Allison Spiegel
Tel: 416.391.2906aspiegel@babinbessnerspry.com
Experience
Allison Spiegel joined Babin Bessner Spry LLP in 2025. Prior to joining the firm, Allison practiced in the litigation department of a top-tier national law firm.
Allison maintains a broad litigation practice with significant experience in professional liability defence, corporate and commercial disputes, public law, regulatory matters, and risk management mandates.
Allison has acted as counsel before all levels of the Court in Ontario, at the Federal Court of Canada, and at the Supreme Court of Canada.
Allison earned her Canadian JD from the University of Windsor, and her American JD from the University of Detroit Mercy, where she graduated cum laude. During law school, Allison volunteered with the University of Detroit Mercy’s Immigration Law Clinic, as well as with Pro Bono Students Canada Trans ID Clinic through Windsor Essex Transgender and Allied Support (“W.E. Trans”). She was also a teaching assistant in contract law before becoming the Lead TA for the Academic Success Program at Windsor Law.
Prior to law school, Allison earned her Honours Bachelor of Arts in History and Middle East Studies from the University of Toronto, where she graduated with four awards for her leadership in student life and the arts, including the Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award. Allison also holds a Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies from King’s College London.
Affiliations and Education
Professional Affiliations:
- Law Society of Ontario
- The Advocates’ Society
- Toronto Lawyers Association
- Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund
Bar Admission:
- Ontario, 2022
Education:
- University of Windsor, J.D., 2021
- University of Detroit Mercy, J.D., 2021 (Cum Laude)
- King’s College London, M.A., 2017 (with Merit)
- University of Toronto, Hons. B.A., 2015 (with Distinction)
Languages:
- French
Representative Work
Allison’s experience includes:
- Acting for a financial institution in a $11 million breach of contract claim
- Acting in a dispute concerning the sale of assets from a joint venture
- Acting for a financial institution in obtaining a dismissal of vexatious proceedings
- Acting as counsel in a collective licensing dispute concerning tariff royalties (Alberta v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2024 FC 292)
- Acting as counsel for the intervenor in a case determining the constitutional validity of a significant act impacting Indigenous Peoples (Reference re An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Metis children, youth and families, 2024 SCC 5)
Publications
- Beclause I said so: Federal Court of Appeal refuses to revert back to interventionist role for Canadian court in assessing the validity of arbitration clauses (McCarthy Tetrault Blog, August 21, 2023)
- Off to Arbitration: Federal Court stays Class Action in Support of Arbitration (McCarthy Tetrault Blog, October 27, 2022)
- A New Ground to Challenge the Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements – An Analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision in Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller (McCarthy Tetrault Blog, August 12, 2020)
- Fakes Are Not a Substitute for the Real Deal Under the Sale of Goods Act (McCarthy Tetrault Blog, July 7, 2020)
- Presenter, Women in International Security – Canada: 11th Annual Workshop, “Gender and Security from the BottomUp”, May 2018
