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w w w . c a n a d i a n l a w y e r m a g . c o m M A Y 2 0 1 9 35 The firm also employs a nurse, Dianne Henderson, formerly the executive director of the brain injury association of Niagara. Henderson acts as a medical consultant, as well as assisting with the clients' aftercare and transition from the hospital to back home in the community. "I think one thing that's unique with us is we continue to want to be in touch with our client as a sort of expanding family of our firm," says Charles Gluckstein, a partner at Gluckstein Personal Injury Lawyers, whose father Bernard started the firm in 1962 and has since passed on the reins to his son. Selected by voters from across Canada as the top personal injury boutiques were Bergeron Clifford Personal Injury Lawyers, Bogoroch & Associates LLP, Cuming & Gillespie, Gluckstein Personal Injury Lawyers PC, Howie Sacks & Henry LLP, McKiggan Hebert, Personal Injury Alliance Law (a confederacy of three firms: McLeish Orlando Mara, Oatley Vigmond and Thomson Rogers), Singer Kwinter, Slater Vecchio LLP and Will Davidson LLP. The survey was a month long, with 2,524 participants, who were asked to rank their top- 10 list from a long list of 90 firms produced by nominations from Canadian Lawyer readers. Points were awarded based on ranking with 10 points for a first-place vote, nine for second and decreasing at that rate down to 10th place. Established in 1999, Toronto's Bogoroch & Associates LLP specializes in motor vehicle accident, medical malpractice, product liability and disability. Founding partner Richard Bogoroch says his firm seizes opportunities to take difficult cases to trial, to advance the law. "We believe it's important for us to try difficult and challenging cases no matter the cost, if the cases we try will help advance the law and by so doing provide greater access to justice," Bogoroch says. Exemplifying this, he says, was Surujdeo v. Melady, a medical negligence case at the Ontario Court of Appeal from 2017. Richard Bogoroch acted for the plaintiff, the husband of a 35-year-old woman named Rossana Surujdeo, who had died in a Brampton, Ont. hospital from heart inflammation. How we did it Canadian Lawyer asked lawyers, in-house counsel and clients from across Canada to vote on the top personal injury boutiques and arbitration chambers. They were asked to rank their top firms from a preliminary list, with a chance to nominate a firm that was not included on the list. To be considered in the vote, firms were required to have at least 80 per cent of their business come from personal injury or arbitration. The final rankings were determined through a points system, in which firms were rewarded on a sliding scale for the number of first to 10th-place votes received. The quantitative results are combined with feedback from respected senior members of the bar and in-house counsel when applicable. Contact us. We look forward to helping you make a difference for your clients. 1.866.314.7335 | cbafuturecare.com C E L E B R AT I N G 2 0 Y E A R S WHEN IT COMES TO FUTURE CARE ANALYSIS AND COSTING, EXPERIENCE MATTERS. ntitled-8 1 2019-04-23 1:20 PM What do your clients need? The means to move on. Guaranteed ™ . Baxter Structures customizes personal injury settlements into tax-free annuities that can help your clients be secure for life. Need more information? Contact us at 1 800 387 1686 or baxterstructures.com Kyla A. Baxter, CSSC PRESIDENT, BAXTER STRUCTURES READERS ' CHOICE 2018-19 STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS ntitled-4 1 2018-10-25 5:57 PM

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