Best Law Firms in Ontario for Medical Negligence

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.

Morris + Stoltz LLP is a dynamic boutique retained on challenging medical negligence, health care, public health and patient advocacy matters. We advise patients and their families, health care providers and other health system participants on their rights and responsibilities and on health policy issues across the system. Our clients benefit from the responsive service, creative solutions and exceptional advocacy and opinion work that we pride ourselves on providing.

• Medical negligence
• Patient safety and accountability in health care
• Access to health care
• Privacy in the health system
• Consent and capacity
• Public health matters, including HIV
• Health policy, regulation & governance of health care and research

When our founder, Roger Oatley, left one of Canada’s largest law firms in 1974 to create the firm that is now Oatley Vigmond he was committed to two things for his new firm: that it would be a pleasant and rewarding place to work, and that the firm’s standards of practice would be second to none.

Oatley Vigmond is a home for only the brightest, most creative and most productive people in the profession – people with sound judgment, a passion for the work we do, strong people skills and a devotion to acquiring the best possible outcome. The standards we keep require no less.

Our commitment is reflected in the leadership we have provided to the personal injury bar. Roger Oatley is a past president of the Advocates’ Society. Jim Vigmond is a past president of the Ontario Trial Lawyers’ Association. Both Roger and Jim are Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellowship is extended only to those experienced trial lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality.

Our commitment is also demonstrated by the time we give to improving the skills of our colleagues. Each of our lawyers speaks regularly at personal injury conferences, contributes articles and provides advice and counsel to other lawyers and health care professionals alike. Roger Oatley is the author of Addressing The Jury, (2nd ed) Canada’s only text on personal injury cases before juries.

What Makes Us Different

We will do everything in our power to serve your cause with expertise, dedication and compassion. Our goal is to provide the best possible health care solutions for every person we represent. We successfully represent individuals with spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, catastrophic injuries and serious orthopaedic injuries. We are here to support you – from the critical first meetings right through the entire legal process at no cost until a settlement is reached. Once your settlement is reached, we take special care to help you plan wisely for your long-term financial and personal future.

We do not rest on our laurels at our firm. We know each client and each case requires that continuously search for the better way: a new way to advance a claim for damages; a more compelling approach to proving liability; a more persuasive way to present a case at mediation or at pre-trial; or a more convincing way to present an opening statement to a jury. We never rest in our search for better technology to improve our management of documents or our analysis of the law. We never rest in our search for a better way to help our clients.

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. 

About the Firm

Singer Kwinter is a practice built on results. Since 1974, Singer Kwinter has relentlessly pursued justice for those who have sustained serious personal injuries and major insurance losses. The firm’s tenacity, thoroughness and thoughtful strategies have built a strong reputation with the courts, amongst insurers and within the profession as a leader in personal injury and insurance law.

Singer Kwinter is the only firm in Canada to have obtained a punitive damage award against an insurer on 4 separate occasions. The firm has consistently been named by Canadian Lawyer magazine as a top personal injury boutique law firm in Canada, earning ranking in the 2011–2012, 2013–2014, 2015–2016, 2017-2018 and 2019-2020 national surveys.

Singer Kwinter acts for clients throughout Ontario. The firm is also a resource for lawyers across Canada — dedicated to providing professional legal advice and services to out-of-area lawyers who require specialized, experienced, and local representation for their clients. Referral fees are respected. Singer Kwinter practice areas include: motor vehicle accidents, acquired brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, traumatic amputations, long-term disability, orthopaedic injuries, psychological injuries, injuries to children, recreational vehicle accidents, wrongful dismissal, medical malpractice, slip and falls, wrongful death, chronic pain, occupiers’ liability, bar and tavern liability, products liability, nursing home negligence, fire losses and other major insurance claims.

A Sample of the Firm’s Accomplishments

• Original wrongdoer found responsible for a subsequent accident

Urzi vs. North York Board of Education

• Repeat Insurance Company Offender Found Liable for $100,000 in Punitive Damages

Brandiferri vs. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance

• $3.5 Million Judgement for Chronic Pain – a Canadian Record

Degennaro vs. Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital

• Established New Causation Law in Occupiers’ Liability

Kamin vs. Kawartha Dairy

• $1.4 Million Verdict in Motor Vehicle Accident Trial 

Clarke vs. Andrew

• High Costs Awarded Against Insurer Where Fraud Not Proven

Bonaiuto vs. Pilot Insurance

• Supreme Court of Canada Establishes Rights of Beneficiaries in Life Insurance Policies

Oldfield vs. Transamerica Life Insurance Co. of Canada

• The Highest Punitive Damage Award Against an Insurer Upheld by the Ontario Court of Appeal

Plester vs. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance

• Jury Award of $2.5M – Highest Ever for Punitive Damages against an Insurance Company in Canada

Mazza v. Hamilton Township Farmers Mutual Insurance Company

• Leading Court of Appeal Decision Involving a Dog Attack

Wong vs. Arnold

• Ontario Superior Court Justice Grants Judgement to Plaintiff in Occupiers’ Liability Case

Drummond v. The Cadillac Fairview Corp.

Multilingual

When you’re involved in a legal matter it’s comforting to be able to discuss the situation in a language you are most comfortable with. Singer Kwinter frequently works with interpreters and provides assistance to clients no matter what their first language. Many of our staff members are multilingual. As a result, Singer Kwinter provides legal services in not only English but also in the following other languages: Arabic, Cantonese, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Yiddish and additional languages upon request.

Locations & Accessibility

Based in Toronto, Singer Kwinter strives to make meeting as convenient as possible. We are pleased to serve all of Ontario. Singer Kwinter understands that it can be difficult to travel after a life changing injury or trauma. Our team is happy to meet in a setting that is comfortable and easily accessible for the client and their family – the home, rehab facility or other preferred location across the province.

Free Phone Consultation

To schedule a free phone consultation with a member of the legal team at Singer Kwinter, please call toll free 1 866 285 6927.  We can be reached 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

www.singerkwinter.com

info@singerkwinter.com

What clients and colleagues say:

"I am a personal injury litigator for accident victims.For more than twenty years, I have referred some of my personal injury clients to the law firm of Singer Kwinter.In my opinion, Singer Kwinter is first class in its proven ability to represent personal injury accident victims at mediations and also in conducting trials. In cases involving personal injury accidents where I have represented one plaintiff and, due to a conflict of interest, cannot represent a co-plaintiff, I have referred the co-plaintiff to Singer Kwinter. The results for the accident victims have been phenomenal due to the expertise of the lawyers at Singer Kwinter".  S.L.K.

"Throughout this process, these wonderful people and their colleagues treated us with respect, dignity, and accountability. It was a long and painful legal battle that finally ended this year in an acceptable closure for my family, thanks to Singer and Kwinter’s able and successful intervention. We lost much in the course of these eight years, including a four generation family cohabitation we cherished, but we also gained the help of kind, honest and able professionals that restored our faith in justice and humanity.  We highly recommend these professionals’ services to all those who need and seek conscientious, competent and compassionate legal assistance." The K. Family

"...worked tirelessly... courteous..I would recommend without reservation" Nichola M.

"...the firm is worth their weight in gold." April J.

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.