Morse Trafford LLP

About Morse Trafford LLP

Morse Trafford LLP is a small Toronto litigation firm that practices civil litigation in three areas: commercial litigation, personal injury, and medical malpractice. David Trafford and Jerome Morse founded the firm in 2024 as the successor to Morse Shannon LLP, where Trafford's career began in 2014, articling under the mentorship of Morse and Michael Shannon. The practice covers business and partnership disputes, shareholder and fiduciary claims, motor vehicle and catastrophic injury claims, and cases arising from alleged negligence by doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, with appearances before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Divisional Court, and the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Jerome Morse was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and was certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in civil litigation in 1990. Lexpert included Morse in its Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada guide, and the 2009 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada recognized Morse's work in personal injury litigation and product liability law. David Trafford holds a J.D. from Queen's University (2014) and a B.A. from McGill University (2011), and belongs to the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, the Advocates Society, the Canadian Bar Association, and the Law Society of Ontario.