Zarek Taylor Grossman Hanrahan LLP

About Zarek Taylor Grossman Hanrahan LLP

Zarek Taylor Grossman Hanrahan LLP (ZTGH) is a Toronto insurance defence firm founded in 1997 by four lawyers, David Zarek, Michael Taylor, Eric Grossman, and Thomas Hanrahan, who had each built their insurance defence experience at other firms before going into practice together. The firm says it has grown from those four founders to more than 40 lawyers, working out of a single office at 480 University Avenue in downtown Toronto.

The firm's work centres on insurance litigation, including accident benefits, coverage disputes, and catastrophic loss claims, alongside appellate work, alternative dispute resolution, estate litigation, and class actions. A health law group represents nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, massage therapists, and chiropractors, as well as institutional clients such as hospitals and long term care facilities, in professional liability matters. ZTGH also runs an insurance umpire practice, handling the appraisal process that Ontario's Statutory Conditions require when an insurer and a policyholder can't agree on the value of a property loss, a hearing that's typically resolved within a few weeks and can now be conducted virtually.

The firm describes its approach to estate disputes plainly: clients pay to end a dispute, not prolong it. ZTGH also runs an articling and summer program built around early file responsibility and court appearances, and its lawyers regularly publish commentary on insurance and accident benefits decisions on the firm's website.