Flaherty McCarthy LLP
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.15 lawyers · Established 1994 · York Region
One of 229 law firms listed in Markham, and one of 4 handling Insurance Law.
About Flaherty McCarthy LLP
Flaherty McCarthy LLP is an insurance litigation firm with its office in Markham, Ontario. It was founded in 1994 by James M. Flaherty and Justice Grant R. Dow, who left an established insurance defence firm to start their own practice. The firm's roots and original head office were in Toronto. Today it has 15 lawyers who represent both insurers and individuals, including seriously injured people, in motor vehicle tort claims, statutory accident benefits disputes, coverage matters, and class proceedings across Ontario and the United States.
The firm has changed its name twice since it opened. It became Flaherty Dow Elliott & McCarthy in 2000, then took its current name, Flaherty McCarthy LLP, in 2015. Frank Benedetto, Sean Brown, and Michael Chadwick joined the partnership in 2006, and Sophia Chaudri was admitted to partnership in 2019. Every lawyer at the firm works across its core areas of motor vehicle tort, occupiers' liability, and statutory accident benefits rather than a single narrow specialty, and Canadian Lawyer magazine has named the firm a Top 10 Insurance Defence Boutique Law Firm in Canada in every ranking it has published since 2015.
Practice areas
In the community
- The firm sponsors and supports Lawyers' Feed the Hungry, local toy drives, and the Community Association for Riders with Disabilities.
- It supports local hospitals, including the Hospital for Sick Children, along with the Abilities Centre, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and the Canadian Cancer Society.
- Lawyers at the firm volunteer with minor sports clubs and teams, the Ontario Bar Association, and the Thomas More Lawyers' Guild of Toronto.
- A lawyer at the firm authors and edits Accident Benefits in Ontario, published by Canada Law Book, and writes a monthly Accident Benefits Newsletter read in the insurance industry.
- The firm has taught Insurance Law at Queen's Law School, taken part in the Insurance Law practicum at Osgoode Hall Law School, lectured for Canadian Defence Lawyers, the Ontario Bar Association, and the Advocates' Society, and volunteered in mock trials at the elementary and high school level.
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Wheelchair accessibleLawyers 15
Anthony Naples
Brittanny K. Tinslay
Partner
Personal Injury
Christopher Lupis
Danielle Ralph
Personal Injury
Emily Siu
Frank A. Benedetto
Managing Partner
Personal Injury
Jean-Claude Rioux
K. Bruce Chambers
Maggie Morgan
Marianne D. Davies
Partner
Meredith Harper
Michael McChesney
Personal Injury
Michael W. Chadwick
Partner
Sean A. Brown
Partner
Sophia Chaudri
Partner
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 1985–2020 · median 18 years in practice 13 of 15 lawyers
- Law schools
- Osgoode Hall Law School (6), University of Windsor (2), Dalhousie Law School, Queen's University, Queen's University Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa and 2 more 14 of 15 lawyers
Who handles what
Where to find them
The Origin Building, 179 Enterprise Blvd. 2nd Floor, Suite 200, Markham, Ontario L6G 0E7 · 416-368-0231
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