Best Law Firms in Ontario for Insurance Law

Beard Winter LLP is a Top 10 Ontario Regional Law Firm as recognized by Canadian Lawyer magazine for 2021-22 and a Canadian Law Awards Excellence Awardee for Ontario Law Firm of the Year for 2021. A multi-service, mid-sized law firm located in downtown Toronto, our unwavering commitment to clients is the foundation of our history since 1964. We are preferred counsel for a wide variety of mid-market private and public corporations and sought after for our expertise in complex estate, commercial, employment, and family law litigation. Recognized for our insurance defence litigation expertise, we act for many of Canada’s largest insurance companies.

Best Lawyers and Lexpert recognize our lawyers in the areas of estates and trusts law, family law, insurance law, and insurance defence litigation.

Visit our website at beardwinter.com to learn more about the firm and meet our talented legal professionals.

We are affiliated with top mid-sized law firms across the United States and internationally through our membership in the Law Firm Alliance: www.lawfirmalliance.org

Industries served: Healthcare; Life Sciences; Manufacturing; Professional Services; Insurance; Real Estate and Construction; Technology; Transportation; Logistics; Financial Services; Educational Institutions; Energy; Food Industries.

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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.

Moodie Mair Walker LLP is a Toronto law firm that specializes in civil litigation. The firm was founded in 2007 by senior lawyers with decades of court room experience who were partners at one of Canada’s largest full-service firms. With an emphasis on insurance law, MMW has grown by building a team of enthusiastic and talented lawyers and a dedicated support staff of law clerks and legal assistants. MMW has is proud to have been recognized as one of the Best Law Firms in Canada (Tier 1) and one of the Best Law Firms in Toronto (Tier1) in the field of Insurance Law.  Our firm is proud of its reputation.  It has the expertise needed to handle the most complex litigation and the dedication required to help clients achieve the most favourable resolutions of their cases.

Today, MMW consists of 14 lawyers, seven of whom are partners, and 14 support staff. The firm is a preferred choice by insurers, who select MMW to act as counsel in a wide range of disputes:  professional liability, products liability, negligence, occupiers liability, serious personal injury, high damages exposure tort cases and contractual disputes.  MMW also acts for individuals who require skilled advocates to represent them in their court cases,  is frequently retained by other lawyers to act as counsel in trials and on appeals.  MMW is committed to giving large and small clients alike the respect they deserve and the thorough attention their cases require. Just as important - MMW is committed to delivering a higher level of personal accountability. The firm embraces technology to ensure accessible and timely reporting, and cutting edge courtroom advocacy. And, it places a priority on building strong relationships with its clients. By meeting client goals and key performance litigation, MMW has earned their clients’ trust. 

MMW’s big-firm background sets it apart from many small-firm competitors. It gives MMW a breadth and depth of expertise that other small firms cannot offer. On the other hand, MMW offers a level of personal attention that is sometimes overlooked in a big-firm, high volume, practice.  MMW is able to clear conflicts quickly and take steps promptly to protect our client’s interests.  MMW emphasizes lawyer accessibility and delivering high-quality representation and cost-effective solutions for its clients cases.

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. 

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.