Mark D. Lerner

519.932.3316

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Professional History

Selected Recent Noteworthy Cases

Achievements

Selected Presentations/Publications

Memberships

Education

Duggan v. Lakeridge Health Corp., (2017) 279 A.C.W.S (3d) 39, Medical Negligence
Duggan v. Lakeridge Health Corp., (2016) 270 A.C.W.S (3d) 65, Medical Negligence
Martin v. Shah, 2016 ONSC 5382, Medical Negligence
Smith v. Saraf-Dhar, 2016 ONSC 4556, Medical Negligence
Tremaine v. Muir, (2014) ONSC 185
Graham v. Lemay and the City of Ottawa et al, (2012) ONSC 1655, Discovery Procedures
Ball v. Amendola et al [2009] O.J. No. 4114, 2009 CarswellOnt 5983, Medical Negligence
Huinink v. County of Oxford and Fenton et al., [2008] O.J. No. 1317; 166 A.C.W.S. (3d) 399; 2008 CarswellOnt 1895. Medical Negligence
Lariviere v. Ainslie, [2006] O.J. No. 522; [2006] O.T.C. 129; 145 A.C.W.S. (3d) 1146; 2006 CarswellOnt 798; 2006 CanLII 3660. Medical Negligence
Sanger v. Stoffman, [2006] O.J. No. 49; [2006] O.T.C. 12; 144 A.C.W.S. (3d) 959; 2006 CarswellOnt 49; 2006 CanLII 125. Medical Negligence
Sanger v. Stoffman, [2005] O.J. No. 137; 136 A.C.W.S. (3d) 555; 2005 CarswellOnt 134. Medical Negligence

Selected by peers for The Best Lawyers in Canada for Health Care Law
2019 Ontario Bar Association Award of Excellence in Insurance Law
Lawyer of the Year Product Liability Law London/Windsor, The Best Lawyers in Canada, for 2019
Listed as “Repeatedly Recommended” in Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for medical negligence (represents defendants)
Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada, 2006 (inaugural edition), to 2022
Listed in Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, peer review rating BV, 2008 to 2018

Frequent guest lecturer for the Canadian Bar Association, the Law Society of Ontario, The University of Western Ontario in the Faculty of Law and in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
“Negotiation Strategies for Litigators” (The Advocates’ Society, May 2017)
”Reducing Your Medical Legal Risk in the ER” (North York General Hospital, Emergency Medicine Update, May 2016)
“Medical Malpractice Trial 101 – Practical Strategies” (Ontario Bar Association, April 2016)
“The Use and Abuse of Documents at Trial” (Oatley-McLeish Guide to Motor Vehicle Litigation, March 2016)
“Courthouse Series Demonstration” (The Advocates’ Society, December 2012)
“What’s the Damage Really Worth?” (The Middlesex Law Association Personal Injury Conference, December 2012)
“Partnering in the Interests of the Administration of Justice” (Criminal Advocacy Summit, Toronto, May 2012)
“Consent to Treatment – Rasouli and Consent to Withdraw Treatment” (Civil Litigation Updated 2011, County of Carleton Law Association, Montebello, November 2011)
Law Society of Ontario, Civility Forum, London, February 2010
London City-wide Orthopedic Grand Rounds “Litigating Compartment Syndrome”, December 2009
“Civil Litigation Section on Dispute Resolutions” (American Bar Association, Toronto, October 2006)
“Tavern Liability from the Plaintiff’s Perspective” (Canadian Bar Association, Toronto, November 2000)

The Advocates’ Society:

Executive Committee:

Other Committees:

Chair, Standing Committee on Collegiality, Mentoring and Membership, 2005 to 2006
Vice-Chair, Standing Committee on Collegiality, Mentoring and Membership, 2004 to 2005
Vice-Chair, Task Force on Advocacy, 2003 to 2004
Member of Standing Committee on Advocacy and Practice, 2003 to 2004

Conventions:

Law Society of Ontario:

Civil Rules Committee - appointed as a representative of the Law Society of Ontario, February, 2009 to 2018

St. Joseph’s Health Care, London:

Member of the Executive Committee, 2000 to 2001
Chair, Quality of Care & Ambulatory Care Committee, 1996 to 2001
Member of the Board of Directors of St. Joseph’s Health Care, 1995 to 2001
Member of the Board of Directors of St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation, 1988 to 1996

London Health Sciences Centre, London: