Paul Torrie is the founder and president of Global Resolutions, a nationally recognized mediation and arbitration firm. Paul is one of the pioneers in alternative dispute resolution in Canada and is a leading expert in the field.

Paul has mediated complex mass torts, real estate, commercial, insurance and shareholder disputes. He has mediated numerous class actions involving consumer products, medical devices, insurance policies, financial services, business interruption and property loss. Paul has also been appointed by government to mediate complex multiparty land use disputes.

Paul has chaired numerous speaking panels, professional development programs and conferences on mediation, arbitration and dispute resolution. He has been a guest lecturer at several law schools, law firms, the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, the Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Ontario. He has also written extensively on mediation technique and ethics.

Paul graduated from McGill University, Montreal, with an Honours Degree in 1976. He graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, in 1980 and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1982.