Bickford & Associates
7 lawyers · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 202 handling Insurance Law.
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Bickford & Associates is an insurance defence and general litigation firm based in Etobicoke, at the corner of Islington Avenue and Bloor Street West in Toronto's west end. Richard Bickford, the firm's founding lawyer, has spent a career in insurance defence litigation with a focus on tort law, an area the firm's lawyers now practice almost exclusively. Bickford articled at Fireman Regan LLP, a Toronto insurance defence firm, before going on to found Bickford & Associates, which now lists eight lawyers on its team page. The firm describes its approach as rooted in partnership, cooperation, and determination, and says it treats every client's dollar like it is its own.
The firm's practice covers personal injury, products liability, property damage, defamation, and livestock and cargo claims, along with occupiers' liability, automobile insurance tort, fire loss, and insurance fraud matters. A few lawyers on the team also take on employment and landlord and tenant disputes. The team trained through several paths into the Ontario bar, including a dual JD program at the University of Windsor and the University of Detroit Mercy, an LLB from the University of Leicester in the UK, and, in one case, a call to the Bar of England and Wales followed by enrolment as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh before qualifying in Ontario. Team members between them speak Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu in addition to English.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Firm founder Richard Bickford completed undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto in 1988 and graduated from law school at Queen's University in 1992.
- Bickford articled at Fireman Regan LLP, a Toronto insurance defence litigation firm that a 2005 Globe and Mail profile of its founder described as having grown, by the late 1990s, into one of the larger firms assisting casualty insurers in Ontario, before going on to found Bickford & Associates.
- One lawyer on the team was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2011, was enrolled as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (High Court Division) in 2015, and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2023.
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Wheelchair accessibleFees & payment
Free consultationLawyers 7
Fraser Chorley
Lawyer
Insurance LawPersonal Injury
Nadheera Panamaldeniya
Lawyer
Insurance LawLandlord & Tenant
Revathi Moturi
Lawyer
Insurance Law
Richard Bickford
Founding Lawyer
Insurance LawPersonal Injury
Sheldon Vaz
Lawyer
Insurance Law
Stephanie Sharples
Lawyer
Insurance Law
Sugita Manoharan
Lawyer
Insurance LawPersonal Injury
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 2019 · median 7 years in practice 1 of 7 lawyers
- Law schools
- University of Leicester (3), University of Windsor (3), Queen's University 7 of 7 lawyers
Who handles what
The neighbourhood
Bickford & Associates works out of a 12 storey office and medical building at the corner of Islington Avenue and Bloor Street West in Etobicoke, directly across the street from Islington subway station on the TTC's Line 2. Kipling GO station, with direct trains to Union Station, is one block away, and the same station complex doubles as a bus terminal for TTC and MiWay routes.
The stretch of Islington Avenue around Bloor has seen new condo towers rise alongside its office buildings in recent years. The avenue itself takes its name from the historic Islington Village, a settlement that grew up further along the same road in the early 1800s as travellers and merchants passed through on Dundas Street.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Bickford & Associates represent insurance companies or the people making claims against them?
- Bickford & Associates is an insurance defence firm. Its lawyers act on behalf of insurers and their insureds in personal injury, property damage, and other tort claims, rather than representing plaintiffs.
- What kinds of claims does the firm handle?
- The firm's practice areas include personal injury, products liability, property damage, defamation, livestock and cargo claims, occupiers' liability, automobile insurance tort, fire loss, and insurance fraud.
- Can Bickford & Associates help with an employment or landlord and tenant issue?
- Some lawyers on the team also handle employment law and landlord and tenant matters, in addition to the firm's core insurance defence work.
- What languages does the team speak?
- Between them, the firm's lawyers speak Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu, in addition to English.
- How did the team qualify to practice law in Ontario?
- The lawyers came to the Ontario bar through several routes, including a dual JD program at the University of Windsor and the University of Detroit Mercy, an LLB from the University of Leicester in the UK, and, in one case, a call to the Bar of England and Wales and enrolment as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh before qualifying in Ontario.
- Does Bickford & Associates offer a free consultation?
- Yes. The firm's website invites potential clients to contact it for a free case evaluation.
Where to find them
1243 Islington Avenue, Suite 401, Toronto, Ontario M8X 1Y9 · 416-640-2150
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