Practice Area:

Specialty Risk and Insurance

Practice Area:

Specialty Risk and Insurance

Specialty Risk and Insurance

Meet

Anthony J. Bedard

Specialty Risk and Insurance Lawyer

Fax:

519.932.3337

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Professional History

  • Partner, Lerners LLP (1993 to present)

  • Associate lawyer, Lerners LLP (1988-1992)

  • Articling student, Lerners LLP (1986)

  • Summer student, Donnelly and Murphy (1984)

Achievements

  • Selected by his peers for inclusion in Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for commercial insurance litigation (2019-2022)

  • Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada for Insurance Law, Lawyer of the Year - Insurance Law (London/Windsor)

  • Graduate, University of Waterloo, Bachelor of Environmental Studies with a minor in Canadian studies.  Graduated Deans Honour List (top 5 percent); recipient of scholarships for highest standing in second and third year of a Canadian studies program.

  • Graduate, The University of Western Ontario (1986), Bachelor of Laws; recipient of the A.B. Siskind Scholarship for highest standing in civil procedure.

Selection of Presentations/Publications

  • Invited speaker (Bifurcation and Punitive Damage Claims: Canadian Defence Lawyers Annual Meeting, Toronto, May 2003)

  • “Litigating Damages” (invited speaker, Bifurcation and Punitive Damage Claims, The Canadian Institute, Toronto, February 2004)

  • With Calzonetti, Vincent J., “Innocent Co-Insureds “Who Get’s Burned?” (June 1993) The Canadian Independent Adjuster

  • “The Use of Examination Under Oath and the Identification of Insurance Fraud”, Without Prejudice Magazine, January 2003

  • “Bifurcation-Levelling the Playing Field in Punitive Damages Claims” (Tactics, Treachery and Testimony, Canadian Defence Lawyers Annual Meeting and Conference, May 22, 2003)

  • “Strategic Use of Bifurcation and Punitive Damage Claims” (Litigating Damages, The Canadian Institute, Toronto, February 18, 2004)

Memberships

  • Middlesex Law Association

  • Canadian Bar Association

  • The Advocates’ Society

  • Canadian Defence Lawyers

  • Defence Research Institute

Education

  • Admitted to Ontario Bar (1988)

  • Bachelor of Laws, The University of Western Ontario (1986)

  • Bachelor of Environmental Studies (minor in Canadian studies), University of Waterloo (1983)

Professional History

Professional History

  • Partner, Lerners LLP (1993 to present)

  • Associate lawyer, Lerners LLP (1988-1992)

  • Articling student, Lerners LLP (1986)

  • Summer student, Donnelly and Murphy (1984)

Professional History

  • Partner, Lerners LLP (1993 to present)

  • Associate lawyer, Lerners LLP (1988-1992)

  • Articling student, Lerners LLP (1986)

  • Summer student, Donnelly and Murphy (1984)

Achievements

Achievements

Achievements

Selection of Presentations/Publications

Selection of Presentations/Publications

Selection of Presentations/Publications

Memberships

Memberships

Memberships

Education

Education

Education

CONTACT

CONTACT

Fax:

519.932.3337

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