Greg Monforton

Biography

Greg is a well-known trial lawyer.  His publication and lecture credentials highlight his extensive experience in the courtroom.  He heads the Personal Injury Group of our firm and its team of trial lawyers.  

Greg has distinguished himself in his career and has been recognized by his peers:

• He is certified as a Specialist in Civil Litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada (fewer than 2% of all Ontario lawyers have this important designation)

• Greg is a past President of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA). His work with OTLA has centered largely on spearheading the drive to reform Ontario’s automobile insurance laws; this including authoring numerous submissions on the subject and meeting with various Ministries of the Ontario Government.

• Greg is listed in the 2009 LEXPERT® Directory as a leading practitioner in the area of Personal Injury Law. The directory notes that Greg is "repeatedly recommended" by other leading personal injury lawyers.

• Greg's peers have selected him to be included in the 2009 edition of BestLawyers® in Canada.

Greg restricts his practice to representing persons who have lost their lives or suffered serious personal injuries due to the negligence of others. Typically his clients have been victims of car crashes, medical malpractice, unsafe premises, unsafe medical devices or unsafe pharmaceutical products.

Greg was also counsel for a number of victims of the Nationair DC-8 airline crash at King Abel-Aziz International Airport in Jidda, Saudia Arabia.
           
Greg was called to the Bar in 1981 following graduation from the University of Windsor Law School and was a founding partner of the firm now known as Greg Monforton & Partners. 

He is also a member of the Advocates Society and the American Association for Justice (formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)), recently making a presentation to ATLA’s general membership at its 2005 Annual Convention held in Toronto, Ontario.

Greg is also a former President of the Head Injury Association (Windsor-Essex County) and formerly the author of a weekly newspaper column “You and the Law” which appeared in the Windsor Star for over 10 years. He is also a past member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Law Times.  

Education

LL.B. 1979, University of Windsor Faculty of Law

Admitted

Supreme Court of Ontario and Ontario Court of Appeal, 1981

Employment History

Greg Monforton and his partner Brad Robitaille founded Monforton, Robitaille in 1981. Since that time Greg has represented thousands of Plaintiffs in personal injury matters arising from motor vehicle accidents, unsafe premises, sexual assault, products liability and medical malpractice.

Community Involvement

Mr. Monforton has served on behalf of numerous charitable and public service organizations including:

• Past Member of the Board of Directors of the Windsor-Essex County Mental Health Association
• Past President of the Windsor-Essex Head Injury Association
• Past Member of the Board of Directors of St. Leonard’s Society of Canada
• Moot Court Judge: University of Windsor Faculty of Law
• Occasional Guest Lecturer at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law, St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology, the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, and local schools and service clubs on various legal topics.

Professional Associations

• Ontario Trial Lawyers Association
• The Law Society of Upper Canada
• Canadian Bar Association
• Essex Law Association
• The Advocates Society
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Lawyer Profiles

Big Ideas for Small Firms

by Greg Monforton
Trial, October 2008

To manage your firm well, you need to build a team that shares your firm's core values. Do you have the employees and resources you need to service your clients the way you want to?

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