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Editorial shortlist / 2026

Top 10 personal injury lawyers in Ottawa (2026).

A supplied editorial shortlist focused primarily on plaintiff-side counsel, using peer-recognition references, trial experience, professional leadership, and current practice information. Use it to begin your own review, not as a guarantee of fit, value, or outcome.

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Individual profiles included · 2026 list
01Individual profile

Joseph Y. Obagi

Connolly Obagi LLP

Plaintiff-side

The supplied research note describes serious personal injury, medical negligence, professional liability, and plaintiff-side recognition. Confirm current role, focus, and recognition directly with the linked professional source.

02Individual profile

Tara M. Sweeney

Soloway Wright LLP

Plaintiff-side

The supplied research note describes personal injury, accident benefits, medical malpractice, and Superior Court, Divisional Court, and Court of Appeal experience. Confirm current focus directly with the linked professional source.

03Individual profile

Susan D. Mitchell

Tierney Stauffer LLP

Plaintiff-side

The supplied research note describes personal injury, medical malpractice, and insurance-law practice. Confirm current role, focus, and recognition directly with the linked professional source.

04Individual profile

Brenda Hollingsworth

Auger Hollingsworth

Plaintiff-side

The supplied research note describes leadership of a personal-injury practice, litigation experience, and plaintiff-side work. Confirm current services and recognition directly with the linked professional source.

05Individual profile

David Hollingsworth

Ottawa Injury Law

Plaintiff-side

The supplied research note describes a practice focused on accidents, personal injury, insurance claims, and accident-benefit tribunals. Confirm current practice focus directly with the linked professional source.

06Individual profile

Caroline C. Failes

Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP

Plaintiff-side

The supplied research note describes personal injury, medical malpractice, insurance disputes, health law, serious motor-vehicle accidents, and medical-negligence claims. Confirm current role and focus directly with the linked professional source.

07Individual profile

Howard Yegendorf

Yegendorf Rashid

Plaintiff-side

The supplied research note describes personal-injury litigation, civil-litigation specialization, appellate experience, and insurance-law practice. Confirm current designations and focus directly with the linked professional source.

08Individual profile

Najma M. Rashid

Yegendorf Rashid

Plaintiff-side

The supplied research note describes exclusive personal-injury litigation involving serious injuries, accident benefits, disability claims, and bad-faith insurance disputes. Confirm current focus directly with the linked professional source.

09Individual profile

Richard Auger

Auger Hollingsworth

Plaintiff-side

The supplied research note describes plaintiff-side personal-injury litigation involving vehicle accidents, slip-and-falls, disability claims, and serious injuries. Confirm current practice focus directly with the linked professional source.

10Individual profile

Elizabeth A. Quigley

Connolly Obagi LLP

Plaintiff-side

The supplied research note describes personal-injury and insurance litigation, insurance-law teaching, and trial-lawyer education or leadership. Confirm current role and focus directly with the linked professional source.

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