About Auger Hollingsworth Accident & Injury Lawyers

One of the highest-rated law firms in Toronto, going by its Google reviews.

Auger Hollingsworth Accident & Injury Lawyers is a personal injury firm headquartered in Ottawa, with satellite offices in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton, and Barrie. Richard Auger founded the firm in 2004, starting out with a single client file in shared office space. Brenda Hollingsworth, a litigation and personal injury lawyer, joined as an equal partner the following year. The firm has since grown to about ten lawyers who handle car, truck, pedestrian, and bicycle accident claims, slip and fall cases, brain and spinal cord injury, long term disability claims, and wrongful death, all on a contingency basis so clients don't pay unless the firm wins or settles their case.

Before turning to injury law, Auger built a reputation in Ottawa's legal community, representing a witness at the Gomery Commission's 2004 inquiry into the federal sponsorship scandal and working on the Computer Leasing Inquiry in Toronto. Auger was called to the bar in 1997 after degrees from Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, and later taught Trial Advocacy at the University of Ottawa law school. The firm's Toronto office, opened in 2023, is in the Canada Permanent Trust Building on Bay Street.

Practice areas

Personal Injury Insurance Law Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Criminal Defence Class Actions

Milestones & recognition

  • Richard Auger founded the firm in 2004, working out of shared office space with a single client file.
  • Brenda Hollingsworth joined as an equal partner in 2005.
  • In 2005, the firm provided more than $60,000 in pro bono legal fees to residents of the Rideau Regional Centre in a dispute with the Ontario government.
  • The Ottawa Business Journal named the firm bronze winner of its New Business of the Year award in 2006, the same year Richard Auger received the paper's Forty Under 40 award.
  • The firm won the Consumer Choice Award for Personal Injury Law in both 2024 and 2025.
  • The firm opened its Toronto office at 320 Bay Street, in the Canada Permanent Trust Building, in 2023.

In the community

  • The firm is a bronze sponsor of the Brain Injury Association of Toronto and sponsors the Brain Injury Association of the Ottawa Valley's golf tournament.
  • It's a monthly donor to the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association's Access to Justice Fund and sponsors the Best Factum Award for the Tort Law Moot.
  • It sponsors a Student Lunch program that has supplied lunches to students for the school year since 2016, and makes regular donations to food banks and food drives across Ontario.
  • The firm supports Cornerstone Housing for Women and has made a gift to St. Mary's Home.
  • Brenda Hollingsworth volunteers with the Child Advocacy Project and teaches Civil Procedure at the University of Ottawa law school.
  • Richard Auger coached the University of Ottawa's Arnup Cup trial advocacy team for three years, including a 2006 team that placed first in Ontario.

Good to know

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Fees & payment

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Lawyers 10

Brenda Hollingsworth Partner Personal InjuryCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Calla Rose Associate Lawyer Personal Injury Gillian Mactaggart Associate Lawyer Personal Injury John Hammond Associate Lawyer Personal Injury Jude Wampah Lawyer Personal Injury Luke Maynard Associate Lawyer Personal Injury Nicholas Krakana Associate Lawyer Personal InjuryInsurance Law Richard Auger Owner Criminal DefenceCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Robert Jones Associate Lawyer Personal InjuryInsurance Law William Keele Lawyer Personal Injury

This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar
1997–2025 · median 10 years in practice 7 of 10 lawyers
Law schools
University of Ottawa (2), Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Kaaf University, Osgoode Hall Law School, Queen's University, University of Glasgow and 3 more 10 of 10 lawyers
Languages on the roster
English, French

Who handles what

Offices 7

Downtown Ottawa613-704-8594

304 O'Connor Street, Ottawa, ON K2P 1V7

Nepean613-706-6800

1443 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa, ON K2G 1W1

Toronto647-951-7876

320 Bay St. #311, Toronto, ON M5H 4A6

Mississauga647-933-1037

2 Robert Speck Pkwy #758, Mississauga, ON L4Z 1H8

Brampton647-930-7746

2 County Court Blvd #419, Brampton, ON L6W 3W8

Hamilton289-212-9291

21 King St W #512, Hamilton, ON L8P 4W7

Barrie705-910-7463

49 High St #319, Barrie, ON L4N 5J4

The neighbourhood

The Toronto office is a satellite of the Ottawa headquartered firm, not its base, but it sits in a notable spot: 320 Bay Street, in downtown Toronto, inside the building long known as the Canada Permanent Trust Building. Built between 1928 and 1930 as the head office of the Canada Permanent trust company, the Art Deco tower has been designated a heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act since 1975. It was restored in 2021 and is now marketed as The Permanent.

Auger Hollingsworth moved into the building in 2023, putting a downtown office among Bay Street's cluster of financial and legal firms within reach of Toronto and GTA clients, while the firm's larger team and main office stay in Ottawa.

Frequently asked questions

Does Auger Hollingsworth have an office in Toronto?
Yes. The firm is headquartered in Ottawa but has a Toronto office at 320 Bay Street, in downtown Toronto, which it moved into in 2023. It also has offices in Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton, and Barrie.
I was hurt in a car accident in the GTA, can Auger Hollingsworth help?
The firm handles car, truck, pedestrian, and bicycle accident claims for clients across Ontario, including Toronto and the GTA, from its downtown Toronto office and its Ottawa base.
What types of injury claims does Auger Hollingsworth handle?
The firm's practice covers car and truck accidents, pedestrian and bicycle collisions, slip and fall injuries, brain and spinal cord injury, long term disability claims, and wrongful death.
Do I have to pay upfront to hire Auger Hollingsworth?
No. The firm works on a contingency basis, so clients don't pay unless it wins or settles their case, and it offers a free, no commitment case assessment.
How long has Auger Hollingsworth been practicing personal injury law?
Richard Auger founded the firm in Ottawa in 2004, and Brenda Hollingsworth joined as an equal partner the following year. The firm has since grown to about ten lawyers.
Can I meet with a lawyer at the Toronto office in person?
The Toronto office is staffed Monday through Friday, and the firm asks that clients request an appointment so they can be given the time their case needs.

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