Category: Northwestern Ontario


Duncan Macgillivray Lawyer of the Year

Founding Partner Duncan Macgillivray was recently named Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation in Greater Ontario by Best Lawyers!! Best Lawyers uses a peer review process (… asking other lawyers) to make their selections. Lawyer of the Year “is awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area ...
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Rob’s Placement as an Agent of Good

This is a guest post from our placement student, Rob Stefanelli.  He has been working at White Macgillivray Lester since January.  He completes his placement this week and then will graduate law school.  After that, he’ll be working for us for a couple of months before heading off to practice law in the big city ...
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VIDEO: Duncan Macgillivray and Peter White on Ask An Innovator

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Jeff Moorley Helps Draft The Advocates’ Society Guide for Lawyers Working with Indigenous Peoples

On May 8 2018, The Advocates’ Society, in partnership with the Indigenous Bar Association and the Law Society of Ontario, jointly published their Guide for Lawyers Working with Indigenous Peoples.   The Guide is intended to serve as a helpful resource for lawyers to learn about important historical and cultural elements that provide context for ...
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We’re Actually Here in Northwestern Ontario

  A quick Google search of “Thunder Bay injury lawyer” or “Northwestern Ontario injury lawyer” will bring up more Toronto firms than actual Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario firms.  Other firms claim to have lawyers (and offices) in Thunder Bay, but actually don’t.  A website stating “Thunder Bay lawyer” doesn’t make you a Thunder Bay ...
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