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Auger Hollingsworth Accident
& Injury Lawyers (Ottawa)
Phone: 613 233 4529
Email: info@ahinjurylaw.com
Website: ahinjurylaw.com
Bergeron Clifford LLP
(Kingston, Ottawa, Carleton
Place, Perth, Pembroke)
Phone: 613 384 5886
Email: injurylaw@bergeronclifford.com
Website: bergeronclifford.com
Bogoroch & Associates LLP (Toronto)
Phone: 416 599 1700
Email: info@bogoroch.com
Website: bogoroch.com
Boland Romaine LLP (Aurora)
Phone: 905 841 5717
Email: info@bolandromaine.com
Website: bolandromaine.com
Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP (Toronto)
Phone: 1 833 862 8143
Email: pnc@hshlawyers.com
Website: hshlawyers.com
McLeish Orlando LLP
(Toronto, Barrie, Hamilton,
Kitchener, Sault Ste. Marie,
and St. Catharines)
Phone: 866 685 3311
Email: info@mollp.com
Website: mcleishorlando.com
Neinstein LP (Toronto)
Phone: 416 920 4242
Email: info@neinstein.com
Website: neinstein.com
Oatley Vigmond LLP
(Barrie, Toronto, Hamilton,
North Bay, North York, Sudbury)
Phone: 705 726 9021
Email: info@oatleyvigmond.com
Website: oatleyvigmond.com
Thomson Rogers LLP (Toronto)
Phone: 416 868 3100
Email: info@trlaw.com
Website: trlaw.com
Gluckstein Lawyers (Toronto)
Phone: 416 408 4252
Email: info@gluckstein.com
Website: gluckstein.com
Building the case
The firm invested heavily in expert evidence
to address both diagnosis and long-
term impact.
"We invested tens of thousands of dollars
in expert opinions to ensure that our client's
injuries were properly diagnosed, and a life
care plan was realistic and substantiated,"
Birman says.
Locating the right liability expert
required a broad search. The firm canvassed
specialists across North America to find
expertise in a highly specialized area.
The experience and authority of that
expert proved decisive, supporting both
liability and the overall structure of
the claim.
Negotiation and resolution
The matter proceeded over an extended
period, with negotiations unfolding over
months. Resolution came at mediation,
with a trial date approaching.
"The strength of the expert evidence we
compiled and our persistence in pushing
the matter to the doorstep of trial were
likely the defining factors in the result,"
Birman says.
Preparation and sustained for ward
movement shaped the outcome, with the
case positioned to proceed if necessary.
Where cases are won by the
best personal injury law firms
• Intake now carries the weight. Case
selection and early framing set direc-
tion. Files that are not built with that
discipline from the outset are difficult
to recover.
• Delay is part of the system. It shapes
leverage, cost, and timing. Firms that
set pace hold the advantage. Those that
follow it lose ground.
• Proof is more exacting. Liability and
loss are established through a combina-
tion of clinical credibility, real-world
evidence, and a record built to withstand
sustained scrutiny.
TOP PERSONAL INJURY BOUTIQUES 2026
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James H. Brown & Associates (Edmonton, AB)
Phone: 780 428 0088
Email: info@jameshbrown.com
Website: jameshbrown.com
Cuming & Gillespie LLP (Calgary, AB)
Phone: 403 571 0555
Email: info@cglaw.ca
Website: cuminggillespie.com
Pacific Medical Law (Vancouver, BC)
Phone: 604 685 2361
Email: info@pacificmedicallaw.ca
Website: pacificmedicallaw.ca
Weir Bowen LLP (Edmonton, AB)
Phone: 780 424 2030
Website: weirbowen.com
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McKiggan Hebert (Halifax, NS)
Phone: 902 423 2050
Email: thowell@mckigganhebert.com
Website: mckigganhebert.com
MacGillivray Injury and
Insurance Law
(NS, NB, NL, PEI)
Phone: 1 888 434 0398
Email: inquire@macgillivraylaw.com
Website: macgillivraylaw.com
Budden Law (St. John's, NL)
Correia & Collins (Saint John, NB)
Wagners Law Firm (Halifax, NS)
