4500 (C.A.) [Provincial Offences Act appeal]
• Gauthier v. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., [2003] O.J. No. 2622 (Sup. Ct.), affirmed [2004] O.J. No. 2686 (C.A.), application for leave to appeal dismissed with costs [2004] S.C.C.A. No. 411 [group libel]
• Yahong Bai et al v. Sing Tao Daily Limited et al., a decision of Backhouse J. of the Superior Court of Justice dated June 7, 2002, affirmed [2003] O.J. No. 1917 (C.A.), application for leave to appeal to Supreme Court of Canada dismissed with costs, [2003] S.C.C.A. No. 354 [group libel, "negligent" publishing]
• R. v. Mentuck, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 478 [test for publication ban to protect "proper administration of justice"]
• R. v. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., a decision of McGarry J. of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dated September 24, 2004, affirmed [2003] 67 O.R. (3d) 577 (C.A.) [quashing sealing order on information to obtain search warrant]
• Silva v. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., [1998] O.J. No. 6491 (Gen. Div.), affirmed [2002] D.L.R. (4th) 77 (C.A.) [libel trial and appeal]
• Young v. Toronto Star Newspaper Ltd. (2003), 66 O.R. (3d) 170 (Sup. Ct.) [libel trial; appeal decision on reserve]
• R. v. Eurocopter Canada Ltd. [2003] O.J. No. 4238 (Sup. Ct.) [variation of sealing order on information to obtain search warrant]
• Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Assistant Information and Privacy Commissioner), [2002] O.J. No. 4703 (Div. Ct.) [freedom of information request; judicial review]
• Oshawa This Week v. Ontario (Review Board), [2002] O.J. No. 5383 (Sup. Ct) [access to Review Board hearing; application for certiorari]
• Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. v. Toronto (City) Police, [2000] O.J. No. 4684 (Div. Ct.) [Access to charging document from police discipline hearing]
• Pizza Pizza Limited v. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., (2000) O.R. (3d) 254 (C.A.) [libel pleading]
• Carolina Industrial Equipment Sales Ltd. v. Waring (1999) O.J. No. 665 (Gen. Div.) [struck out tort claims against officer and director of corporation arising out of actions taken in course of duties as officer and director]

In addition, Tony has prepared and/or presented several papers at the annual National Media Law Conference including his 2004 paper entitled "Draft Newspaper Articles and Solicitor-Client Privilege." Other papers prepared by Tony for past conferences include: "Section 486(4.1) of the Criminal Code: Codification of the Dagenais Principles" (2000), "Justification of Allegations: Have you Heard the Latest" (2001), and "R. v. Mentuck: Extension of the Dagenais Principles" (2003). He is also a member of the FOI Audit Group of the Canadian Newspaper Association. In October of 2007, Tony provided a webinar on fighting publication bans to members of the Canadian Newspaper Association.

Before joining Blakes in 1998, Tony graduated as the bronze medallist at Osgoode Hall Law School, with prizes in contract law and civil procedure. After graduating from Osgoode, he clerked at the Ontario Court of Appeal, where he worked for Chief Justice McMurtry, and then joined Blakes.

Tony speaks Cantonese and French.