Monday 11 March 2019

New judge named to New Brunswick Court of Appeal

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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:35:04 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO David Lametti I hope you know that have
been talking about you and your buddy Chucky LeBlond?
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:34:57 -0400
Subject: YO David Lametti I hope you know that have been talking about you and
your buddy Chucky LeBlond?
To: David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
cleblond@stewartmckelvey.com, Benoit.Bourque@gnb.ca,
brian.gallant@gnb.ca, premier@gnb.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca,
blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca,
dan.bussieres@gnb.ca, Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
David.Coon@gnb.ca, brfolks@gmail.com, denis.boulet@greenpartynb.ca,
Francine.Landry@gnb.ca, tom.mclean@greenpartynb.ca,
vern.faulkner@greenpartynb.ca, wayne.dryer@greenpartynb.ca,
policygroupnb@gmail.com, john.sabine@greenpartynb.ca,
bruce.northrup@gnb.ca, Alaina.Lockhart@parl.gc.ca,
scoburn@nb.sympatico.ca, bruce.grandy@gnb.ca, bruce.fitch@gnb.ca,
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morrisshannon_4@hotmail.com, jeff.carr@gnb.ca, gvlemmon@hotmail.com,
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stewartmanuel13@gmail.com, Heather.collins.panb@gmail.com,


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Replying to and 47 others
Methinks mindless David Lametti or one of his staff would at least Googled Charles LeBlond and David Amos before appointing Chucky to the Court of Appeal of the Queens Bench N'esy Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/03/new-judge-named-to-new-brunswick-court.html





https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-appeal-court-judge-1.5051276

New judge named to New Brunswick Court of Appeal

Charles LeBlond specialized in civil litigation as partner at Stewart McKelvey


Charles LeBlond is the newest justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal. (Michel Nogue/Radio-Canada)

Moncton lawyer Charles LeBlond has been appointed to the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick.
LeBlond, a partner with Stewart McKelvey LLP, was appointed Friday by David Lametti, the federal minister of justice and attorney general.

LeBlond was born in Grand-Falls and received his law degree at the University of Moncton in 1982, a news release said.





He specialized in civil litigation and focused mainly in the areas of insurance, construction, professional liability and corporate and commercial litigation, the release said. He has appeared before the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.

He was the president of the Law Society of New Brunswick from 2000-2001 and chaired the discipline committee for more than 10 years.

CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices




83 Comments
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David Amos
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David Amos
Methinks many folks already know byway of an Internet search engine that the last time I butted heads with the lawyer LeBlond was when he represented Medavie Health Services New Brunswick Inc., in July of last year not long before the provincial election At the very least the liberal lawyers Brian Gallant, Jody.Wilson-Raybould and their pals at the Globe and Mail cannot deny it N'esy Pas?









David Amos
David Amos
Methinks mindless David Lametti or one of his staff would at least Googled Charles LeBlond David Amos before appointing Chucky to the Court of Appeal without having to do time on the Queen's Bench first N'esy Pas?


Josef Blow
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Josef Blow
@David Amos Why does a lawyer appointed to the NB Court of Appeal court have to "do time" at Queen's Bench before going to the Court of Appeal? And what relationship is there between David Amos and Charles Leblond? Assuming you are the David Amos you mention in your comment, is there anything in particular to prompt the Justice Minister to google your (his) name?

Lewis Taylor
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Lewis Taylor
@David Amos
So what....you are in court constantly for ridiculous things...the problem is actually psychiatric. How much have you cost our judicial system? Do not leave your home or use the internet and society will be fine.


David Amos
David Amos
@Josef Blow "what relationship is there between David Amos and Charles Leblond? Assuming you are the David Amos you mention in your comment"

Enjoy

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right


Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@David Amos You are busy man, Mr. Amos. I must say that I find your correspondence to be overwhelmingly voluminous for the uninitiated. I thought there was a lack of focus in your approach, but that is of course my opinion only.

David Amos
David Amos
@Josef Blow Who cares what you think when you don't have a real name?


David Amos
David Amos
@Lewis Taylor"So what....you are in court constantly for ridiculous things...the problem is actually psychiatric. How much have you cost our judicial system"

Cry me a river


Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@David Amos do you have anything of substance to add, Sir? Trumpian efforts to avoid the matter at hand are far too obvious, je pense.


