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Loretta P. Merritt

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Torkin Manes LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2013
  • Recognized in:
    Personal Injury Litigation
  • Website:
    http://www.torkinmanes.com
  • E-mail:
    lmerritt@torkinmanes.com
  • Location:
    151 Yonge Street, Suite 1500
    Toronto, ON M5C 2W7
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Loretta is one of the few lawyers in Ontario who has substantial experience in dealing with abuse and harassment in civil lawsuits and employment cases. She understands and cares about abuse survivors, recognizing that coming forward, being heard and acknowledged as well as gaining a sense of justice and closure, in addition to the amount of a settlement, are what matter to her clients.

She has represented hundreds of clients in a variety of historical and recent sexual and physical abuse cases, including abuse by members of clergy, doctors, police officers, teachers, relatives and neighbors. Many of Loretta’s cases involve institutions such as school boards (both public and private), churches, children’s clubs, children’s aid societies, boy scouts, big brothers, group homes and training schools. She represents adults and children, men and women, plaintiffs and defendants.

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Loretta is one of the few lawyers in Ontario who has substantial experience in dealing with abuse and harassment in civil lawsuits and employment cases. She understands and cares about abuse survivors, recognizing that coming forward, being heard and acknowledged as well as gaining a sense of justice and closure, in addition to the amount of a settlement, are what matter to her clients.

She has represented hundreds of clients in a variety of historical and recent sexual and physical abuse cases, including abuse by members of clergy, doctors, police officers, teachers, relatives and neighbors. Many of Loretta’s cases involve institutions such as school boards (both public and private), churches, children’s clubs, children’s aid societies, boy scouts, big brothers, group homes and training schools. She represents adults and children, men and women, plaintiffs and defendants.

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Bar Admissions:

  • Ontario, 1987

Affiliations:

  • Advocates' Society - member
  • Litigation Counsel of America - member
  • Mensa - member
  • Ontario Bar Assocation - member
  • Ontario Trial Lawyers Assocation - member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada for work in:

  • Personal Injury Litigation
 

Awards:

  • LCA Peter Pearlman Award
  • Diamond Jubilee Medal
  • Gold Key Award from Osgoode Hall Alumni Association

Special Focus:

  • Plaintiffs
  • Sex Abuse
 

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Torkin Manes LLP
http://www.torkinmanes.com
 
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151 Yonge Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, ON M5C 2W7
416-863-1188

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