John Olah to receive 2020 OBA Award for Excellence in Insurance Law

Beard Winter is proud to announce that John Olah is the recipient of the 2020 Ontario Bar Association Award for Excellence in Insurance Law.

The Ontario Bar Association will honour John Olah with this prestigious OBA Award at a special awards dinner on May 20, 2020, in Toronto.

This award recognizes John for exceptional achievement, distinguished service and contributions in the following areas:

• The development of insurance law through advocacy, teaching, writing or legislative reform;
• Leadership in the profession and particularly of lawyers practising insurance law;
• Maintaining the highest standards of professional competence as well as the highest levels of honesty, integrity and civility;
• Enhancement of the profession of law and the well-being of the community.

“This is a tremendous honour and all of us at Beard Winter wish John congratulations on his achievement. John is extremely deserving of the OBA Award owing to his outstanding professional reputation as an advocate, mentor and leader in the area of litigation and insurance law,” says Managing Partner, Victoria Winter.

Recognized by his peers for his deep expertise in complex insurance defence litigation, John focuses his practise on cases involving product liability, recreational liability cases, environmental law and private international law cases.

For more information, visit the OBA.