Rachlin & Wolfson LLP

About Rachlin & Wolfson LLP

Rachlin & Wolfson LLP is a Toronto personal injury and insurance litigation firm founded in 1973 by Theodore H. Rachlin, Q.C. and Herbert Wolfson. The firm has practiced from downtown Toronto for more than fifty years, acting for both plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving motor vehicle accidents, occupiers' liability, product liability, professional negligence, wrongful death, and insurance coverage disputes. Its lawyers appear before every level of the Ontario courts and before several administrative tribunals.

Theodore Rachlin was admitted to the Ontario bar in 1959, appointed Queen's Counsel in 1975, and served as a founding member and past president of the Advocates' Society from 1981 to 1982. Rachlin was also the first Canadian on the American Association for Justice's board of governors, a role held for fifteen years, and was a Law Society certified specialist in civil litigation from 1988. Managing partner Alan Rachlin, Theodore's son, was admitted to the bar in 1987 and holds the same certification today.

The firm describes itself as deliberately small, saying it avoids taking on more work than it can handle properly, and that it relies mainly on referrals from former clients and other lawyers rather than advertising. Several of its current partners, including Joseph Grossman and David O'Brien, articled at the firm before becoming associates and then partners there.