NSW

Emma Mead

Emma Mead is a personal injury lawyer. An Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law, who is compassionate, and passionate about representing people and ensuring that they get the fair compensation they are entitled to. Emma’s approach to personal injury law practice focuses on each client and getting them the best outcome when the worst of life’s events happen to them. Emma has a reputation for advocating for her clients. Emma is well-respected by her peers and in the profession. Emma represents a broad range of clients in relation to: Motor vehicle accident claims; Workers compensation; Industrial accidents; Emergency workers claims; Historical sexual abuse; Public Liability and common law claims. Negligence (including medical negligence claims); Mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Admitted in both the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia, Emma is also an accredited Independent Legal Assistance and Review Service (ILARS) lawyer advising in all aspects of workers’ compensation claims. Emma practices exclusively in personal injury law, working with the Burke Mead team of experienced solicitors.

John McKiggan, Q.C.

Toronto, ON

John McKiggan, Q.C., is one of Atlantic Canada’s most experienced birth injury litigators and a founding member of the Birth Injury Lawyers Alliance of Canada. He exclusively represents individuals with serious injuries from medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, or institutional wrongdoing. Recognized by his peers, he served as president of the Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association and was named Queen’s Counsel. He is listed in Best Lawyers in Canada and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. John is also an author and lecturer on personal injury and medical malpractice, and has a special interest in civil claims for childhood sexual abuse.

Robert Hooper

Hamilton, ON

Robert Hooper is the founder of Hooper Law, with over 30 years of legal experience. He is a Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has an excellent track record as a trial lawyer, winning cases in the Superior Court of Justice, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court of Canada. He has also been appointed to the ACTL Beverley McLachlin Access to Justice Award Committee and the ACTL Ontario Province Committee.

Jamie MacGillivray

Halifax, NS

Jamie has practiced personal injury and insurance law since 1994, and exclusively since 1999. He is the principal and founder of MacGillivray Law which is now one of the region’s leading Plaintiff personal injury practices and the largest in Atlantic Canada. Jamie has extensive trial experience with 39 entries for decisions in the CanLii case law database. Jamie is “Lexpert Ranked” for being Repeatedly Recommended, and has been recognized by his peers as a “Leading Practitioner” in the field of personal injury litigation. Jamie has an interest in using litigation to help fight industry practices that are destructive to the environment, and to provide a check and balance against the increasing power of multi-national corporations and the concentration of wealth and power in an increasingly small number of people. Jamie believes that this is what Plaintiff personal injury law is really about, and that it can help be part of the solution. Repeatedly recommended as a leading lawyer by a peer survey conducted by the Canadian Legal Expert Directory since 2011. Jamie lives in Stellarton with his wife and children and enjoys practicing a healthy lifestyle that includes various forms of exercise in his spare time.

Chantal A. Thibodeau, K.C. is originally from Campbellton, New Brunswick. She spent the first 22 years of her practice as an insurance defense counsel before deciding to pursue her career representing injured victims. She has appeared before all levels of court in New Brunswick, as well as before the Supreme Court of Canada. In 2017, she was appointed Queen’s Counsel. She was also named by her peers as Lawyer of the Year - Moncton in Insurance Law in 2022 and Lawyer of the Year - Moncton in Personal Injury Litigation in 2023. Her personal and professional background allows her to have a unique perspective on personal injury litigation and to represent her clients efficiently and with care and empathy. Chantal is married and the mother of two children.

Colin Feltham

St. John's, NL

Colin Feltham is a partner with Roebothan McKay Marshall, with over 20 years’ legal experience. With a practice focused on Motor Vehicle Accident and other Personal Injury, Medical and Dental Negligence, and Insurance Law, Colin pursues his passion for giving a voice to the vulnerable on a daily basis. It was that same passion that served him in past roles as Vice President of the Saint John Boys and Girls Club and Director of the Saint John Anti-Poverty Association. Today, Colin’s time outside of the office is spent with his wife and three children, often taking family trips to their cabin in Ocean Pond.