As those of you connected with me on LinkedIn know, 2016 marks the start of Top Lawyers™ sixth year in business! Where those years have gone, I have no idea, but I do know I’ve enjoyed every challenge and step along the way. We launched in December of 2010 with the mission statement:

“Help experienced lawyers boost their online visibility to a level commensurate with their professional standing in the real world.”

What does that mean? Simply stated: We think lawyers with 10, 15 or 30+ years of experience should appear in search engines before less experienced lawyers – and we provide a platform for senior lawyers to achieve just that. We believe, all things being equal, experience leads to the most successful outcomes – and we provide a platform for consumers to connect with those experienced lawyers. Continue reading …

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Another year has come and gone. Last year we named @BadLegalLLP as the Twitter account of 2014. Why? A razor sharp sense of humour and sarcastic commentary on lawyer life. Time to name our #legal Twitter account of 2015! (Drumroll please…) Continue reading …

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We are delighted to welcome Lee Mullowney to Top Lawyers™ Canada. Mullowney’s Law is a boutique litigation firm in Ottawa. Mr. Mullowney works exclusively in the area of civil litigation, with a particular focus on: – Will and estate litigation – Contract Disputes – and Personal Injury Continue reading …

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Top Lawyers™ is delighted to welcome Joseph A. Neuberger to the Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyers section of our website. Mr. Neuberger has more than 23 years of experience handling criminal defence cases. He is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Criminal Law. He meticulously researches, investigates and prepares for every case and works tirelessly towards achieving the best possible outcome supported by the facts and evidence of each case while delivering the highest standard of service to his clients. Continue reading …

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Top Lawyers™ is delighted to welcome Sean Giovannetti to the Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyers section of our website. Sean Giovannetti has focused his practice on personal injury claims. First, as an insurance defence lawyer and today, as an Ottawa personal injury lawyer that exclusively represents accident and injury victims or Plaintiffs and their families. Continue reading …

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We all love Twitter but did you know anyone can create a list and add you to it? That’s great if you are being added to an interesting or professionally favorable list. Not so great if it’s a list about lawyers who like to kick cats. Just the other day I saw in my notifications tab someone added me to a list that was pretty smarmy in my humble opinion (though not about cat kicking). My immediate reaction was to disassociate myself and get unlisted – fast. I looked for a “Remove” or trash can symbol to get off the list. Nothing. I looked under “Lists” in my profile settings – It has lists you are subscribed to or appear on, but nothing to really manage those lists. Continue reading …

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Top Lawyers™ is delighted to welcome Ted Bergeron and Chris Clifford to the Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyers section of our website. Mr. Bergeron and Mr. Clifford have successfully represented injured clients and their families in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Ontario Court of Appeal, Financial Services Commission of Ontario and before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. Continue reading …

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Where did the summer go? Here we are at the start of August and enjoying the (in Toronto) Simcoe Day long weekend. Most people just know this weekend as a civic holiday but are not aware of its real name or purpose – To honour John Graves Simcoe, who founded the town of York, Upper Canada, which later became Toronto. He was also the first lieutenant governor of the province of Ontario. So there you go. Speaking of Simcoe… Many of us are heading up to Lake Simcoe and the surrounding areas of cottage country. Others will be enjoying all the festivities going on in, and around the city. With that in mind here are our safety tip reminders: Continue reading …

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Over the last five years, I have noticed different patterns emerge in our web traffic. For example, summer marks a sharp increase in visitors to our site seeking criminal defence lawyers. The higher the temperature, the higher our search volumes. Logically, this makes sense. We are out more enjoying the weather. Staying out later. Interacting and socializing with friends and strangers alike for greater periods of time. It’s hard to get in trouble laying on your couch under your snuggie during the winter when its minus 25C. Continue reading …

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Many of us were amused by the adventures of the escaped, “High Park Peacock” in late May and earlier this month. It seems this creatures magnificent plumage is equally matched by its cunning and elusiveness. I was honoured (and a little tickled) to be mentioned in a tweet by this feathered, Toronto celebrity.

I think I may need a lawyer @TopTorontoLaw #peacockTO

— PeacockTO (@peacockHighPark) May 30, 2015

@TopTorontoLaw is the Twitter account for our sister site – Toronto lawyer directory, TopTorontoLawyers.ca. It wonderfully illustrates how, when people (Or peacocks for that matter) are in need of a lawyer, they turn to the internet – And when they do, they find the lawyers listed with us, in our well positioned, high performing, municipally focused directories. Continue reading …

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The Legal Marketing Association of Toronto’s upcoming “Your Honour Awards” is on February 26, 2015. Have you got your tickets? This is their third annual, gala event, highlighting outstanding achievements by those in the Toronto legal marketing community. The competition will judge strategies and campaigns developed and executed in business development, marketing and communications. Top Lawyers is proud to lend it’s support, for the second year in a row, to the recognition of excellence in legal marketing that is characterized by the professional members of LMA Toronto and wish the best of luck to all entrants! Continue reading …

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Why should you list on Top Lawyers™? I could tell you – but talk is cheap. Let me show you. Here is a quick screen capture from earlier today showing how well we are performing for the clients listed in our Ottawa Family Law Lawyers and Ottawa Divorce Lawyers sections. Continue reading …

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The Internet can certainly be a wacky place but it can also be pretty wonderful. Recently I came across a company and website that falls into the later category – MyPSW.ca. A casual Twitter link lead me to an announcement from MaRS naming MyPSW.ca as one of ten healthcare startups transforming the delivery healthcare in Ontario. Increasingly, due to budgetary and other factors, the hands-on care provided to your loved ones in hospital settings, and especially the community, is being provided by personal support workers or PSW’s. Many of my clients here at Top Lawyers are personal injury lawyers and my first thought was the benefit such a resource could be for their injured clients. Upon discharge from a general hospital or rehabilitation centre, returning home proves difficult for many. The everyday activities of daily living, that we all take for granted when healthy, become challenging or impossible to perform after being seriously injured. – Enter the home healthcare worker and/or PSW – Nurses and PSW’s are the backbone of our system yet under appreciated and underpaid. Which brings me to my second thought… Continue reading …

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