Meet Nigel G. Gilby
Plaintiff Class Actions Lawyer"I only ever have one view - what's best for my clients. Sometimes that means teaming up with others in a class action. When that's the most effective and efficient way to get access to the expertise my clients need and the justice they deserve, they trust me to make that choice."
Professional Highlights
- Partner, Lerners LLP (1985 to 2024)
- Associate lawyer, Lerners LLP (1980-1985)
- Lawyer of the Year, Personal Injury Litigation, Best Lawyers in Canada (2024)
- Recipient, Law Society of Ontario Lincoln Alexander Award (2014)
- Recognized by Lexpert as a leading Practitioner in Civil Litigation
- Selected by peers to be included in "The Best Lawyers in Canada" for Personal Injury Litigation & Product Liability Law, published by Woodward/White in the United States, since inception in 2006
- Certified as a Specialist in Civil Litigation by the Law Society of Ontario
- Identified by Lexpert as a leading practitioner in personal injury
- Founding board member and President of Dale Brain Injury Services of London
- President, HABIT (Helping Acquired Brain Injury Treatment)
- Organizer, London Brain Injury Golf Classic
- Has achieved hundreds of million dollar personal injury damages settlements, including fatalities, brain injury and spinal cord cases
- Successful at bringing cases to trial, as well as bringing settlement before trial, including alternative dispute resolutions.
- "Brain Power: Empowering Healthcare Specialists", Guest speaker, Eighth World Congress on Brain Injury, The International Brain Injury Association, Washington, DC, March 10-14, 2010
- "New Changes to Automobile Legislation", Presented to treatment providers, occupational therapists, doctors, case managers, physiotherapists and social workers, March & April, 2010
- "Brain Power: Empowering Healthcare Specialists" Guest speaker, Provincial Acquired Brain Injury Conference, October, 2009
- "Proving or Disproving Invisible Pain: Managing and Litigating Chronic Pain & Fibromyalgia Claims", Guest speaker, The Canadian Institute, October, 2009
- "The FSCO Five Year Review: A Legal and Auto Insurance Perspective", Guest speaker, Rehab First Inc., June 2009
- "Being an Expert Witness", Guest speaker, DMA Rehability and Pursuit Health Management, May, 2009
- "Loss of Earning Capacity", Guest speaker, University of Western Ontario 2009 Medicolegal Update, April, 2009
- "Negotiating the Insurance Maze", Guest speaker, Sarnia Brain Injury Conference, April, 2009
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Ontario Trial Lawyers Association
- The Advocates' Society
- Canadian Bar Association
- Middlesex Bar Association
- Ontario Brain Injury Association
- Admitted to the Bar (1980)
- Bachelor of Laws, The University of Western Ontario (1978)
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Western Ontario (1975)
- Boating, spending time at his cottage, golfing
- Proud supporter, with his wife, of LHSC Children's Hospital Foundation
Contact
- Phone:
- 519.640.6328
- Fax:
- 519.932.3328