About Joel
Joel practises insurance defence and personal injury litigation as a partner at Sullivan Festeryga. He articled with the firm in 2010 and returned as a lawyer after his call to the bar in June 2011. Early in his career he was co-counsel on a criminal manslaughter trial that ended in a full acquittal after a week-long jury trial turning on medical causation, and he has also appeared as counsel in a high-profile Hamilton coroner's inquest into youth binge drinking. His insurance work covers personal injury, property damage, commercial general liability, winter maintenance, and subrogation claims, along with coverage opinions, and he has an active Accident Benefits practice with numerous appearances at the Licence Appeal Tribunal, including catastrophic designation disputes. He earned his B.A. from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2003 and his J.D. from Bond University in Australia in 2008.
Practice areas
Education & credentials
- Law school
- Bond University
- Undergraduate
- B.A. (Hons), Wilfrid Laurier University, 2003
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