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Raymond F. Wagner, Q.C.

Wagners Law Firm
  • Recognized Since:
    2006
  • Recognized in:
    Class Action Litigation
    Medical Negligence...
  • Website:
    https://www.wagners.co
  • Location:
    Pontac House, 3rd Floor
    1869 Upper Water Street, Suite PH 301
    P.O. Box 756, Central RPO
    Halifax, NS B3J 2V2

Raymond F. Wagner, Q.C. is the founder and principal of Wagners. He has dedicated the majority of his 40 years of legal practice to representing injured plaintiffs. His practice has a primary focus on class actions, medical negligence with a special focus in birth trauma, and personal injury litigation. He obtained his law degree from Dalhousie Law School and was called to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1980.

Mr. Wagner is a compassionate advocate, known for his candor, civility and practical advice. He places value on timely and equitable resolutions and has achieved significant settlements for his clients. Mr. Wagner is known for litigating complex, technical and novel issues within his medical negligence and class action practice areas, and he has consistently strived to advance the law on behalf of injured plaintiffs who otherwise would have limited access to justice. He is an experienced trial lawyer repeatedly recognized by the peer review publications Lexpert and Best Lawyers. He is a recipient of the H. Bruce T. Hillyer Award and the Lorne Clarke QC Access to Justice Award.

Mr. Wagner has appeared before all levels of court including in Atlantic Canada, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and at the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Canada.

Mr. Wagner routinely presents to members of the CBA (NS and ON), the Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association (APTLA), the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA), the American Association for Justice (AAJ), Le Barreau du Quebec, Osgoode Class Action Symposium and other associations and conferences. Mr. Wagner has participated as an active member of the Nova Scotia Statutory Costs and Fees Committee, the NSBS Rules Committee, a Contingency Fee Agreement subcommittee and the Nova Scotia Bar and Bench Civil Procedure Rules Committee. He organized and addressed the first Nova Scotia Barristers Society Class Action Conference. Mr. Wagner founded and was first president of APTLA, and was also first Chairman of the Canadian Caucus of the AAJ.

In 2015, Mr. Wagner was one of five finalists for the Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Award across North America for his representation of clients in Elwin et al. v. Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children et al., a class action concerning historic institutional abuse with a resolution based on restorative justice principles and providing a multi-million-dollar settlement to class members.

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Raymond F. Wagner, Q.C. is the founder and principal of Wagners. He has dedicated the majority of his 40 years of legal practice to representing injured plaintiffs. His practice has a primary focus on class actions, medical negligence with a special focus in birth trauma, and personal injury litigation. He obtained his law degree from Dalhousie Law School and was called to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1980.

Mr. Wagner is a compassionate advocate, known for his candor, civility and practical advice. He places value on timely and equitable resolutions and has achieved significant settlements for his clients. Mr. Wagner is known for litigating complex, technical and novel issues within his medical negligence and class action practice areas, and he has consistently strived to advance the law on behalf of injured plaintiffs who otherwise would have limited access to justice. He is an experienced trial lawyer repeatedly recognized by the peer review publications Lexpert and Best Lawyers. He is a recipient of the H. Bruce T. Hillyer Award and the Lorne Clarke QC Access to Justice Award.

Mr. Wagner has appeared before all levels of court including in Atlantic Canada, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and at the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Canada.

Mr. Wagner routinely presents to members of the CBA (NS and ON), the Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association (APTLA), the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA), the American Association for Justice (AAJ), Le Barreau du Quebec, Osgoode Class Action Symposium and other associations and conferences. Mr. Wagner has participated as an active member of the Nova Scotia Statutory Costs and Fees Committee, the NSBS Rules Committee, a Contingency Fee Agreement subcommittee and the Nova Scotia Bar and Bench Civil Procedure Rules Committee. He organized and addressed the first Nova Scotia Barristers Society Class Action Conference. Mr. Wagner founded and was first president of APTLA, and was also first Chairman of the Canadian Caucus of the AAJ.

In 2015, Mr. Wagner was one of five finalists for the Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Award across North America for his representation of clients in Elwin et al. v. Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children et al., a class action concerning historic institutional abuse with a resolution based on restorative justice principles and providing a multi-million-dollar settlement to class members.

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Class Action Litigation, Halifax (2021)
  • Medical Negligence, Halifax (2019)
  • Personal Injury Litigation, Halifax (2018)
  • Class Action Litigation, Halifax (2016)
  • Medical Negligence, Halifax (2015)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada for work in:

  • Class Action Litigation
  • Medical Negligence
  • Personal Injury Litigation

Special Focus:

  • Medical Negligence
  • Plaintiffs
 

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Wagners Law Firm
https://www.wagners.co
 
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1 Office Location
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Canada

Canada

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Halifax, NS

Pontac House, 3rd Floor

1869 Upper Water Street, Suite PH 301

P.O. Box 756, Central RPO

Halifax, NS B3J 2V2

Canada

902-425-7330

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