Scott Beattie
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Office Managing Partner at Gowling WLG
- Called to the bar
- 2008
- Languages
- English
Civil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionCivil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionAbout Scott Beattie
Commercial litigation is the core of Scott Beattie's work as Office Managing Partner at Gowling WLG in Hamilton. Beattie acts for private and institutional clients alike, insurers and municipalities among them, and much of that caseload involves professional negligence along with business conflicts over broken contracts, fights between shareholders, and claims between debtors and creditors.
Beattie is preferred counsel for LawPRO and has spent years defending legal malpractice claims on its behalf. When a dispute can't be settled before trial, clients get a litigator with experience at every level of court in Ontario. Called to the Ontario bar in 2008, Beattie had earned an LLB at Queen's University the year before.
Beattie aims to spot the problem quickly and answer it with candid advice and concrete next steps, and makes a point of keeping a close eye on what the outcome means for the client's bottom line.
Away from client files, Beattie volunteers with the Hamilton Law Association and the Ontario Bar Association, has served on committees and held leadership roles across the two, and contributes to continuing legal education. In 2024 the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only network of lawyers, named Beattie a Fellow.
Practice areas
Commercial disputes
Breach of contract claims, shareholder disputes and debtor and creditor actions, handled for private and institutional clients.
Legal malpractice defence
As preferred counsel for LawPRO, Beattie handles the defence of legal malpractice claims.
Insurance, construction and aviation
Beattie's areas of focus also take in insurance and professional liability, construction, and aviation, aerospace and defence.
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Education & credentials
- LLB, Queen's University (2007)
- B.Soc.Sc. (Hons.), University of Ottawa (2004)
- Called to the bar, Ontario (2008)
Publications & speaking
- COVID-19: Insurance considerations for business disruptions in Canada, Gowling WLG, co-authored with Kevin Kolumbus (2020)
Memberships & affiliations
- Hamilton Law Association: Volunteers with the association; has served on committees and held leadership roles across it and the Ontario Bar Association.
- Ontario Bar Association: Volunteers with the association; has served on committees and held leadership roles across it and the Hamilton Law Association.
- The Advocates' Society: Member.
- Litigation Counsel of America: Named a Fellow in 2024.
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