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Michael Connolly

Michael Connolly is a strategic and creative lawyer. He joined Boland Romaine LLP after practicing at an award-winning Toronto insurance litigation firm, where he defended insurance companies, motorists, property owners, and medical professionals in personal injury lawsuits. The fulfillment of helping policyholders, rather than their insurers, inspired him to commit his practice to representing seriously injured individuals through the litigation process. Capitalizing on his defence experience, Michael builds his cases to anticipate what insurers and defence lawyers will do, and mount an effective offensive response.


Michael focuses on impactful advocacy, as evidenced by his wins at motions and appeals involving statutory interpretation, insurance policy wording, disclosure of evidence, and trial outcomes. He thrives when crafting nuanced legal arguments anchored in analysis of case law and statutes.
Michael is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, the York Region Law Association, and the Ontario Bar Association. He also sits on the York Region Law Association’s Civil Litigation sub-committee. He regularly volunteers as a judge for law school moot court competitions.

Education

Michael received his J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2019 and was called to the Ontario bar in 2020. Michael obtained a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto and a Masters in Musicology from the University of British Columbia.

Trial Report Card

Year
Name
Type
Court
Year
2022
Name
Black & McDonald v Eiffage Innovative Canada Inc
Represented an Ontario-based construction company in a motion against an international construction company to determine whether the Ontario courts had jurisdiction to adjudicate a $5,000,000 contract dispute arising from the construction of a highway bridge in British Columbia.
Type
Interlocutory
Court
  • Sup Ct.
    2022 ONSC 1855
Year
2022
Name
Northbridge General Insurance Company v. Aviva Insurance Company
Represented a pharmacy's insurance company to determine whether its insurer or an employee's insurance policy was obligated to cover the legal fees in a lawsuit against the employee.
Type
Appeal
Court
  • Ont. CA

    2022 ONCA 519

    Sup Ct.

    2021 ONSC 6873
Year
2022
Name
Ayuk v Aviva General Insurance Company and RBC General Insurance
Successfully had action dismissed against a car owner's homeowner's insurance company, after it was determined that the act of giving keys to a drunk driver triggered an automobile exclusion clause in the homeowner's insurance policy. The Court awarded it costs in the amount of $10,000.
Type
Summary Judgment
Court
  • Sup Ct.
    2022 ONSC 4416
Year
2022
Name
Robar Residence v. Generac Power Systems Inc. et al
Successfully obtained a Court-ordered inspection of the plaintiff's property after the action had already been set down for trial by the plaintiff and the pre-trial conference had been held.
Type
Interlocutory
Court
  • Sup. Ct.
    (unpublished)
Year
2022
Name
Tokarz v Selwyn (Township)
Successfully appealed the trial judge's award of damages against the Township of Selwyn.
Type
Appeal
Court
  • Ont. CA
    2022 ONCA 246
  • Cases with sole carriage or as lead counsel
  • Cases where co-counsel
Publications & Speaking Appearance

Year
Name
Year
2020
Name
A. Sharabi, M. Connolly, “Double Duty: The Equities of Concurrent Duties to Defend “
Stieber Berlach LLP Client Seminar (September 2020)
Year
2020
Name
E. Bowker, M. Connolly, “All About The Journey?: Circumstantial Evidence and Standard of Care”
Stieber Berlach LLP Client Seminar (September 2020)
Year
2020
Name
S. Dial, K. Di Tomaso, M. Connolly, “Picking Policies: 2020 Update on Auto Coverage”
Stieber Berlach LLP Client Seminar (September 2020)
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