Patrick Hawkins
Canada Guide 2025
Band 2 : Healthcare: Contentious
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About
Provided by Patrick Hawkins
Practice Areas
Patrick is a Partner in BLG’s Health Law Group. He is a civil litigator, specializing in health law and personal injury defence. He defends hospitals, healthcare organizations and employees in medical malpractice and class action litigation as counsel to the Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada. He acts as general counsel to healthcare organizations and regulated professionals, appearing regularly before the courts and administrative tribunals. He provides advice to clients in areas including privacy and cybersecurity, physician credentialing, quality of care reviews and adverse event management.
Career
Ontario Bar, 1992. LLM, University of Cambridge. LLB, Queen’s University.
Professional Memberships
Past President, Medico-Legal Society of Toronto; Member, Ontario Bar Association, Past Executive, OBA Health Law Section; Member, Advocates Society.