Paul Wilkins
Long Term Disability Lawyer
Paul Wilkins attended Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, for his undergraduate studies and then moved on to law school at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia. Paul began his career advocating for the rights of victims of personal injury in 2007 while working for a prominent Toronto personal injury law firm as a student. Since becoming a lawyer, Paul has practiced exclusively in the field of personal injury representing injured victims. He has handled and successfully resolved a number of cases involving death and all types of serious personal injury including brain injury, paralysis, fractures and other orthopedic injuries, chronic pain syndrome and psychological and psychiatric disability. He has represented his clients in private mediations, at mediations before the Financial Services Commission of Ontario and in litigation in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. In addition to advancing the rights of his clients against the parties responsible for injuring them, Paul is frequently involved in pursuing his clients’ claims for statutory accident benefits, short term and long term disability benefits and Canada Pension Plan disability benefits. Paul is a member of the Ontario Trial Lawyer’s Association and the Advocates Society.
Dana Camille Reyes
Long Term Disability Lawyer
Dana graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours BA before attending the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School on scholarship track. While in law school, Dana served as President of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. After graduating from law school in 2011, Dana moved to San Francisco, California where she served as the Judicial Clerk to an Executive Criminal State Court Judge. Dana later returned home to Toronto, where she articled for a distinguished personal injury and employment law firm. Since her call to the Bar, Dana’s practice focuses on personal injury litigation and has successfully appeared before various levels of court in Ontario and other administrative bodies. She advocates on behalf of injured victims involving tort litigation, accident benefits, slip and falls, chronic pain, head trauma/brain injury, short term and long term disability, ODSP matters and other orthopaedic cases. Committed and pragmatic, Dana is also fluent in Tagalog and is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Ontario Bar Association, Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers.
Contact Information:
Phone: (905) 940-5554 ext. 24
Email:
[email protected]
Assistant:
Marina Fonseca
Phone: (905) 940-5554 ext. 22
Email:
[email protected]
Contact Information:
Phone: (905) 940-5554 ext. 27
Email:
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Assistant:
Olivia Ferreira
Phone: (905) 940-5554 ext. 28
Email:
[email protected]
Cassandra Dall'Agnese
Long term Disability Lawyer
Cassandra graduated from York University with a BA in Philosophy before attending the University of Western Ontario for law school. While at UWO, Cassandra participated in the Family Law Project, providing aid to unrepresented litigants through Legal Aid Ontario. She also was an active member of the UWO Law soccer team, acting as co-captain in her final year. Cassandra summered and articled at a prominent personal injury and employment law firm. Since her call to the Bar, Cassandra has focused her practice on personal injury litigation and has successfully appeared before multiple levels of court in Ontario. She advocates on behalf of injured victims involving a number of issues, including tort litigation, accident benefits, slip and falls, chronic pain and head trauma/brain injury. Cassandra is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Ontario Bar Association, and Ontario Trial Lawyers Association.
Kevan Wylie
Long Term Disability Lawyer
Kevan Wylie is an associate lawyer at PW Lawyers. Following his call to the bar in 2016, he practices exclusively in the area of personal injury litigation. Kevan articled at a boutique litigation firm, which focused on medical malpractice and wrongful death matters. He earned his Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in 2012, and his Juris Doctor from Bond University in 2015. Kevan regularly appears before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Contact Information:
Phone: (905) 940-5554 ext.25
Fax: (905) 479-5551
Email:
[email protected]
Assistant:
Julia Yakovlyeva
Phone: (905) 940-5554 ext. 30
Email:
[email protected]
Contact Information:
Phone: (905) 940-5554 ext. 35
Fax: (905) 479-5551
Email:
[email protected]
Assistant:
Helen Ren
Phone: (905) 940-5554 ext. 32
Email:
[email protected]
Terio Francis
Lawyer
Called to the bar as of July 2016, Terio received his J.D. from the Dalhousie Schulich School of Law in Nova Scotia. Before attending law school, he graduated from York University with an Honours B.A. in Communication Studies. While at Dalhousie, Terio was an executive member on the organizing committee for the annual Weldon High School Debate, which seeks to encourage youth in Nova Scotia to consider entering the legal field. As Vice-President of the Dalhousie Black Law Students’ Association, Terio organized fundraisers and community outreach programs to support local communities. He also summered with a prominent law firm in Toronto.
Terio’s legal studies and interests are focused on personal injury and litigation, which led to him qualifying within the top five percent of oralists at Dalhousie and as an alternate for the long running Smith Shield Moot.
Contact Information:
Phone: (905) 940-5554 ext.31
Fax: (905) 479-5551
Email:
[email protected]
Assistant:
Olivia Ferreira
Phone: (905) 940-5554 ext. 28
Email:
[email protected]
Benefits of Hiring a Long Term Disability Lawyer
The main reason people have insurance is to secure back-up financing for unexpected events that involve large financial costs. This is why everyone pays premiums in exchange for future capability to get monetary assistance from the insurance company. If your insurance provider refuses to approve your claim, things may become complicated.
- Long term disability lawyers are paid to represent people who fail to get approved claims. They are the best person to turn to when your insurance company refuses to release the amount you are asking. Due to their firsthand experience, you can be confident that they are capable of following the processes required to make a proper appeal.
- Getting legal counsel doesn’t mean that you will be filing a case against your insurance provider. All it means is that you are following the legal process of appealing to court about an issue that needs further attention and resolution from your company. A lawyer can help in minimizing the issue by leading the appeal into either mediation, arbitration or appraisal.
Mediation is an informal and involuntary negotiation between both parties that occur outside court.
Arbitration is a more formal approach to mediation, but is still regulated by a third party mediator. This type of agreement can be binding or not depending on the consensus of the parties involved.
Appraisal is when the losing party decides to provide compensation over the amount of the insured loss. It involves appraisers and umpires in order to make a fair judgment.
- Toronto disability lawyers can also act on your behalf during proceedings. If you have a demanding job or are in medical rehabilitation and cannot attend to the matter personally, a lawyer can ably represent you. This includes negotiating between your insurance company and the court of appeals. This is very convenient especially for those who have undergone serious injuries that impede motor skills.