David Amos
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David Amos
@Josef Blow Methinks thou doth jest too much N'esy Pas?

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@David Amos This brand of exchange is base. It adds nothing to the debate.


David Amos
@Josef Blow "This brand of exchange is base. It adds nothing to the debate."

There is no debate with you. I you wish to see a debate Google Fundy Royal Debate

or better yet intervene in my net lawsuit



daryl doucette
daryl doucette
@David Amos Hey Dave you should post how much gas was pumped out of Sable Island, how much it was worth, how much went into government coffers ( royalties) and what the costs were for big oil to complete the infrastructure to extract the gas, and then we can compare what " they got" ( exxon or whom ever) to what " we got...

David Amos
David Amos
@daryl doucette FYiI Intervened in the NEB hearings about the Emera Pipeline Project while running in the election in Saint John Harbour in 2006 Trust that those issues are far more important locally











Lewis Taylor 
Josh Smith
Can we all just be happy that the positions are finally being filled! Let's take day off from the language arguement..... people deserve access to the justice system and as a result we need sitting judges....


David Amos
David Amos
@Josh Smith Methinks we need Ethical Judges not more sneaky lawyers who were politically vetted for the benefit of "Powers That Be" at the time of their appointment to the bench. N'esy Pas?














Lewis Taylor 
maude windsor
oh oh...trudeau has ordered this long time liberal to be appointed to justice...news should say it was trudeau looking for votes in october19 election!!! also, this judge has close acquaintence to LeBlanc's wife.! educated at UofM..means less of a academic level hehas.


Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@maude windsor please explain what you mean?

David Amos
David Amos
@maude windsor Methinks everybody knows why I am going to enjoy running for public office for the 7th time and possibly the 8th time in the same year like it did back in 2006 N'esy Pas?


daryl doucette
daryl doucette
@David Amos where ya runin bud?

David Amos
David Amos
@daryl doucette Fundy Royal again


Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@maude windsor It’s ok, Ms. Windsor. I doubt whether you can explain what you are attempting to say.


Marguerite Deschamps
Marguerite Deschamps
@maude windsor, what would you know about the qualifications of a judge.











Josef Blow 
michael levesque
another francophone judge just hope he is more qualified than mary claude blais.


David Amos
David Amos
@michael levesque He ain't

Lewis Taylor
Lewis Taylor
@michael levesque
How many judges on the appeals court can hear a case in french? Not many so anyone who is bilingual is more than welcomed. People need to do the math before venting.











Josef Blow 
daryl doucette
Lametti....trudeaus new " yes" man....


David Amos
David Amos
@daryl doucette YUP












David Peters
David Peters
Federal liberals have had problems filling Judge position vacancies. Would be nice, as a voter, to have a more direct say in who gets to be a Judge.

ottawacitizen.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/liberals-plan-to-increase-frequency-of-judicial-appointments-in-face-of-backlogs/wcm/545690cc-2066-46cb-9840-384510887c85


David Amos
David Amos
@David Peters Methinks all the Feds know and legions of others about how much Hell I raised when Jody Wilson-Raybould appointed her Deputy Minister William F. Pentney to be a judge of the Federal Court and lawyer John Laskin, partner at Torys LLP, to be judge in the Federal Court of Appeal N'esy Pas?


JJ Carrier
JJ Carrier
@David Amos Still waiting for you to answer the question I posed you last week...

David Amos
David Amos
@JJ Carrier It was blocked 3 times so I gave up


Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@David Amos Why would officials and legions of others be mindful of your objections to these appointments, Mr. Amos? Were these people not qualified to be judges?


Karl Patterson
Karl Patterson
@David Peters WE have too many unqualified people elected now by voters is do not know anything about our system of government and law.



daryl doucette
daryl doucette
@Josef Blow a good read for you joe would be " Bilingual Today, French Tomorrow" by, I think its author is " J.V. Andrews....may give you an insight into the concerns of a lot of unilingual anglophones whom are aware of what is going on with regards to language laws in New Brunswick, and ultimately, Canada. ( except Quebec, of course).








daryl doucette
Mack Leigh
Are any judges being appointed in NB who are not francophones ?? For representing 30% of the population it appears that they receive the lion's share of .......everything..


daryl doucette
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daryl doucette
@Mack Leigh And a " U de MMMer ta boot!.....but for sure he will be " impartial" on any language issues which may appear before him.

