Jerry F. O'Brien

Richard McLaren is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law. Richard, who practices law in London, Ontario, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Richard is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Steven J. Atkinson is a Partner with the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group at Harrison Pensa. He has a diverse litigation practice with 30 years of experience. He works for individuals, insurance companies and corporations of all sizes. Whatever the case, or whoever the client, Steve prides himself on his personal involvement with his clients and results-oriented approach to litigation. Steve’s insurance clients do business across Canada, covering a wide range of exposures includi...

Chelsea’s practice focuses exclusively on representing victims of both historical and recent sexual abuse. Her cases often involve those who have been abused as children by teachers, clergy, recreational volunteers, camp counselors, and foster parents. In many of these cases, the institutions who employed or supervised the perpetrator of the abuse are named as a defendant. This may include school boards, recreational organizations, group homes, camps, and religious institutions. Chelsea...

Judith Hull is a senior plaintiffs’ personal injury litigator at McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP. For 24 years, Judith has and continues to represent only plaintiffs and their families who have suffered harms and losses due to the negligence of others, in all areas including motor vehicle collisions, birth trauma and medical negligence, occupiers’ liability, products liability and recreational torts. Judith also practices in the areas of disability benefits including long term disabilit...

James LeBer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law. James, who practices law in London, Ontario, has been recognized since 2006. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which James is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Rasha El-Tawil is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation. Rasha, who practices law in London, Ontario, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Rasha is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Peter Hrastovec is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labour and Employment Law. Peter, who practices law in Windsor, Ontario, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Peter is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Tim Hogan is a Partner within the Re structuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Group at Harrison Pensa. Tim represents creditors and receivers in insolvency, bankruptcy and private and court-appointed receivership situations. He represents trustees in complex insolvencies and bankruptcies, monitors and other stakeholders in CCAA proceedings, as well as major financial institutions in work out and insolvency situations. Tim appears at all levels of court dealing with insolvency matters. He also p...

David Arntfield practices business and real estate law with a focus on secured lending, acquisitions and sales of private companies, corporate reorganizations and other transactional work in the corporate sector. David has extensive expertise in guiding clients through a full range of complex commercial contracts. He regularly drafts and negotiates shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, service agreements, purchase and sale agreements, as well as loan and security documents on behalf...

Casey has been a partner with the firm since 2015. She joined the firm in 2011 as an associate, and for five years before that, she held an in-house counsel role with a large Ontario municipality. Casey practises in all areas of labour and employment law. She acts for a wide variety of union and non-union clients in both the public and private sectors. Casey's practice focuses on public sector work, where she represents a number of municipalities, school boards, hospitals, and other broader p...