Executive Summary
Eli is a litigator with a client-oriented outlook and experience at every level of court in Ontario.
Eli started at Gardiner Roberts in 2019 as a summer student, completed his articles with the firm the following year and returned as an associate in 2021. His work has ranged from handling procedural motions to multi-billion-dollar class actions and everything in between. Eli maintains a broad litigation practice with a focus on professional negligence, class actions and municipal law.
Expertise
- Compliance and Risk Solutions
- Municipal and Land Use Planning
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Class Actions
Representative Work
Municipal and Land Use Planning
- Acts as a prosecutor and counsel at the Ontario Land Tribunal for various Conservation Authorities under the Conservation Authorities Act
- Obtained a time-sensitive interim injunction and had the subsequent damages inquiry dismissed on behalf of a Conservation Authority – Halton Region Conservation Authority v. Thomas, 2023 ONSC 5404
- Successfully struck certiorari application at the Superior Court of Justice – Baron et al v. Halton Region Conservation Authority, 2023 ONSC 5568
Corporate Commercial
- Was lead counsel for a victorious commercial landlord in an option renewal and injunctive dispute at the Court of Appeal Garlicky Mediterranean Grill Inc. v. 2715762 Ontario Inc., 2025 ONCA 248
- Represented the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board in successfully resisted a motion for interlocutory injunction relief Ojohome Canada Ltd. v. The Canadian Real Estate Association et al, 2025 ONSC 1601
- Representing Canada’s largest privately owned security guard company in oppression remedy litigation Paragon Protection Ltd. v. Tamstu-Harjon Holdings of Canada Limited, 2025 ONSC 1609
- Represented the plaintiff/defendant by counterclaim in a complex oppression remedy trial Vastis v. Kommatas, 2022 ONSC 1366
- Resisted a defendant’s attempt to reopen a claims process in a liquidation proceeding by applying the doctrine of res judicata Vastis v. Kommatas, 2024 ONSC 6312
- Successfully defended an appeal of a solicitor assessment - Isenberg v Gardiner Roberts, 2023 ONSC 2880
Professional Negligence
- Successfully defended a dismissal of a solicitor negligence action at the Court of Appeal - Vinczer v. 7084421 Canada Ltd., 2022 ONCA 400
- Secured a dismissal of a solicitor negligence action through a summary judgment motion – Greenspan v. Goldman, Khosla and Cook, 2022 ONSC 5578
Class Actions
- Representing a mining company at a common issues trial brought under the Securities Act
- Secured substituted service order in data breach class action effecting over 6 million Canadians - Del Giudice v. Thompson, 2021 ONSC 903
Articles and Presentations
- Primary Author of “Civil Liability for Lawyers” chapter in Campion, John A., et al. Professional Liability in Canada, Thompson Reuters Canada, Toronto, 2023.
- “Government liability for policy decisions following Nelson (City) v. Marchi” by James Cook, Kenneth Jull and Eli Bordman, Toronto Law Journal, January 2022.
- Business Interruption Insurance in the Time of COVID-19: Some Recent Judicial Consideration.
- HBC’s Efforts to Withhold Rent Due to Landlords’ Failure to Maintain “First Class” Shopping Centres.
My Blog
- Failure to adduce expert evidence in professional negligence claim fatal to plaintiff (Korlyakov v. Riesz) - June 10, 2025
- When enough is enough: Request for liquidator to conduct claims process denied on basis of issue estoppel (Vastis v. Kommatas) - February 3, 2025
- Court refuses to impose 5 pm deadline for delivery of real estate closing proceeds (More v. 1362279 Ontario Ltd. (Seiko Homes)) - August 8, 2023
- Lessons in a professional liability claim - October 11, 2022
- Distribution under ambiguous disposition provision in Will made on a per stirpes basis - December 22, 2021
Professional Involvement
- Law Society of Ontario
- Ontario Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association