Colin Stevenson
Colin has been a certified specialist in civil litigation since 2000 and has experience in basically every facet of that field. These days he spends most of his time in real estate and construction related litigation, commercial litigation, fraud litigation, employment litigation and class actions.
He is currently Chair of the Civil Litigation executive of the OBA. He is also a member of the ABA, the American Association for Justice and the Advocates’ Society.
Colin obtained his first law degree from Trinity College, Dublin in 1982 and his LL.M., primarily in the field of environmental law, from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1983.
Returning to Ireland in 1983, he taught law (numerous subjects) at University College, Cork (U.C.C.) until 1986. During that time, however, he returned to Osgoode Hall Law School as a visiting professor (teaching property and municipal law) for the fall semester in 1985. Colin moved permanently to Canada in 1986 where he practised administrative law with Goodman & Goodman for a year.
Upon his call to the Ontario Bar in 1988 he preferred to practise commercial litigation and joined Teplitsky, Colson, where he stayed for some 15 years, before starting his own litigation boutique-Stevensons LLP. Stevensons LLP now has eight lawyers in two locations.
Publications
CLASS ACTIONS: BABY STEPS TOWARDS NATIONAL COORDINATION
ETHICS AND SETTLEMENT: LET RIGHT PREVAIL
REFORMING THE LAW OF CROSS BORDER LITIGATION
TRIAL TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES
UNDERSTANDING COST IMPLICATIONS SHOULD YOU LOSE
DUTY CALLS: THE NEW ROLE OF EXPERTS IN THE ONTARIO CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM
MAPLE LEAF CASE STUDY: AN EXAMPLE OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT
HOW TO MINIMIZE LIABILITY EXPOSURE TO CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS OR THIRD PARTY CLAIMS
CLASS ACTION AND JUDICIAL CONFLICT
IMPROVING YOUR ODDS OF SUCCESS IN CERTIFICATION MOTIONS IN ONTARIO
DAMAGES AND OTHER MONETARY AWARDS IN CLASS PROCEEDINGS