Clayton Ruby Cause of Death
Clayton Ruby reportedly died of natural causes.
Clayton Ruby Age
Civil rights lawyer and activist Clayton Ruby was 80 years old.
Clayton Ruby Wife
Clayton Ruby was married to Madam Justice Harriet Sachs of Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Clayton Ruby Children
Clayton Ruby and his wife Harriet Sachs had two children; Emma Ruby-Sachs and Kate Ruby.
Clayton Ruby Law Firm
Clayton Ruby was a partner at Ruby Shiller Enenajor DuGiuseppe, a Toronto-based law firm that specializes in criminal, civil, regulatory, and constitutional litigation.
Clayton Ruby Clients
During his long legal career, Ruby represented numerous high-profile clients notably Guy Paul Morin, who was wrongly convicted – then exonerated – in the October 1984 rape and murder of eight-year-old Christine Jessop.
In 2012, Ruby served as the legal counsel for private citizen Paul Magder in a conflict-of-interest case against former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who was briefly ordered to be removed from office. In the end, Ford launched an appeal and won. He was, however, ordered to pay back the roughly $3,000 in donations he’d solicited from lobbyists for his football foundation when he was a city councillor.
Also, one of Ruby’s clients is former NDP MP Svend Robinson, who in February 1994 attended the unlawful medically-assisted death of right-to-die advocate Sue Rodriguez. In the end, Robinson was not charged.
Clayton Ruby Net Worth
Clayton Ruby had an estimated net worth of $5 million at the time of his death.