
Hershel Sahian
Partner
Hershel J. Sahian is a civil litigation lawyer. He practices Commercial Litigation and Estate Litigation.
Hershel is a leading Ontario practitioner in the areas of Professional Liability, Product Liability and Commercial Insurance. He assertively pursues his clients’ interests. He has been described as “… skilled in the tactical use of procedural steps and proactive in his advice to his client.”
Hershel has worked on nearly 1,000 Court cases. He has experience before all levels of Court in Ontario as well as administrative tribunals, regulatory bodies and private arbitrations. Hershel’s clients have trusted him with resolving complex disputes involving the following:
- administrative law
- breach of contract
- breach of fiduciary duty
- civil fraud
- construction liens
- cyber
- Debt collection
- defamation
- directors’ and officers’ liability
- Environmental
- estate litigation
- Elder law
- Fiduciary duties and abuses of trust
- Fidelity and fraud
- General liability and property insurance
- Injunctions
- Life/disability
- Mortgage litigation and enforcement
- oppression remedies
- Professional discipline and malpractice
- Product liability
- Real estate disputes
- wrongful dismissal
- Torts
Prior to joining Wagner Sidlofsky, Hershel was a partner at one of Canada’s oldest and largest insurance litigation firms, which was consistently rated as one of the Top 10 Insurance Defence Boutiques in Canada.
Hershel worked with both the Ontario and Alberta Legislatures. He is a community activist involved in grassroots advocacy.
Hershel is a member of the following:
- Law Society of Ontario
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Advocates’ Society
- Toronto Lawyers Association
- Toronto Lawyers Club
- Medico-Legal Society of Toronto
- Canadian Defence Lawyers
- “Cyber Insurance Litigation: An Overview”, LawPro, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
- Co-Chair, Defence Briefs Property, Canadian Defence Lawyers, April 2014
- “Top 10 Problems In Adjusting Property Claims”, Canadian Defence Lawyers, April 2014
- “Simplifying Simplified Procedure”, Ontario Bar Association, June 2010
- “Subrogation In Construction Cases”, with Jack F. Fitch
- “Insurance Coverage Disputes”, with Jack F. Fitch, Insurance Institute of Canada, June 2010
- “Punitive Damages”, with William J. McCorriston, the Blue Goose Ontario Pond: Professional Insurance Company
- “Punitive Damages: Insurers Beware”, with Richard Horak, Noteworthy 2003 No. 1
- “Criminal, Civil and Professional Liability: The New Realities of Social Work in Ontario”, with Justice Paul J. French, November 2002
- “Social Host Liability in Canada”, with Richard Horak, October 17, 2002, Law Pro, October 2002
- “Pre-Trial Steps: Making the Trial Easier”, with James V. Maloney, Ontario Children’s Aid Societies’ annual conference on September 26, 2002
- Ontario (College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario) v. Bode, 2018 CanLII 129458 (ON COT)
- Bulloch-MacIntosh v Browne, 2016 ONSC 1281 (CanLII)
- Schaefer v Ayeneababa, 2016 ONSC 3673 (CanLII)
- Margaret A. Mayhew v. Paddon + York Inc., 2014 ONSC 1842 (CanLII)
- Mayhew v. Paddon + York Inc., 2014 ONSC 57 (CanLII)
- Searay v. Tripp, 2013 ONSC 7597 (CanLII)
- Kwong v. Ostrom, 2013 ONSC 2811 (CanLII)
- Fruitland Juices Inc. v. Custom Farm Service Inc. et al., 2012 ONSC 4902 (CanLII)
- Decision No. 22/12, 2012 ONWSIAT 2631 (CanLII)
- Travelers Transportation v. 1415557 Ontario Inc., 2011 ONSC 2287 (CanLII)
- Decision No. 1968/10, 2010 ONWSIAT 2352 (CanLII)
- Grimanis v. Harris & Partners Inc., 2009 CanLII 10673 (ON SC)
- Yovanovich v. Corporation of the City of Windsor, 2007 CanLII 19799 (ON SC)
- Laurin v. Beneteau, 2007 CanLII 25657 (ON SC)
- Thomas v. Gray, 2004 CanLII 45886 (ON SCDC)
- Chinook Group Ltd v. Foamex International Inc., 2004 CanLII 33017 (ON SC)
- 2017 Betel Centre Certificate of Appreciation
- 2015 Ontario Volunteer Service Award, Government of Ontario
- 2015 Geneva Centre for Autism Certificate of Appreciation
- 2010 Geneva Centre Outstanding Volunteer
- 2004 Ontario Volunteer Service Award, Government of Ontario
- 2004 Monroe Abbey Award, Canadian Jewish Congress