Contributors
Yvonne Bernstein
Yvonne Bernstein is a graduate of McGill University. She practised family law and civil litigation prior to joining LAWPRO.
Yvonne has continued her specialty in family law both in the area of claims as well as in the development of risk management tools for family law lawyers. In affiliation wi ...
Victoria Crewe-Nelson
Victoria Crewe-Nelson, B.A., LL.B. (Edin), is Vice President, Underwriting, at LAWPRO. Prior to joining LAWPRO in 2012, Victoria practised law in mid-town Toronto, with practice areas ranging from admiralty law and commercial litigation to residential real estate and wills and estates. She is a me ...
Nadia Dalimonte
Nadia Dalimonte is Claims Counsel in the Specialty Claims department at LAWPRO ...
JJ Earle-Miller
JJ Earle-Miller is Claims Counsel at LAWPRO. ...
Shawn Erker
Shawn Erker, B.A., J.D., is the Legal Writer and Content Manager in the Claims Prevention & Stakeholder Relations department at LAWPRO. Prior to joining LAWPRO in 2018, Shawn practised as a civil litigator in British Columbia in a full-service national firm after clerking at the British Columbia Cou ...
Katie James
Katie James is a Claims Counsel at LAWPRO in the Primary Professional Liability Department working within LAWPRO’s New Claims Unit. Katie has also worked in the Specialty Claims Department at LAWPRO.
In addition to her management of a professional negligence claims portfolio Katie enjoys spea ...
Raymond G. Leclair
Ray Leclair joined LAWPRO in June of 2008 in the role of Vice President, TitlePLUS, and as of May, 2012 became Vice President, Public Affairs.
Formerly General Counsel for the Kanata Research Park Corporation, Ray has practised in both major national law firms and as a sole practitioner, and was ...
Tim Lemieux
Tim Lemieux is the CPSR and Claims Analyst at LAWPRO. He investigates TitlePLUS title insurance claims, and analyses LAWPRO claims data to aid in the creation of the practicePRO initiative risk management presentations, articles and web content for lawyers. ...
Devan Marr
Devan Marr is Research Lawyer in the Claims department. He was called to the bar in 2014. His practice has included a bit of everything from the plaintiff side of personal injury, employment litigation, coverage, and condominium D&O and EPL disputes. He's spent the last five years doing primarily i ...
Martine Morin
Martine M. Morin is Unit Director and Counsel at LAWPRO. ...
Jordan Nichols
Jordan is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario's law school and articled with Gowlings in Ottawa. After being called to the bar in 2004, Jordan practiced law with Rueter Scargall Bennett LLP in Toronto with a focus on employment, copyright and expropriation law and commercial litigation. ...
Dan Pinnington
Daniel E. Pinnington was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of LAWPRO in 2018. From 2012 to 2018, he served as Vice President, Claims Prevention and Stakeholder Relations, overseeing LAWPRO's claims prevention and outreach initiatives.
Dan joined LAWPRO in 2001 as Director, practiceP ...
Kathryn Shani
Kathryn Shani is a Claims Counsel at LAWPRO, where she deals with professional negligence claims brought against lawyers practicing civil litigation, real estate, trusts and estates, and other areas.
Prior to joining LAWPRO, Kathryn practiced civil litigation, with a focus on insurance law, muni ...
Lorne Shelson
Lorne Shelson is Litigation Director & Counsel at LAWPRO. ...
Chris Stankiewicz
Chris Stankiewicz is a Claims Counsel at the Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company (LAWPRO), where he deals with professional negligence claims brought against lawyers practicing trusts and estates, family law and other areas. Prior to joining LAWPRO Chris practiced exclusively in the areas of f ...
Safiyya Vankalwala
Safiyya is Communications Counsel at LAWPRO, focusing on risk management, including monitoring changes in the law and claim trends as well as developing and delivering practical resources to lawyers across Ontario.
Prior to joining LAWPRO, Safiyya worked at a fintech company in strategic planning ...