Best Law Firms in Ontario for Health Care Law

Welcome to Brock Medical Malpractice Law PC, where our practice is focused on representing patients and families affected by medical negligence. Our team has experience acting for individuals harmed by doctors, nurses, midwives, and hospitals, and we understand the legal and medical issues involved in pursuing compensation claims.

Medical malpractice matters are often complex and detail-oriented. Our lawyers carefully review both the legal and medical aspects of every case and work closely with qualified healthcare professionals to assess the circumstances surrounding a patient’s care.

We represent clients in a broad range of medical malpractice matters, including birth injuries, delayed or missed diagnoses, medication and surgical errors, and neonatal and pediatric care concerns. Our work includes cases involving serious brain injuries, paralysis, and other life-altering complications connected to medical negligence. We understand the significant effect these situations can have on individuals and their families, and we are committed to providing thoughtful and practical legal support throughout the process.

At Brock Medical Malpractice Law PC, our focus remains on advocating for patients and families dealing with the consequences of medical malpractice. We are committed to guiding clients through the legal process with careful preparation, clear communication, and dedicated representation.

For over 60 years, Gluckstein Lawyers has remained steadfast in our mission to prioritize our clients' needs. We understand that our personal injury clients often face life's most challenging moments, marked by fear, anger, and overwhelm. In these difficult times, our team of experienced and compassionate lawyers is dedicated to guiding and empowering them to rediscover their best selves after experiencing a catastrophic injury. We pride ourselves on being more than just legal representatives; we walk alongside our clients as their advocates throughout their legal journeys and beyond, truly exemplifying our commitment to Full-Circle Care.

Recognized as one of Canada's Top Ten Personal Injury Firms, our award-winning team is known for handling complex cases with trusted expertise and a trauma-informed approach. Through strategic partnerships with experienced personal injury lawyers across Ontario, our firm has grown, enabling us to bring extensive experience to a wide variety of cases, including motor vehicle accidents, birth injuries, sexual abuse, class actions, medical malpractice, and long-term disability claims. Our dedication to excellence and advocacy extends well beyond the courtroom; we understand that personal injury cases are about more than just financial compensation—they are about fostering accountability and driving positive change in our communities.

Gowling WLG is an international law firm built on the belief that the best way to serve you is to be in tune with your world, aligned with your opportunity and ambitious for your success. With more than 1,500 legal professionals around the world, we provide our clients with in-depth knowledge in key global sectors and a suite of legal services at home and abroad. We see the world through our clients' eyes, and collaborate across countries, offices, service areas and sectors to help them succeed, no matter how challenging the circumstances.

Brief History

With roots tracing back to 1887, Gowling WLG grew to become one of the largest and most respected law firms in Canada, with a reputation for innovation in client-focused service delivery.

Building on its early strength in intellectual property, Gowling WLG diversified to offer a full suite of business law, litigation and intellectual property services in all of Canada’s key industries, including energy, mining, financial services, government, infrastructure, manufacturing, life sciences and technology.

Rogers Partners LLP is a unique litigation practice that has the personal touch of a smaller firm along with the resources, expertise, and experience of a larger firm.

Our firm’s size enables us to apply highly specialized legal resources to major cases, while giving us the efficiency and flexibility to meet our clients’ varied needs at a reasonable cost.

Our professional values are traditional but our approach is very modern. This allows us to be nimble and highly efficient but also responsive and reliable.

Our approach and promise is simple: to provide highly skilled service and practical, personalized solutions at a reasonable cost to our clients while at the same time not compromising quality and integrity.

Our commitment and dedication have developed longstanding relationships with our clients and continually put us on top of the list of some of the largest institutional clients and insurance companies in Canada, as well in the U.S. and U.K.

We act as counsel at all levels of our civil justice system. We are defence counsel for insurers and self-insured companies, managing litigation arising from all types of losses including product liability, occupiers’ liability, professional negligence, motor vehicle liability, property losses, municipal liability, medical negligence, and sexual abuse. We will vigorously represent our clients’ interests through trial when a reasonable negotiated resolution is not available or is impractical. 

Our Clients Include

Health professionals

Healthcare clinics, facilities, owners & staff

Healthcare organizations and associations

Healthcare agencies and institutions

Regulatory bodies

Other professionals and individuals

HOW WE HELP

Professional Regulation and Discipline

We help health professional clients facing college investigations, complaints, discipline, quality assurance, fitness to practice and registration proceedings, as well as in appeals or reviews of regulatory decisions.

We serve as independent legal counsel for college discipline committees and other tribunals. We train college and other regulators’ staff and committee members, to assist them in conducting fair investigations and hearings.

Hospital Privileges Challenges

We represent professional staff in disputes with hospitals and hospital administrators.

Opinions and Advice

We provide opinions and advice to individuals, businesses and associations. This includes advising on new ventures in health care, regulatory matters, health care billing issues, contracts and agreements, employment matters etc.

Privacy Law

We assist healthcare clinics, facilities and professionals to develop policies and procedures that comply with privacy laws.

We conduct privacy impact analyses and audits, and provide training to help custodians comply with their privacy obligations.

We help manage privacy breaches and complaints.

Independent Health Facilities and Out of Hospital Premises

We prepare clients for, and support them during, inspections and audits of independent health facilities and other clinics and health centres.

Billing Issues and Audits

We help all health professionals and clinic owners respond to inquiries and contest refusals of payment by OHIP or other health insurance providers.

Healthcare Businesses and Ventures

We assist healthcare providers and businesses to navigate the laws respecting delivery of healthcare, including those related to charging patients directly for uninsured services, advertising of healthcare services, and arrangements among healthcare providers and businesses.

Consent, Capacity and Mental Health Law

We advise individuals and families with respect to consent, capacity and mental health law.

Litigation and Other Advocacy

We represent individuals and organizations in other civil and administrative proceedings (such as complaints, disputes and investigations, civil litigation related to health law matters, academic discipline and proceedings before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal).

Torkin Manes LLP is a full-service law firm based in downtown Toronto. Founded in 1974, we have built our firm by focusing on the core principles that we believe make a great law firm: a deep and personal understanding of clients’ business needs; a results-oriented approach to practice that provides practical, smart, and cost-effective advice; and, above all, responsiveness to our clients.

Our professionals provide legal counsel to individuals, public and private companies, and buyers and sellers of independent businesses. Our clients range from owner-operators and founders to investment funds and high net worth individuals, who value and trust our deep knowledge, experience and expertise in the Canadian mid-market. We advise our clients on day-to-day legal matters, as well as during the most transformative transactions and critical disputes of their businesses and lives.

When clients require legal services in other jurisdictions, we leverage our affiliation with Meritas, an international network of select law firms of which Torkin Manes is a member, to facilitate the procurement of excellent legal service and counsel worldwide.

Our client-driven approach has brought professional accolades. Torkin Manes has been named the 2024 Regional Law Firm of the Year (Central Canada) at the Canadian Law Awards, in addition to our long-standing recognition as Top Regional Law Firm (Ontario) by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. This firm is also consistently shortlisted as one of Canada's Regional Law Firms of the Year by Chambers and Partners. Our Construction, Corporate & Commercial, Family Law and Real Estate Groups are all recognized on the Globe & Mail’s Best Law Firms in Canada list.

Many of our lawyers are well known throughout the profession and community at large as highly respected leaders in their practice areas, as well as teachers, authors and advocates for the Law Society of Ontario and the Ontario Bar Association.