Editing Clayton Ruby (section)

==Career==
From 1976 to 2008 Ruby was a partner with the law firm of Ruby & Edwardh with [[Marlys Edwardh]]. After 2007, he was a partner with the law firm of Ruby Shiller Chan Hasan in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]].

In 1991, Ruby was part of the legal team used by the [[Church of Scientology]] to defend itself and nine of its members who were [[R v Church of Scientology of Toronto|on trial for stealing documents]] concerning Scientology from the [[Attorney General of Ontario|Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General]], the [[Canadian Mental Health Association]], two police forces and other institutions. The case stemmed from a surprise raid of the Church of Scientology's Toronto headquarters in 1983 by more than a hundred policemen who seized an estimated 250,000 documents over the course of two days.<ref name=BeharRubyCoS/><ref name="ontrial">{{cite news |first=W. Richard |last=Reynolds |title=Scientology church on trial in Canada |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] | date = April 23, 1991 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50624765.html?dids=50624765:50624765&FMT=FT |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181320/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50624765.html?dids=50624765:50624765&FMT=FT |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> Legal maneuvers used by Ruby delayed the case for many years and he later unsuccessfully attempted to get the case dismissed because of "unreasonable delay."<ref name=BeharRubyCoS>{{cite book|author1=Behar, Richard|author-link1=Richard Behar|title=Pushing Beyond the U.S.: Scientology makes its presence felt in Europe and Canada|date=6 May 1991|publisher=Time (Intl ed.)|page=52|url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/time-behar.html|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref> On 25 June 1992, seven church members were convicted for operations against the [[Ontario Provincial Police]], the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General and the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP). The Church of Scientology itself was convicted on two counts of breach of the public trust (infiltration of the offices of the Ontario Provincial Police and the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General) and was ordered to pay a $250,000 fine.<ref name=Appeal>[http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/1996/1996canlii1650/1996canlii1650.html Full text of the 1996 appeal decision from CanLII] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120729031717/http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/1996/1996canlii1650/1996canlii1650.html |date=29 July 2012 }} 1996 CanLII 1650 (ON C.A.)</ref><ref>{{cite news |first = Lucy|last = Morgan|title = Abroad: Critics public and private keep pressure on Scientology |url = http://www.sptimes.com/News/32999/Worldandnation/Abroad__Critics_publi.html |publisher = [[St. Petersburg Times]] |date = 29 March 1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409173735/http://www.sptimes.com:80/News/32999/Worldandnation/Abroad__Critics_publi.html |archive-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref>

In 2006, Ruby was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]].

In late 2005, Ruby became the acting Treasurer, or elected head, of the [[Law Society of Upper Canada]], the body responsible for regulating Ontario's legal profession.  On 23 February 2006, however, Ruby was defeated in a special election and ceased to be Treasurer.<ref name="treasurer-list">[http://www.lsuc.on.ca/with.aspx?id=421 The Law Society of Upper Canada, List of Law Society Treasurers] Retrieved 28 August 2014.</ref>

In 2012, Ruby represented a plaintiff who attempted to oust Mayor [[Rob Ford]] of Toronto in a high-profile [[Rob Ford conflict of interest trial|conflict of interest case]], which the plaintiff and Ruby won.  The mayor subsequently launched an appeal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rob Ford's appeal will be filed 'in the next couple of days'|first=David |last=Rider|date=27 November 2012|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/cityhallpolitics/article/1293585--rob-ford-s-appeal-will-be-filed-in-the-next-couple-days|work=[[Toronto Star]]|access-date=28 November 2012}}</ref> On 25 January 2012, Ford won the appeal and remained in office.

In 2013, Ruby successfully argued for the former Ontario Deputy Minister of Education [[Benjamin Levin (academic)|Ben Levin]]'s release on $100,000 bail.<ref>{{cite news|title=Benjamin Levin granted $100,000 bail, charged with two more child porn offences|first=Jennifer|last=Pagliaro|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/07/10/benjamin_levin_charged_with_2_more_child_porn_offences.html|date=10 July 2013|work=[[Toronto Star]]|access-date=17 November 2014}}</ref> Ruby told reporters "(Ben Levin) is a man who has made enormous contributions to the educational system in this province, and indeed with changes that have been copied around the world, And I intend to work very hard to see that he shall be innocent." Ben Levin was charged with one count of making child pornography, one count of counselling to commit an indictable offence, 2 counts of distributing child pornography and agreeing to, or arranging, a sexual offence against a child under 16.<ref>{{cite news|title=Child porn charges for Toronto prof, ex-adviser to Ont. premier|date=10 July 2013|access-date=17 November 2014|url= http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/child-porn-charges-for-toronto-prof-ex-adviser-to-ont-premier-1.1332958|location=Toronto|work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]}}</ref> Levin was eventually sentenced to three years in prison on the aforementioned charges.<ref>{{cite news|title=Benjamin Levin sentenced to 3 years in prison on child porn charges |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2015/05/29/sentencing-for-today-for-benjamin-levin-on-child-porn-charges.html|access-date=2 June 2015|agency=The Toronto Star}}</ref>