About Hilborn and Konduros

Injury, long-term and short-term disability, and employment claims are the core of Hilborn and Konduros's work, and it's been taking them on since 1979. Fees are contingency-based, so nothing is owed until compensation is recovered. Its clients are workers who've been hurt, disabled or let go, from Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph to Hamilton, Toronto, Brampton and the rest of Ontario.

Robert Konduros earned a law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School in 1986 and has spent almost 40 years as a litigator. Konduros has argued matters at each tier of Ontario's courts: the Superior Court of Justice, the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Konduros is a former chairperson of the Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefits Tribunal and holds level II collaborative law training.

Tim Hilborn was born and raised in Cambridge (formerly the Town of Preston) and has practised in the city since being called to the bar in 1979. Hilborn's degrees are a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario and an LL.B. from the University of Windsor.

You won't be passed between junior associates here; a lawyer deals with you directly, and the same person keeps the file from that first call until it's resolved. If you can't travel, the firm will visit you at home or in hospital. Anyone hurt in a car crash, refused long-term disability benefits or dismissed from a job can get a free case review. The office is at 39 Queen Street West in Hespeler, and meetings can happen there in person or over secure video from anywhere in Ontario.

Practice areas

Long-term disability denials

Hilborn and Konduros has challenged denials and terminations from a list of insurers that includes Sun Life, Manulife, Canada Life and Medavie Blue Cross.

Short-term disability, life insurance and critical illness

The firm acts for claimants refused short-term disability, life insurance or critical illness benefits, and it takes those files on a no-win, no-fee basis. For military members it works through SISIP long-term disability rules, offsets and coordination with VAC benefits.

OTIP claims for education workers

For education staff with claims under the Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan, the firm's OTIP practice goes through denial letters, pulls together the medical and vocational proof, and acts for the claimant.

Car accidents and other injuries

On motor vehicle files the firm runs the Accident Benefits claim and the tort claim against the at-fault driver side by side. Rob Konduros oversees serious injury cases personally, with the aim of a well-documented claim that's ready for trial if it comes to that. Other injury work covers brain and spinal cord injuries, slip and falls, wrongful death, and crashes involving motorcycles, bikes, pedestrians, transit and boats.

Severance and wrongful dismissal

Employees in Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph and elsewhere in Ontario can have a severance package reviewed here, and the firm takes on wrongful dismissal claims and other workplace disputes.

Real estate and mortgages

Real estate and mortgage matters sit with Tim Hilborn, whose practice is mainly real estate, mortgages, wills and estates.

Wills, powers of attorney and estates

Clients can have wills, powers of attorney and estate matters all looked after in one place. Tim Hilborn is the lawyer who handles the firm's wills and estates work.

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Fees & payment

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How Hilborn and Konduros works

People first is the value Hilborn and Konduros works by. That means a commitment to listening, to walking clients through every stage and to keeping them up to date, all in plain language without legal jargon.

In the community

  • Tim Hilborn has sat on local committees including the Hespeler Business Improvement Association, the Core Area Revitalization Advisory Committee and the Arthur White Sports Bursary Committee.
  • Hilborn also used to be a Big Brother.
  • Robert Konduros's present and past roles include the City of Cambridge Environmental Advisory Committee, past president of the Shades Mill Law Association, past chair of the Cambridge Shelter Corporation, and workshop presenter in the Advocates' Society lecture series.
  • Konduros has also been a member of an advisory committee for Conestoga College's office administration and legal program and of the Governance Committee at Cambridge Memorial Hospital.

The neighbourhood

In 1973 Hespeler was amalgamated with Preston, Galt and the hamlet of Blair to create the City of Cambridge. The settlement's industrial story starts with Jacob Hespeler, who arrived in 1845 and bought 145 acres; the industrial complex built there started a local economy that came to rest mainly on woollen and textile mills.

Today the village sits along the Speed River minutes north of Highway 401. TV shows and movies have been shot using the buildings on and around Queen Street and the rest of downtown, and the 1928 post office now houses the Fashion History Museum. Through the summer, Queen Street becomes a pedestrian zone where shops and vendors set up on the sidewalks.

Frequently asked questions

What contingency fee does Hilborn and Konduros charge?
Hilborn and Konduros caps its contingency fee at 32%, which applies to high-risk cases. For most files the rate is 30% or lower. (Fees as of September 2026.)
Can Hilborn and Konduros look at a severance offer when my job loss is tied to a workplace injury or disability claim?
Hilborn and Konduros offers free severance reviews, and there's no fee until a settlement is reached. If the job loss is tangled up with a workplace injury or a disability claim, the employment file is handled in tandem with the firm's personal injury and long-term disability practice.

Where to find them

39 Queen Street West, Cambridge (Hespeler), Ontario N3C 1G2 · 519-658-6341

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