Smockum Zarnett LLP
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.9 lawyers · City of Toronto
One of 2,276 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 104 handling Insurance Law.
About Smockum Zarnett LLP
Smockum Zarnett LLP is a litigation and insurance defence firm in downtown Toronto. Founding partner D. Keith Smockum was called to the Ontario bar in 1986 and began at Lawson McGrenere LLP, making partner there and then managing partner by 1991, before opening Smockum Zarnett LLP in 2008. The firm has practised litigation and insurance defence for more than 30 years, and its work spans personal injury, life and disability insurance, professional negligence, defence of child protection agencies, and coverage disputes.
Several lawyers at the firm came to law from other careers, including a decade as an Advanced Care Paramedic in the Greater Toronto area and a stint as a liability claims adjuster for a major insurance company. The firm hires articling students most years and has kept many of them on as associates, a practice it calls growing from within. The firm's founding partner received the Ontario Bar Association's 2022 Award of Excellence in Insurance Law and serves as a trustee of the Toronto Lawyers' Association. In January 2026, the firm's greenhouse gas emissions target was approved by the Science Based Targets initiative.
Practice areas
In the community
- The firm's articling program gives students hands on litigation experience, including drafting and arguing motions, conducting insurance law research, and running Small Claims Court files independently.
- The firm typically takes on two articling students a year and has historically kept most of them on as associates after call.
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Wheelchair accessible
By appointmentLawyers 9
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 1985–2015 · median 22 years in practice 8 of 9 lawyers
- Law schools
- Osgoode Hall Law School (3), Dalhousie Law School, University of British Columbia, University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, University of Windsor and 1 more 9 of 9 lawyers
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Where to find them
65 Queen Street W., Suite 1700, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2M5 · 416-214-9646
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