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April 2013

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Top 10 Personal Injury boutiques Howie Sacks & Henry LLP (Toronto) hshlawyers.com On Jan. 1, 2000, Jim Howie, Neil Sacks, and Michael Henry formed a new personal injury law firm after breaking away from Thomson Rogers. The partnership has expanded over the past 13 years to include Adam Wagman, David Levy, Howard Blitstein, Renee Vinett, and Brad Moscato. Now with 14 lawyers and 60 staff, the firm is dedicated to assisting people who have sustained serious injuries or disabilities, along with their families, throughout Ontario.��Howie was co-counsel in a case that ended with a $9-million settlement for a plaintiff severely injured in a collision along Highway 401. ���Great lawyers from top to bottom. Exceptional commitment to their clients,��� noted one voter. McLeish Orlando LLP (Toronto, Barrie, Hamilton, Ont.) mcleishorlando.com This firm was established in 1999 by John McLeish and Dale Orlando, who broke away from Loopstra Nixon Orlando LLP to set up their own shop. They were joined shortly after by fellow principal partner, Patrick Brown. All three are past presidents of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association. The firm later added Salvatore Shaw and Rikin Morzaria as partners, and they are among 11 lawyers currently practising there. In 2009, the firm made history by obtaining more than $18 million for teenage crash victim Katherine-Paige MacNeill. ���They would be at the top of most people���s lists,��� said one insurance defence lawyer, whose sentiments were reflected by a large number of voters. ���That���s where I would send my family members,��� she added. TOP 10 PERSONAL INJURY LAW FIRMS IN CANADA CANADIAN LAWYER MAGAZINE THE VERDICT IS IN���. Singer Kwinter honoured to to once SingerKwinter isis honoured once again be named a Top 10 Personal Injury Firm by Canadian Lawyer. Widely respected by the legal profession, Singer Kwinter has obtained record-setting awards and achieved groundbreaking decisions that have changed the law in Canada. We thank both our colleagues and clients for their continued vote of con���dence. Alfred M. Kwinter* *Certi���ed by The Law Society as a Specialist in Civil Litigation William A. McMaster Jason F. Katz Jason D. Singer Shane H. Katz Ari J. Singer Veronica S. Marson REPRESENTING ACCIDENT VICTIMS SINCE 1974 | REFFERAL FEES RESPECTED 1033 Bay Street, Suite 214 Toronto, ON M5S 3A5 1 866 285 6927 referrals@singerkwinter.com singerkwinter.com SingerKwinter_CL_Apr_13.indd 1 www.CANADIAN L a w ye r m a g . c o m 13-03-19 8:55 AM April 2013 33

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