The Team

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Martin Forget

T: 416.216.4242
F: 416.368.7865
mforget@forgetsmith.com

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Martin's practice focuses on trial and appellate advocacy on behalf of insurers. He does several jury and non-jury trials on an annual basis and has been lead counsel on many reported cases ...

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Julia Falevich

T: 416.216.4253
F: 416.368.7865
jfalevich@forgetsmith.com

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Julia maintains a practice focused on in advocacy on behalf of insurers. She has extensive civil litigation and commercial arbitration experience, gained at two of Canada’s national law firms. Prior to joining Forget Smith, Julia’s litigation ...

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Earl Murtha

T: 416.216.4246
F: 416.368.7865
emurtha@forgetsmith.com

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Earl’s practice focuses primarily on insurance defence litigation. His practice involves first and third party property loss, subrogation, personal injury, and professional negligence ...

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Suhasha Hewagama

T: 416.216.4244
F: 416.368.7865
shewagama@forgetsmith.com

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Suhasha's practice primarily focuses on statutory accident benefits claims (including catastrophic impairment claims and hearings before the Licence Appeal Tribunal), third party liability claims, commercial general liability claims, property damage claims, and subrogated matters. ...

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Stephen Whibbs

T: 416.943.6274
F: 416.368.7865
swhibbs@forgetsmith.com

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Stephen was called to the bar in 2016 and joined Forget Smith in 2022.  His practice centers on insurance defence litigation, including accident benefits disputes, third party liability claims, subrogation and loss transfer matters.  Stephen is a pragmatic, creative thinker who leverages  ...

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Ainsley Shannon

T: 613.670.5625
F: 613.567.8201
ashannon@forgetsmith.com

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Ainsley graduated cum laude from the University of Ottawa's Common Law program in 2020 following which she articled with a full-service firm where she focused on general litigation. Ainsley was called to the Bar in 2021 and joined ...

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Jeremy Hanigan

T: 613.670.5624
F: 613.567.8201
jhanigan@forgetsmith.com

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Jeremy joined Forget Smith after working at a medium-sized firm in Ottawa and completed his articling at a litigation boutique, where he gained experience in general civil litigation and public and administrative ...

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Maryam Aziz

T: 416.216-4245
F: 416.368.7865
maziz@forgetsmith.com

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Maryam is an Insurance Defense lawyer who represents national insurers. Prior to joining Forget Smith, Maryam articled at an insurance defense litigation boutique, where she acted for insurance companies on various claims in the areas of Tort law and  ...

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Paralegals and Law Clerks

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Tina Keeley

T: 613-567-8200
F: 613-567-8201
tkeeley@forgetsmith.com

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Tina joined the Ottawa office of Forget Smith in 2020, bringing with her 30 years of extensive experience in litigation, including insurance defence, personal injury, motor vehicle accidents, disability claims, subrogation, property damage, small claims, as well as construction ...

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Amanda Fisher

T: 416.216.4241
F: 416.368.7865
afisher@forgetsmith.com

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Amanda graduated with honors from the Law Clerk program at Centennial College in 2015, and the Paralegal program at George Brown College in 2020. She has wide-ranging experience and knowledge in handling insurance defence litigation files and accident benefits files, gained ...

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Venice Watson

T: 416.860.5900
F: 416.368.7865
vwatson@forgetsmith.com

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Venice is a graduate of the Law Clerk program at Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. With over 10 years experience working exclusively in litigation, Venice has extensive knowledge in personal injury, motor vehicle accidents ...

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Karson Neilly

T: 416.216.4249
F: 416.368.7865
kneilly@forgetsmith.com

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Karson graduated from the Paralegal program at Sheridan College in 2017 and achieved a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Political Science from York University in 2021. In addition, he is a 2023 graduate from the University of Leicester LLB JD Pathway program. With over 5 years of experience ...

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Caylin MacPherson

T: 613.670.5626
F: 613.567.8201
cmacpherson@forgetsmith.com

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Caylin graduated from the Law Clerk program at Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology and joined the Ottawa office of Forget Smith in 2020. She takes a keen interest in Accident Benefits and ...

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