Alan Preyra

Alan Preyra is a partner at Bergmanis Preyra LLP in Toronto, widely regarded as a leading expert on the Occupiers’ Liability Act and the Municipal Act. Alan regularly serves as trial counsel to many personal injury practitioners and firms throughout the province and consults to lawyers in the insurance bar.

He has appeared as counsel in all levels of court including the Superior Court of Justice, the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada as well as the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. He has several leading precedents to his credit in the areas of Motor Vehicle Law, Occupiers’ Liability and Municipal Law.

Alan frequently writes and lectures on a variety of topics including municipal liability, occupiers’ liability, civil litigation, and practice management and has provided frequent legal commentary for the media. He has also authored professional development materials and presented to the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, The Advocates’ Society, the Insurance Institute, Osgoode Hall Continuing Legal Education and The Law Society of Upper Canada.

A strong proponent of excellence through mentorship, Alan is a lecturer at the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Business and is a Law Society Practice Mentor. He is a member of the Ontario Bar Association, the Canadian Bar Association, the Medico-Legal Society, The Advocates’ Society and the Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers’ Association.