Joseph Vacher
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Joseph Vacher
@Mack Leigh welcome to soviet NB

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@Mack Leigh According to the current list of QB Justices, 18 out of 31 judges would, on the basis of their names (not a reliable indicator I admit), be francophone. A lion's share? Any judges who are not francophones? I'll leave you with the task of making that determination.

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@daryl doucette Perhaps you could expand on your knowledge of judicial impartiality ? What are you trying to say, exactly? Would anglophone justices be equally impartial if they were to rule on language matters?


Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@Joseph Vacher Soviet NB, eh? What, exactly does that mean?

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Mack Leigh

Maybe they where chosen for skills ? and if its numbers you want :19 of the current judges in NB out 0f 30 are English which makes it 63% for 68% of the English population of NB.

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Josef Blow

Its actually the opposite 19 out of the current 30 ones are English ( not counting the new one)

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@Marc Martin You are right Marc. The point being, of course, is that the large majority of QB justices have English-sounding names. The other point is that it is always more interesting to discuss facts, rather than opinions.

daryl doucette
daryl doucette
@Josef Blow With the " track record" of just about every " legal mind" U de M has ever produced, no, I do not believe " impartiality in language matters" was in the curriculum in their studies there. And as far as an " anglophone judges" impartiality in said matters I doubt that would be an issue in this province , as they would probably not be allowed near such a case.

Marguerite Deschamps
Marguerite Deschamps
@daryl doucette, more often than not, they have no clue about language law.

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Joseph Vacher

*welcome to soviet NB*

You are doing the soviet part?

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@daryl doucette Mr. Doucette, you appear to have greater knowledge than I with respect to these matters. It would be helpful to me, and likely to others as well, if you could be more specific in your criticism of the "legal minds" (as you name them) that are partial in their findings. I'm assuming you are referring to judges only. Why would an anglophone judge not be allowed to hear language matters? And, assuming that anglophone judges were to sit in language matters, do you think they would be more impartial or partial, and why? I'm confused as to what you are getting at.

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@Marguerite Deschamps Why wold you make such as comment? Are you suggesting that all francophone judges know more than anglophone judges?

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@Marc Martin I think we should give @Joseph Vacher a chance to explain what he really means by his suggestion that, "NB is soviet". He has yet to respond to my earlier query on precisely that issue.

Marguerite Deschamps
Marguerite Deschamps
@Josef Blow, when it comes to language law, that is exactly what I am suggesting.

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@Marguerite Deschamps thank you for responding. Judges are like anyone else when exercising their functions. If they are in doubt or lacking in knowledge as to what a language statute (or any other statute) means precisely, then they will consult the statute to understand its meaning and then they will apply it to the matter being examined. You say "more often than not" … what instances are you referring to?

Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@Marguerite Deschamps The Francophone judges were taught by the SANB backed Mr. Savoie , who most Anglophones don't trust , do there's your answer !

Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@Lou Bell Most were taught by Mr. Savoie -- the self proclaimed " expert " .

David Amos
David Amos
@Mack Leigh YUP

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@Lou Bell Hello Lou Bell. Who is the Mr. Savoie you refer to? I don't understand what you say is an answer?

David Amos
David Amos
@Joseph Vacher Methinks "Welcome to the Circus" would be a better greeting N'esy Pas?

Josef Blow
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Josef Blow
@David Amos YUP? Did you read the remaining comments in this thread regarding the composition of the QB, Mr. Amos? The facts are the facts regarding the judges who sit there?

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@David Amos And perhaps, Mr. Amos, you might explain what you mean as might Mr. Vacher? I think it is important to explain one's position, don't you?

Lewis Taylor
Lewis Taylor
@Mack Leigh
How many francophones on court of appeal? To hear cases? do the math....Lenny McLaughlin.

Lewis Taylor
Lewis Taylor
@Josef Blow
they could not be impartial since they could not hear or write cases in the other language that they do not understand.

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@Lewis Taylor This comment is confusing … why could an anglophone judge not hear cases or write decisions in the other language if he or she is proficient in both official languages? Francophone justices who are proficient in both official languages are able to hear arguments and write decisions in both official languages; why would anglophone judges not be able to do the same?


David Amos
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David Amos
@Josef Blow Did you read the remaining comments in this thread regarding the composition of the QB, Mr. Amos?

