Headquarters:
1881 Yonge Street, Suite 801, Toronto, ON, M4S 3C4
Year founded:
1956
Number of employees:
11 partners
Phone:
416 977 9777
Email:
info@bensonpercival.com
Website:
bensonpercival.com
LinkedIn:
ca.linkedin.com/company/benson-percival-brown-llp
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David S. Young
Partner
Harvey Klein
Partner
David A. Patton
Partner
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David S. Young has established himself as a trusted and valuable partner to his clients, defending complex commercial and personal injury claims and class actions. The success that he achieves for his clients directly arises from the confident, in-depth, and hands-on approach that have been trademarks of his expansive career in politics and law.
Young served as the Ontario Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Native Affairs between 2001 and 2003. Thereafter, he has acted as counsel in numerous high-profile cases that have shaped the direction of tort and contract law in Canada.
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David S. Young
Harvey Klein currently practices as a senior partner at Benson Percival Brown LLP and deals primarily with insurance, negligence, and personal injury litigation. He has developed an extensive practice in multiple facets of civil litigation and acts as trial counsel for several other law firms. He has also frequently appeared before all levels of court in Ontario as well as various administrative tribunals. Harvey is known for his ability to precisely evaluate complicated damage claims and make advanced legal arguments on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants alike.
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Harvey Klein
David A. Patton was admitted to the partnership of Benson Percival Brown LLP in 1997 and has focused on a comprehensive practice in insurance defence litigation. While working as an associate at Benson Percival Brown, David also provided in-house legal services to one of Canada’s largest insurers. David is known for his dynamic client focused advocacy, strategic file management and ability to develop creative solutions.
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David A. Patton
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Heather J. Vaughan
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Heather J. Vaughan's insurance defence litigation practice includes the defence of motor vehicle liability claims, slip and falls, and trip and falls. She also defends claims against daycares, long-term care facilities, private schools, as well as professionals such as teachers, physiotherapists, pharmacists, nurses, and psychotherapists. Heather also maintains an active administrative law practice and acts as Tribunal Counsel to the Complaints, Discipline and Qualification and Registration Committees of the Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario (RIBO).
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Heather J. Vaughan
Sophia Chaudri
Senior Partner
Sophia Chaudri is a respected advocate with over 20 years of experience in insurance defence, specializing in motor vehicle accident tort and statutory accident benefits disputes, including catastrophic claims, priority, and loss transfer matters. She excels at managing litigation risk and exposure, presenting cases effectively at all stages of litigation and securing favorable outcomes in courts, tribunals, and private arbitrations.
Chaudri also has a proven track record in achieving successful resolutions through negotiation and mediation. Committed to professional development, she has taught health care law, advised clients through presentations, and is an active member of the Hellenic Canadian Lawyers’ Association.
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Sophia Chaudri
Benson Percival Brown LLP has specialized in the field of personal injury and insurance defence litigation since 1956. The firm’s experience and expertise in this field is evidenced by its many contributions toward influencing and establishing some of the most important and fundamental changes in personal injury and insurance law in Ontario.
Benson Percival Brown represents numerous insurers and other corporate entities in Canada, providing services that inspire confidence and meet and often exceed clients’ expectations. The firm acts as trial and appellant counsel appearing at all levels of court and administrative tribunals, specializing in insurance, personal injury, and property damage claims, as well as professional regulation matters.
The lawyers at Benson Percival Brown strive to tailor their services to their clients’ precise needs and are proud of the successful outcomes they have achieved, including recently overturning a trial and appeal decision at the Supreme Court of Canada.
“We’re committed to delivering the highest level of service, assuring clients that their welfare is the firm’s utmost priority”
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Nikil Deo
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Gerald Chan
Partner
Nader R. Hasan
Partner
Liane Brown
Partner
Nikil Deo is a seasoned technology professional with over 20 years of experience in the financial services sector, specialising in technology and cyber solutions. Throughout his career, he has witnessed and contributed to the transition from mainframe computing to today’s cloud ecosystem, alongside the evolving landscape of cyber risks. He has been part of several pioneering initiatives, including becoming the first APAC customer for Microsoft’s BPOS cloud offering and helping launch Australia’s first “pay as you drive” product.
Now with Emergence Insurance, Deo is excited to apply his extensive expertise to help deliver innovative cyber insurance solutions to the Australian market.
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Nikil Deo
Gerald Chan has been named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada (Canadian Lawyer, 2019), one of the Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada (Benchmark Litigation, 2023–24), White-Collar Crime/Enforcement Litigator of the Year (Benchmark Litigation, 2023), and Criminal Defence Lawyer of the Year, Toronto (Best Lawyers, 2024). He is a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and a faculty member with the National Criminal Law Program.
Chan is a bencher of the Law Society of Ontario. He serves as vice chair of the Law Society Tribunal, Appeal Division, and a Trustee of the Law Foundation of Ontario.
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Gerald Chan
Nader R. Hasan, a partner at Stockwoods LLP, practises criminal, regulatory, and constitutional law at both the trial and appellate levels. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, where he has taught courses on the law of evidence and currently teaches a seminar on criminal punishment from a US-Canada comparative perspective.
He is a co-author of Search and Seizure (Emond, 2021), Digital Privacy: Criminal, Civil and Regulatory Litigation (LexisNexis, 2018), and Sentencing, ninth edition (LexisNexis, 2017), and an author of numerous articles on criminal and constitutional law.
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Nader R. Hasan
Liane Brown is committed to representing individuals who have suffered serious personal injuries and to families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Her practice concentrates on personal injury law, including accident benefits, motor vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, occupiers’ liability, product liability and wrongful death cases.
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Liane Brown
Liane Brown is committed to representing individuals who have suffered serious personal injuries and to families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Her practice concentrates on personal injury law, including accident benefits, motor vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, occupiers’ liability, product liability and wrongful death cases.
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Liane Brown
Ben Irantalab enjoys the complexities of personal injury litigation. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing clients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and severe orthopedic injuries. For him, the cases that require special creativity and thinking outside the box are the most gratifying.
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Ben Irantalab
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Ben Irantalab enjoys the complexities of personal injury litigation. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing clients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and severe orthopedic injuries. For him, the cases that require special creativity and thinking outside the box are the most gratifying.
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Ben Irantalab enjoys the complexities of personal injury litigation. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing clients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and severe orthopedic injuries. For him, the cases that require special creativity and thinking outside the box are the most gratifying.
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Liane Brown is committed to representing individuals who have suffered serious personal injuries and to families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Her practice concentrates on personal injury law, including accident benefits, motor vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, occupiers’ liability, product liability and wrongful death cases.
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