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intermediaries and businesses with multi-
jurisdictional dispute resolution, worldwide
and domestic compliance and regulatory
initiatives that cover a full range of issues,
claims monitoring, claims auditing and risk
management consulting.
Dutton Brock LLP
Toronto
duttonbrock.com
This firm emerged from a line of shops
that began in the early 1950s as Ferguson &
Montgomery and then Cassels Mitchell Somers
Dutton & Winkler. The modern firm was
established in the early 1980s and currently
has 48 lawyers. At least four judges including
the former chief justice of Ontario, Warren
Winkler, hail from the firm. Dutton Brock LLP
has been involved in most major insurance
matters — defence and coverage — over the
last 30 years. The firm focuses on complex
insurance litigation issues and represents
defendants in many major class actions.
Flaherty McCarthy LLP
Toronto, Whitby, Ottawa
fmlaw.ca
Steeped in rich history, this firm was started
by the late James Flaherty, federal finance
minister, Justice Grant Dow of the Ontario
Superior Court of Justice (at Toronto) and
Christine Elliott, Ontario's first patient
ombudsman. The 20-lawyer firm across
three offices is led by senior partner Todd
McCarthy and managing partner Frank
Benedetto. It achieved gender parity long
ago. The firm represents insurers and insureds
across Canada and the United States in
insurance claims, including tort, accident
benefits, priority and loss transfer disputes
and occupiers' liability claims. The firm
advocates for access to justice and education
through its class action group led by Sean
Brown and Catherine Zingg's work as author
of accident benefits in Ontario.
Hughes Amys LLP
Toronto, Hamilton
hughesamys.com
Frank Hughes and Thomas Agar established
the firm in 1918 and were later joined by Jack
Amys. In 1930, Hughes became the first lawyer
to be appointed directly to the Supreme Court
of Canada. This 42-lawyer firm works in a
variety of practice areas including automobile
insurance, libel and slander, property claims,
personal injury, products and professional
liability and fire and property insurance.
Lindsay LLP
Vancouver
lindsayllp.ca
Lindsay LLP opened its doors as a boutique
insurance defence firm on Jan. 1, 2013 as a conse-
quence of the changing need for counsel within
the insurance industry. Until then, the insurance
practice, which began in 1980, had been part of
a full-service regional law firm. The firm works
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