Professional Highlights
- Partner, Lerners LLP (1993 to present)
- Associate lawyer, Lerners LLP (1988-1992)
- Articling student, Lerners LLP (1986)
- Summer student, Donnelly and Murphy (1984)
- Insurance defence practice includes coverage analysis, insurance fraud, arson, punitive damage litigation, automobile and other personal injury defence.
- Selected by his peers for inclusion in Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for commercial insurance litigation (2019-2022)
- Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada for Insurance Law
- Graduate, University of Waterloo, Bachelor of Environmental Studies with a minor in Canadian studies. Graduated Deans Honour List (top 5 percent); recipient of scholarships for highest standing in second and third year of a Canadian studies program.
- Graduate, The University of Western Ontario (1986), Bachelor of Laws; recipient of the A.B. Siskind Scholarship for highest standing in civil procedure.
- Invited speaker (Bifurcation and Punitive Damage Claims: Canadian Defence Lawyers Annual Meeting, Toronto, May 2003)
- “Litigating Damages” (invited speaker, Bifurcation and Punitive Damage Claims, The Canadian Institute, Toronto, February 2004)
- With Calzonetti, Vincent J., “Innocent Co-Insureds “Who Get’s Burned?” (June 1993) The Canadian Independent Adjuster
- “The Use of Examination Under Oath and the Identification of Insurance Fraud”, Without Prejudice Magazine, January 2003
- “Bifurcation-Levelling the Playing Field in Punitive Damages Claims” (Tactics, Treachery and Testimony, Canadian Defence Lawyers Annual Meeting and Conference, May 22, 2003)
- “Strategic Use of Bifurcation and Punitive Damage Claims” (Litigating Damages, The Canadian Institute, Toronto, February 18, 2004)
- Middlesex Law Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- The Advocates’ Society
- Canadian Defence Lawyers
- Defence Research Institute
- Admitted to Ontario Bar (1988)
- Bachelor of Laws, The University of Western Ontario (1986)
- Bachelor of Environmental Studies (minor in Canadian studies), University of Waterloo (1983)
Contact
- Phone:
- 519.640.6337
- Fax:
- 519.932.3337