Balena & Associates
4 lawyers · Durham Region
One of 27 law firms listed in Ajax, and one of 7 handling Personal Injury.
About Balena & Associates
Balena & Associates is a personal injury law firm in Ajax, Ontario, with an office on Hunt Street. Daniel J. Balena has worked exclusively in personal injury law for more than 38 years, focused on maximizing recoveries for people hurt in car and motorcycle accidents, slip and falls, and disputes over accident benefits, including brain and spinal cord injury claims.
The firm runs on a small team model. Alongside Balena, client care runs through a division called Helping Hand, staffed in part by people who have gone through serious accidents themselves. Ed Hand is a car accident survivor with permanent hearing loss, and Chris Hall broke 18 ribs in a motorcycle accident before moving into client relations, backgrounds the firm says shape how it works with clients. Balena & Associates takes cases on contingency, so clients don't pay legal fees unless the firm recovers money for them.
Practice areas
In the community
- The firm's site points injury clients and their families to outside support organizations, including the Canadian Spinal Research Organization, Spinal Cord Injury Ontario, and CHIRS (Community Head Injury Resource Services).
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Who handles what
The neighbourhood
Balena & Associates works out of an office on Hunt Street in Ajax, a Lake Ontario waterfront town in Durham Region about 11 kilometres east of Toronto. The town takes its name from HMS Ajax, a Royal Navy cruiser honoured by workers building the town's wartime munitions plant, who chose the name in a contest in the early 1940s. Highway 401 runs through the middle of town, splitting it east to west, a detail that isn't incidental for a firm built entirely around car and motorcycle accident claims.
Frequently asked questions
- I was hurt in a car accident near Ajax. Can Balena & Associates take my case?
- Yes. Car accident claims are the firm's core work, and Daniel J. Balena has handled personal injury cases exclusively for more than 38 years.
- Does the firm handle motorcycle accident claims?
- Yes, motorcycle accidents are listed among the firm's practice areas, and one of its own client relations team members is a motorcycle accident survivor.
- I slipped and fell on someone else's property. Is that something you handle?
- Yes, slip and fall claims are one of the firm's listed practice areas.
- My insurer is disputing my accident benefits. Can Balena & Associates help?
- Yes, accident benefit claims are a listed practice area, including disputes over benefits after a motor vehicle collision.
- Does someone in a serious motor vehicle accident with a brain or spinal cord injury need a different kind of help?
- The firm lists brain and spinal cord injuries as a practice area, and points clients to outside resources such as the Canadian Spinal Research Organization and Spinal Cord Injury Ontario.
- Do I have to pay anything upfront?
- No. Balena & Associates takes cases on contingency, so clients don't pay legal fees unless the firm recovers money for them.
Where to find them
110 Hunt St, Ajax, L1S 1P5 · 905-683-9601
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