Methinks the fact is that you should feel free to Google me in order to investigate my lawsuit against the Crown and of my well known conflict of interest with legions of lawyers and many judges N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Josef Blow BTW I do not believe that is your real name as per the rules of this domain


Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@David Amos Mr. Amos, you are welcome to your opinion.

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@David Amos Incidentally, I would be most interested n your response to my earlier questions.

JJ Carrier
JJ Carrier
@Josef Blow I asked him one last week and he still reuses to answer...

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@JJ Carrier A pity really. Mind you, he is not the only one whose opinions evaporate when legitimate questions are asked. Many of the comments on here are quick and quirky without any factual basis. But then again, people are entitled to voice their opinions.

David Amos
David Amos
@JJ Carrier Not true every time I answered you my reply was blocked just like with Mr Blow just now

David Amos
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David Amos
@Josef Blow "Incidentally, I would be most interested n your response to my earlier questions."

It was blocked as usual You responded to the second comment of mine about your doubtful name which was not blocked


Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@David Amos please try to reformulate your response. Had you used foul or inflammatory words?


Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@Mack Leigh you have not commented on the facts, Mr. Leigh...


Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@Lou Bell no response, Sir?


Joseph Vacher
Joseph Vacher
@Mack Leigh Welcome to Soviet NB

daryl doucette
daryl doucette
@Marguerite Deschamps Whom is " they" you are referring to?


Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@Lou Bell Perhaps you could expand on your commentary?


Josef Blow
Josef Blow 
@daryl doucette Mr. Doucette, To the extent that you do not hesitate to solicit followup information from others, I would once again like to do the same in respect of a matter you addressed earlier, namely the "legal minds" at the UM … Once again, could you be more specific in your criticism of the "legal minds" (as you name them) that are partial in their findings. I'm assuming you are referring to judges only. Why would an anglophone judge not be allowed to hear language matters? And, assuming that anglophone judges were to sit in language matters, do you think they would be more impartial or partial, and why? I'm confused as to what you are getting at.

I do not really expect an answer from you since I feel you may be somehow trapped for want of specifics in matters over which your command is rather limp.
 

Marguerite Deschamps
Marguerite Deschamps
@Lou Bell , which Mr. Savoie?
 
Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@daryl doucette According to the thread in which you yourself participated (?! please refer above), the "they" to whom Ms. Deschamps refers are the anglophone judges, the judges who, in your stated opinion, would not be allowed near a case bearing upon language matters. Remember now?

 
David Amos
David Amos
@daryl doucette Methinks a SANB wannabe lawyer is jerking our chains N'esy Pas?


David Amos
David Amos
@daryl doucette Methinks a SANB wannabe lawyer is jerking our chains N'esy Pas?

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@David Amos Darryl Doucette is shirking the opportunity to address matters that have been brought to his attention, I fear. N'esc-e pad?

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@David Amos Anyway, there is unfortunately a lack of cogent argument on here, so I wish you all well and please do rest up. Tomorrow is another day. Conspiracies, real and perceived, are ripe for the picking, Davie. Have fun. Tata for now. Remember what I suggested about focus? Lost cause … methunk


David Amos
David Amos
@daryl doucette l Need I Holler BINGO?


Marguerite Deschamps
Marguerite Deschamps
@David Amos, it is quite obvious to me who the wanabe lawyer is here.

Josef Blow
Josef Blow
@Marguerite Deschamps Haha …. I concur ….

David Amos 
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David Amos
@Josef Blow Trolls are like moths to a flame


daryl doucette
daryl doucette
@Josef Blow are you from mexico?

daryl doucette
daryl doucette
@David Amos I love to irritate these people.

David Amos
David Amos
@daryl doucette Me Too

David Amos
David Amos
@daryl doucette "are you from mexico?"

My best guess is that he is G $ of the Queen Square Leisure Society in Fat Fred City


daryl doucette
daryl doucette
@Josef Blow stop lawyerspeak wiilya? Us peasants are not privy to that gibberish



David Amos
David Amos
@daryl doucette Methinks many folks would have a great laugh if they were looking over my shoulder at my computer screen and listening in on my phone calls right now N'esy Pas?







