Stieber Berlach LLP

About Stieber Berlach LLP

Stieber Berlach LLP is a Toronto litigation firm founded in 1997. The firm works from an office at 130 Adelaide Street West in downtown Toronto and focuses on defending insurers, corporations, municipalities, health care institutions and professionals in civil claims. Lawyers at the firm appear before all levels of court in Ontario and other provinces, including the Supreme Court of Canada and provincial courts of appeal, as well as administrative tribunals and regulatory panels.

The practice covers appellate advocacy, automobile liability defence, class actions, construction, medical malpractice, municipal liability, products liability and related coverage and regulatory work. The municipal liability group has represented Ontario municipalities for more than 20 years on claims tied to police, fire and ambulance services, road maintenance, building inspections and public parks. The class actions team has defended matters that have included COVID-19 outbreaks in long term care homes, food and water safety claims, and product liability and privacy cases. The firm also publishes the Fidelity Blog, which tracks court decisions on commercial crime and fidelity insurance coverage disputes. Stieber Berlach is routinely included in Canadian Lawyer's annual list of Top Insurance Defence Law Boutiques in Canada, most recently for 2024/2025, and its lawyers appear in Best Lawyers and Chambers rankings.