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28 www.canadianlawyermag.com/inhouse Bell Temple LLP Toronto belltemple.com Founded in 1945, Bell Temple LLP has, for more than seven decades, been preferred litigation counsel for national and multi-na- tional insurers. Working out of the firm's office in downtown Toronto, the more than 30 lawyers at the firm are regularly retained to protect the interests of insureds, as well as international corporations, construction companies and health-care professionals. The firm prides itself on working with its clients to develop appropriate litigation strategies for each file with a focus on cost effectiveness and timely resolution of disputes. When court attendance and trials are required, the firm's partners are recognized as highly skilled counsel who are called upon to handle the most complex disputes and actions. Practice areas include casualty, property losses, munic- ipal and government liability claims and product and professional liability. Benson Percival Brown LLP Toronto bensonpercival.com Benson Percival Brown LLP has specialized in personal injury and insurance defence litigation since its founding by Philip Benson and Roy McMurtry in 1956. The firm aims to provide sound, timely legal advice and proactively manage litigation files to assist clients in meeting their organizational objectives. The firm has a stable list of long-standing clients that includes national and international insurers as well as institu- tional clients. Counsel from the firm have played a pivotal role in both historical and recent judicial decisions that have influenced tort and insurance law in Canada. Alumni include two Ontario attorneys general, a chief justice of Ontario, three Ontario Superior Court justices, two Ontario Court justices and three masters. The firm's primary practice areas include insurance, personal injury, occupiers' liability, product liability, family, medical malpractice, government relations, appellate advocacy and class actions. Chomicki Baril Mah LLP Edmonton cbmllp.com CBM Lawyers have been in the insurance defence market in Alberta since 1954. Today, the firm has grown to 24 lawyers who handle insurance claim disputes across personal, commercial and specialty lines. Firm lawyers are called to the bars in Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, NWT, Nunavut and Ontario. Clients include domestic and international insurers and self-insureds that turn to the firm for claims, coverage, subroga- tion and risk management matters. The firm has acted for one leading insurer for more than 50 years and others for more than 40 years. The firm's practice areas include commercial insurance and claims, specialty and professional liability insurance and claims, subrogation and business and personal services. Notable alumni include a former chief justice of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench and two chief judges of Alberta's provincial court. "Sometimes, we are able to provide services beyond just pure litigation such as trouble-shooting and training and educating and allowing our clients to be more proactive in their file handling." Eric Grossman, Zarek Taylor Grossman Hanrahan LLP Top 10 Insurance Defence Boutiques (listed alphabetically) TOP INSURANCE DEFENCE BOUTIQUES

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