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Subject: RE: Yo Chucky LeBlond remember me? Need I say what I read in
CBC about Medavie Health Services is just more PURE D BULLSHIT?
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 20:29:02 -0400
Subject: Yo Chucky LeBlond remember me? Need I say what I read in CBC
about Medavie Health Services is just more PURE D BULLSHIT?
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<Benoit.Bourque@gnb.ca>, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/medavie-ambulance-contract-1.4727872

Medavie goes to court to keep details of ambulance contracts secret
Provincial government wants to release latest contract in full

Shane Magee · CBC News · Posted: Jun 29, 2018 2:17 PM AT

Charles LeBlond, a lawyer representing Medavie Health Services New
Brunswick Inc., says portions of the company's contract with the
provincial government to operate Ambulance New Brunswick should be
kept private to protect trade secrets. (Shane Magee/CBC)

The company that runs New Brunswick's ambulance system wants a judge
to keep details of its contract with the province secret.

A lawyer for Medavie Health Services New Brunswick Inc. on Friday told
Court of Queen's Bench Justice George Rideout the company agrees with
releasing most of the contract.

Charles LeBlond said the company opposes releasing details such as
staffing levels and how much Medavie is paid for meeting performance
targets, arguing the information could harm its competitive position.

Public release of the details would "completely jeopardize" Medavie's
business operations because competing companies could reverse engineer
Medavie's pricing formula, LeBlond told the court in Moncton.

That would give other firms an advantage when bidding for future
contracts in New Brunswick and other jurisdictions. Medavie, however,
would not have a similar advantage, since it would not have the same
details about competitor pricing, he said.

In February, the province notified Medavie it intended to release the
2017 contract without any redaction.

The decision followed separate right to information requests from CBC
News and Brunswick News Inc. for the latest Ambulance New Brunswick
contract with the Department of Health and Medavie.

Medavie Health Services, which has operated New Brunswick's ambulance
system since 2007, has gone to court seeking to keep financial details
of its contract with the government secret. (CBC)

Medavie has operated the ambulance system since 2007 and its contract
was renewed in 2017.

The company asked a judge to review the province's decision to make
the contract details public.

Ambulance New Brunswick has faced controversy following stories by the
Telegraph-Journal newspaper and CBC about ambulances that were out of
service because of staffing issues.

"The position of the province is that in the interest of openness and
transparency, and in light of the public interest in the matter, the
unredacted agreement from 2017 should be disclosed in full," Richard
Williams, a provincial government lawyer, told the court.

The Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act allows anyone
to request records held by the government. The law includes exemptions
that prohibit releasing information about a third party provided in
confidence or that could harm its business interests.

LeBlond said he understand the public interest but that can't trump the act.

"The act was never intended to mandate full disclosure in all
circumstances, which is what the position of the media in particular
clamouring for disclosure seems to suggest be the case," LeBlond told
the judge.

"It is not and Medavie has done nothing more than meet its statutory
obligations and rights in agreeing to disclosure of the redacted
version of the agreement."

Portions of the contract between Medavie and the province for
operation of Ambulance New Brunswick were redacted. The province
sought to release the contract without any redactions, which Medavie
opposed.

Williams said the law gives the minister of the department that
receives the right to information request broad power to decide what
can be released.

A similar case involving the Green Party of New Brunswick seeking
information about the contract between the province and Shannex Inc.
for privately run nursing homes serves as an example of a judge
correctly interpreting the act, LeBlond said.

In that case, Justice Judy Clendening ruled in March that the contract
details don't have to be released.

Rideout said he intends to issue a written ruling in the ambulance
contract case by Tuesday or Wednesday next week.
About the Author

Shane Magee
Reporter
Shane Magee is a Moncton-based reporter for CBC.


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It’s Charles’ experience of knowing what works and doesn’t work in
litigation, particularly before the courts, that his clients
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minds, he works efficiently to find the best solution for his clients.

Representative matters
With a long established track record, Charles works for insurance
companies, professional regulatory bodies, retailers and construction
companies. His work has included:

    Insurance defense work for many insurers including Allstate,
Pembridge, CUMIS, Cooperators, Intact, Dominion and Personal.
    Professional liability defense work for Law Society of New
Brunswick, ENCON and AXA.
    Construction claims for major contractors.
    Occupier’s liability defense work for major retailers.

Areas of practice:

    Litigation
    Insurance
    Construction Law
    Health
    Class Actions
    Professional Liability
    Litigation – Commercial Insurance
    Personal Injury
    Product Liability
    Workers’ Compensation
    Litigation – Class Action

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