Kanellakos Ballard LLP

About Kanellakos Ballard LLP

Kanellakos Ballard LLP is a two-lawyer Toronto firm that focuses exclusively on insurance defence litigation. Founding partners George Kanellakos and Derek Ballard set up the firm after each built a career representing insurers and their policyholders in Ontario courts. Between them they bring more than thirty years of experience in insurance defence, personal injury, and property disputes, and the firm's practice covers motor vehicle accident claims, accident benefits matters, and priority and loss transfer disputes between insurers.

George Kanellakos earned an Honours BA in History and Law & Society from York University before completing a law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School in 2001. Kanellakos was called to the Ontario Bar in October 2002 and practised insurance defence litigation exclusively at a prior firm until January 2, 2015, before becoming a founding partner of Kanellakos Ballard LLP, and has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in a priority dispute matter. Derek Ballard grew up in Fort Frances in Northwestern Ontario, studied at Lakehead University, and earned a law degree from the University of Manitoba in 2002 before being called to the Ontario Bar in 2003. Ballard has represented clients before the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court, the Superior Court of Justice, and the Financial Services Commission of Ontario.