Top 10 Insurance Defence boutiques
Stieber Berlach LLP (Toronto)
sblegal.ca
This Toronto boutique was founded in 1997 by
Steven Stieber, Deborah Berlach, and Frank Csathy
with eight lawyers. In the last 15 years, they've
grown to 31 lawyers advising insurers, associations,
municipalities, health care professionals, hospitals,
managing general agents, insurance brokers, and
corporations. Stieber Berlach's expertise covers
the entire spectrum of insurance litigation and it
represents many of the largest insurers in Canada,
as well as their policyholders, in courts across the
country. Key practice areas are casualty and property, class actions, coverage, directors' and officers'
liability, environmental, medical malpractice,
municipal liability, products liability, and professional liability.
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Whitelaw Twining Law Corp. (Vancouver)
whitelawtwining.com
Formed in 1979 by David Whitelaw and
ex-Bull Housser & Tupper partner Richard
Twining, this boutique is now up to 40 lawyers.
The firm takes on a wide range of contentious
insurance litigation, priding itself on its 20
distinct practice areas and 11 specialty groups.
Whitelaw's renowned representation has
helped it build a stable of more than 50 insurers from across Canada, including some of the
industry's largest players such as Aviva, Zurich,
and CNA Canada.