Elmer Atté

Executive Summary

Elmer is a Litigation Law Clerk in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group at Gardiner Roberts, with more than 25 years of experience supporting complex litigation matters. He assists lawyers across all stages of corporate and commercial litigation, including examinations for discovery, mediations, arbitrations, trials, and appeals at every level of court in Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Elmer also has experience working on plaintiff insurance and family law matters.

Elmer regularly manages freedom of information and access-to-information requests, appeals, and complaints under both provincial and federal legislation. His work has involved engagement with ministries and institutions across Canada, as well as federal departments such as the Canada Revenue Agency, Health Canada, Transport Canada, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

A certified eDiscovery Specialist, Elmer has extensive experience managing large, document-intensive files. He has worked with a wide range of eDiscovery platforms and is skilled in overseeing all aspects of the process, including custodian interviews, data collection, processing coordination, document review, analysis, and production. He also brings experience in anti-counterfeiting and enforcement matters, intellectual property litigation before the Federal Court of Canada, and proceedings before the Tax Court of Canada.

Before joining Gardiner Roberts, Elmer spent 15 years in the federal public service in Ottawa, including 11 years as a Registrar with the Federal Court of Appeal, where he specialized in judicial review proceedings and worked closely with federal agencies, tribunals, litigants, and members of the judiciary. He also served as Registrar to the Chief Justice of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, managing appeals from across the country and providing case briefings to justices of the Court.