GILBERTSON DAVIS EMERSON LLP

		Richard Hayles, B.A., LL.B.
		PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2003		GILBERTSON DAVIS EMERSON LLP Toronto, Broad-based insurance litigation practice with emphasis on life and disability insurance, property and casualty, subrogation claims, personal injury and alternative dispute resolution.
1993 to 2003		RICHARD HAYLES, Barrister and Solicitor, Toronto: Sole practitioner concentrating on life and disability insurance litigation, insurance brokerage disputes, injunctions, Company’s Creditors Arrangements Act, commercial leasing litigation, and construction deficiencies claims.
2001 to 2002		GENEST MURRAY, Toronto: Contract litigation position: assumed responsibility for a substantial personal injury, professional liability, and insurance practice.
1983 to 1993		McLEAN & KERR, Toronto: Partner: Responsible for a diverse litigation practice, with emphasis on personal injury, property and liability insurance, real estate, securities, injunctions, and commercial lease litigation.
1981 to 1982		BORDEN & ELLIOT, Toronto: Student-at-Law.
		AUTHOR
1998		Disability Insurance: Canadian Law and Business Practice (Carswell, Toronto, 341 pgs.); the first Canadian textbook on disability insurance law, this text book has been cited in over a dozen reported cases, including the Ontario Court of Appeal and the B.C. Court of Appeal
		EDUCATION
1983 to 2003 1983 1982 to 1983 1978 to 1981 1975 to 1977		Ongoing professional development courses and seminars. Speaker on a variety of insurance topics for the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Insurance Section, and corporate training seminars. Called to the Bar of the Province of Ontario. Bar Admission Course. Faculty of Law, University of Toronto: Graduated with LLB in 1981; winner, Commercial Law prize; awarded Tory Fellowship. Graduated York University, Toronto, with a B.A. in English.
		MEMBERSHIPS
		Law Society of Upper Canada Canadian Defence Lawyers Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers’ Association