Andrew Wray
Partner

Mr. Wray is the managing partner of Pinto Wray James LLP.  He brings a strong client focus to his work, seeking practical resolutions to complex legal issues.  Mr. Wray is fluent in English, French and Spanish and serves clients of diverse backgrounds.  

Mr. Wray practices primarily in the areas of civil litigation, labour and employment, disability insurance and benefits litigation, human rights and administrative law.

Mr. Wray appears regularly before various levels of Federal and Provincial Courts and Tribunals for a wide range of clients on actions, motions and applications.  Mr. Wray represents both applicants and respondents in applications for judicial review.

Mr. Wray has presented at and chaired numerous continuing legal education programs particularly in the area of workplace law and administrative law. He recently prepared a submission on behalf of the Ontario Bar Association to a Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario regarding human rights law in Ontario.  

Mr. Wray presented a paper at the Law Society of Upper Canada’s “Six-Minute Administrative Law Lawyer” in both 2009 and 2010 on judicial review of administrative tribunal decisions following the release of an important Supreme Court of Canada decision.

Mr. Wray will be conducting a workshop at the upcoming Osgoode Hall Practical Guide to Federal Court Advocacy and Practice conference on motions before the Federal Courts in the context of judicial review proceedings on April 14, 2010.  Mr. Wray will also be presenting a paper at the Canadian Institute’s Fundamentals of Administrative Law & Practice on Appeals, Judicial Review and Standard of Review on April 20, 2010.

Mr. Wray is actively involved with the Ontario Bar Association and is the Past Chair of the Administrative Law Section.

Mr. Wray co-chaired the Ontario Bar Association’s conference on Human Rights Law in Ontario in 2008, 2009 and will do so again in June 2010.  Mr. Wray is a Member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario’s Practice Advisory Committee which advises the HRTO regarding policies, practices, rules, practice directions and services as they relate to the Tribunal's mandate to provide a fair, just and expeditious process for the resolution of proceedings before it.

Representative Cases

In recent cases Mr. Wray has represented:

• Several small and medium sized businesses before government regulatory bodies
• Numerous employers and employees in wrongful and constructive dismissal matters
• Property owners involved in real estate litigation matters involving insurance companies , businesses and individuals
• Partners and shareholders in the midst of potential or active business disputes
• Investors seeking redress for economic losses
• Disabled persons in coverage disputes with public and private insurers
• A Respondent in a Judicial Review Application to the Federal Court of Appeal regarding a decision of the Pensions Appeal Board
• Employees and employers in complex human rights proceedings before the Ontario and Canadian Human Rights Tribunals

Membership and Education

• Law Society of Upper Canada
• Past Chair of the Administrative Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association
• Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario
• University of Ottawa (LL.B.)
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City (Faculty of Graduate Studies of Law)
• University of Toronto (Honours B.A.)