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Policy

Client Service Policy for Providing Goods, Services and Facilities to People with Disabilities

Lerners LLP (“Lerners”) is a professional service firm, committed to providing legal and business solutions to clients in a selected number of market sectors across Ontario and beyond.

Lerners will strive at all times to provide its services in a manner that respects the dignity and independence of everyone involved, including people with disabilities. Lerners is also committed to providing people with disabilities the same opportunity to access our goods, services and facilities and allowing them to benefit from the same services, in the same place and in a similar manner as other clients and contacts.

Lerners will communicate with people with disabilities in ways that take into account their disability. When firm members are aware that a person has a disability they will ask the person with the disability for his/her preferred method of communication (i.e. e-mail, verbal).

Assistive Devices

Lerners is committed to serving people with disabilities who use assistive devices to obtain, use, or benefit from its services. The following assistive devices can be made available for people with disabilities while accessing our services by speaking with a Receptionist or the firm member(s) representing you.

  • oxygen tank
  • wheel chair
  • crutches
  • large print documents
  • large print versions of all information on our website can be accessed by clicking on the font size icons (AAA) on the right hand side of each page on our website
  • Bell TTY relay service
  • convert PDF document to voice via PDF viewer
  • client voicemail and email box on Lerners’ voicemail and email system to convert emailed documents to voice
  • Sign Language Interpreter

Use of Service Animals and Support Persons

Lerners is committed to welcoming people with disabilities who are accompanied by a service animal in the areas of our premises that are open to the public, unless excluded by law, keeping in mind and accommodating firm members, clients or guests who experience animal related allergies.

Lerners is committed to welcoming people with disabilities who are accompanied by a support person. Any person with a disability who is accompanied by a support person will be allowed to enter Lerners’ premises with his or her support person. At no time will a person with a disability who is accompanied by a support person be prevented from having access to his or her support person while on our premises. Lerners will require a signed Acknowledgement and Authorization form from the person with the disability if the support person is involved in any confidential written or verbal communications between Lerners and the person with the disability, while on Lerners’ premises.

Notice of Temporary Disruption

Lerners will provide clients and the public with notice in the event of a planned or unexpected disruption in the facilities or services usually used by people with disabilities. This notice will include information about the reason for the disruption, its anticipated duration, and a description of alternative facilities or services, if available. The Notice will be placed at all public entrances, on each reception counter in our premises and on Lerners’ Website (www.Lerners.ca – click the Accessibility at Lerners LLP link).

Feedback Process

The ultimate goal of Lerners is to meet and surpass client expectations while serving clients with disabilities. Comments on our services regarding how well those expectations are being met are welcome and appreciated.

Feedback regarding the way Lerners provides goods, services and facilities to people with disabilities can be made in person at any of the offices of Lerners, or in the following manners —

  • in person, or by Canada Post mail regarding the London Office to
    Yola S. Ventresca, Managing Partner
    Christina Weir, Senior Director of HR
    Lerners LLP
    85 Dufferin Avenue, Box 2335
    London, ON N6A 4G4
  • in person, or by Canada Post mail regarding the Toronto Office to
    Anne E. Spafford, Managing Partner
    Christina Weir, Senior Director of HR
    Lerners LLP
    130 Adelaide Street West, Suite 2400
    Toronto, ON M5H 3P5
  • by Canada Post mail regarding the Strathroy Office to
    Yola S. Ventresca, Managing Partner
    Christina Weir, Senior Director of HR
    Lerners LLP
    53 Front Street West
    Strathroy ON N7G 1X6
  • by Canada Post mail regarding the Waterloo Region to
    Yola S. Ventresca, Managing Partner
    Christina Weir, Senior Director of HR
    Lerners LLP
    9 Ahrens Street W
    Kitchener, ON N2H 4B6
  • by email regarding the London, Strathroy, and Waterloo Region Office to
    Yola S. Ventresca at yventresca@lerners.ca
    Christina Weir at cweir@lerners.ca
  • by email regarding the Toronto Office to
    Anne E. Spafford at aspafford@lerners.ca
    Christina Weir at cweir@lerners.ca
  • by direct personal fax regarding the London, Strathroy, and Waterloo Region Office to
    Yola S. Ventresca at yventresca@lerners.ca
    Christina Weir – 519-640-6359
  • by direct personal fax regarding the Toronto Office to
    Anne E. Spafford – 416-867-2437
    Christina Weir – 519-640-6359
  • by direct phone regarding the London, Strathroy, and Waterloo Region Office to
    Yola S. Ventresca – 519-640-6378
    Christina Weir – 519-640-6359
  • by direct phone regarding the Toronto Office to
    Anne E. Spafford — 416-601.2388
    Christina Weir – 519-640-6359

Clients and the public can expect to receive a response to their feedback in the appropriate accessible manner within ten (10) business days of receipt of the feedback.

Questions

If anyone has a question with respect to Lerners’ commitment to providing services to a person with a disability, or the above information, the question can be referred to the London Managing Partner, the Toronto Managing Partner, or the Director of Human Resources, as set out above.

Last updated: January 2023