Eryou Barristers

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ERYOU Barristers is the only law firm in Northwestern Ontario and one of the few in Ontario which restricts its legal practice to Institutional Risk, Institutional Liability and Institutional Insurance. David W. Eryou has acted for a number of institutional clients in Northwestern Ontario, the greater province of Ontario, as well as Manitoba, for twenty-nine years defending claims made against insurers, and Stephen J. Wojciechowski has been acting since 1996 in that same capacity. Given the special nature of the practice of ERYOU Barristers, conflicts of interest are extremely rare. ERYOU Barristers is consulted and retained only by institutions which are municipalities, hospitals, business corporations or insurance companies to provide advice on risk, liability and insurance matters. This firm has never acted for private individuals in claims against institutions. ERYOU Barristers was the only firm in Northwestern Ontario and one of the few in Canada to have a person trained in risk management as part of the Legal Team. It was this legal/risk management team which enabled the City of Thunder Bay to spearhead the 1996 legal liability changes to the Municipal Act which saved municipalities and their insurers millions of dollars each year since that date. All Ontario municipalities have benefited by these statutory changes. The ERYOU Barristers legal team continues to serve insurers and their clients in ongoing issues and claims. As a result, we remain on the cutting edge of developments in insurance risk and liability issues. It is the combined legal/risk analysis approach that allows this firm to offer enhanced legal/risk services. ERYOU Barristers fees are based on hourly rates with a variance for experience and expertise for the activity generated on the file. It is our practice to bill for work on our files solely on the basis of actual hours spent at our agreed upon and published rates. Each fee account identifies the person, the activity, the hours expended and the hourly rate on a line by line format. We describe the litigation activity in accordance with the American Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association litigation code system. ERYOU Barristers charges disbursements in accordance with the rules of the Law Society of Upper Canada. These disbursements include court costs, discovery costs, investigation and photography, experts' fees, printing and copying, facsimile charges, medical reports, research costs, postage and sundry. Eligible disbursements for which we do not charge are long distance telephone calls.

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