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The latest from Top Lawyers Canada and the Canadian legal community.
We love like-minded companies that understand the ever increasing frequency consumers are turning to the web to source information and research service providers – Including professional service providers such as lawyers. Recently we had the pleasure of connecting with the good folks at Digital Media Boom and are proud to sponsor their upcoming Speakers Series Event – The Law of Marketing. The Law of Marketing event takes place this Thursday, November 20, 2014, at The Cambridge Club in the heart of Toronto, Ontario. Your ticket purchase and registration includes networking opportunities, marketing insights for lawyers / legal marketing professionals, munchies and drinks. It will run from 7 PM – 10PM. Continue reading …
View moreWe are delighted to welcome Toronto criminal defence lawyer, Todd White to our website. Mr. White is a senior criminal defence lawyer practicing in the fields of criminal law, extradition matters, regulatory offences and professional disciplinary law, since 1992. Mr. White has been selected by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in Canada in the practice area of criminal defence. Selection to Best Lawyers® is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey. Mr. White practiced law at the firm of Greenspan, Rosenberg and Buhr, becoming a partner in 1998. He continued to practice with the firm (formerly known as Greenspan, White) until he established his own firm in 2012 to continue the tradition of top tier legal representation. Continue reading …
View moreThe Legal Marketing Association of Toronto’s upcoming “Your Honour Awards” is on February 26, 2014. Have you got your tickets? This is their second 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 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!
View moreWe are delighted to welcome Toronto criminal defence lawyer, Matthew Friedberg to our website. Mr. Friedberg is a founding partner of Caramanna, Friedberg LLP. and has over seventeen years of experience representing those charged with criminal offences. His practice is devoted exclusivley to criminal law. To read more about Mr. Friedberg’s experience and how he can help you, please see his listing within the Top Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyers section of our website. Continue reading …
View moreWe are delighted to welcome Toronto personal injury lawyer, Brian Goldfinger to our website. Mr. Goldfinger is the founder of Goldfinger Law and has been representing accident victims, their families and disability claimants since his call to the Bar in 2004. His practice is devoted exclusively to Plaintiff personal injury law. To learn more about Brian’s experience and how he can help you, please see his listing within the Top Toronto Personal Injury Lawyers section of our website. Continue reading …
View moreSo, as you may have read in an earlier blog post, we launched the latest addition to our lawyer directory arsenal at the end of September. Since then we have welcomed several new members and I thought I’d take a moment to update our visitors on the action at our sister site, FindLocalLawyers.ca. We have welcomed: Continue reading …
View moreIt’s pretty competitive out there – Particularly in those “consumer-centric” areas of law. Personal injury lawyers, family law lawyers and criminal defence lawyers, to name a few, know being visible online is a critical component to an overall marketing strategy. Our clients hold, as members in our Top Lawyers Canada directory, enviable positions in search for queries seeking top lawyers to assist people with their legal situations. You are probably also aware of our related, municipally focused, sister websites such as Top Toronto Lawyers and Top Ottawa Lawyers and the unparalleled visibility they are providing to our happy clients. As part of our continuing improvement and ongoing efforts to help lawyers market their practice, build their book of business and enhance their online visibility, we are pleased to announce a new, self serve, addition to the Top Lawyers’ family of Canadian lawyer directories – FindLocalLawyers.ca. Continue reading …
View moreLinks to interesting legal stories of interest from various media – September 4, 2013
- Family sues Hamilton Hospital for wrongful death http://bit.ly/15VVkeV
- Shoppers Drug Mart shareholders OK takeover by Loblaw http://bit.ly/17SrmMG
- How Wal-Mart’s Walton family holds onto their billions http://natpo.st/1g5GiYW #Tax #estate #planning
- Toronto, Mississauga hospitals reviewing thousands of CT scans, mammograms after ‘performance issue’ with radiologist http://natpo.st/1eHvdiF
- In wake of sex harassment allegations, RCMP drafts new code of conduct http://fw.to/geR5xFT
- Insurers to pay $40-million in Quebec ice storm settlement http://fw.to/YcWLekk
Links to interesting legal stories of interest from various media – August 29, 2013
- Aspiring Ottawa lawyer awarded $330,000 for tripping on curb, injuring shoulder http://natpo.st/185x77Q via National Post
- Lawyer who famously abandoned $200K Ferrari in Toronto flood gets ‘very generous’ deal on new sports car http://natpo.st/185V3YF via National Post
- Fraser Institute report says immigrants, refugees impose ‘fiscal burden’ on Canada, urges reform http://natpo.st/157hDxQ via National Post
- Court rules against B.C. polygamous leader, issues $150,000 in penalties http://natpo.st/15AU8Ax via National Post
- Tax auditors target condo sellers in hunt for ‘flippers’ says tax lawyer http://bit.ly/1dSuiLZ via TheStar.com
Links to interesting legal stories of interest from various media – August 19, 2013
- Canada Post pay equity case: Cheques finally being mailed
http://bit.ly/12iVT42 – The Star - Soothing the aggressive attorney
http://bit.ly/12hYlrE – The Star - Toronto police officer charged in Sammy Yatim shooting to turn himself in Tuesday
http://fw.to/QmR1MuW – Globe and Mail - Seniors in limbo over physiotherapy costs
http://bit.ly/14UFS8s – Toronto Sun - Cable out? Please stop calling 911, police say… even if you’re missing Breaking Bad
http://natpo.st/1d0vHkU – National Post - Why you should trademark your business name
http://natpo.st/1d0s0vs – Financial Post
Little chance for fairness: The top eight reasons medical malpractice victims don’t receive compensation – By Alan Shanoff, Toronto Sun Alan Shanoff is a lawyer and regular columnist at the Toronto Sun. He writes about legal matters from a consumer perspective in a wonderfully accessible manner. In this weeks column, he discusses the difficulties victims of medical malpractice face in pursuing a claim. Reference is made to a book written by Halifax medical malpractice lawyer, John A. McKiggan. It is available for download from their website.
View moreThe Toronto personal injury lawyers at JEWELL RADIMISIS JORGE LL.P., on behalf of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA), is hosting the Bike Helmets on Kids Event on June 10, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at the Jane and Finch Community Centre. Aside from traumatic brain injury (TBI) victims and their families, perhaps no one else is as keenly aware of the devastating, lasting, impact of TBI as the personal injury lawyers that represent them. Admirably, perhaps no other group is as dedicated and committed to brain injury prevention initiatives as members of the Personal Injury Bar in Ontario and across Canada. Continue reading …
View moreWhen it comes to client development, local search for lawyers is where you want to be. I would encourage every lawyer and/or law firm to take advantage of the local search offerings from Google and Bing. Additionally, some of the best “Bang-for-your-buck” can be found by listing with online lawyer directories organized by city and practice. Examples include our https://toplawyerscanada.ca and our related, municipal sister sites: http://toptorontolawyers.ca, http://topvancouverlawyers.ca, http://topottawalayers.ca and http://topcalgarylawyers.ca. Contact us today to give your online profile the boost it needs. 416-988-4529 or toll free at 1-888-645-5228
View moreTop Lawyers Canada welcomes top Toronto criminal defence lawyer, David M, Cohn. Mr. Cohn has over 30 years of experience as a Toronto criminal lawyer. He is widely regarded amongst his peers as an “A-List” member of the Defence Bar. He is listed in the Top Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyers section of TopLawyersCanada.ca and the Top Toronto Criminal Lawyers section of TopTorontoLawyers.ca.
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