FIRM DIRECTORY
Garret J. Cooligan
Mr. Cooligan specializes in insurance litigation. He appears as counsel in every level of Court in Canada.
Mr. Cooligan has and continues to sit as a Deputy Judge in the Superior Court of Justice. He also acts as a Mediator and Pre-trial Judge. His counsel is sought by other lawyers in the community. He is involved in continuing legal education programs sponsored by the local Bar Association and by the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Garret was appointed Queens Counsel in 1971.
Areas of Practice
- Civil Litigation
- Insurance Litigation
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Real Estate
- Wills and Estate Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Education
- 1950 B.A. St. Patrick's College of Ottawa University
- 1954 Barrister of Law Degree Osgoode Hall and Called to the Bar of Ontario
- 1988 Certified as a Specialist in Civil Litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada
- 1991 LL.B. York University
- 1993 Recertified as Specialist in Civil Litigation
- 1998 Recertified as Specialist in Civil Litigation
Professional Affiliations
- Advocates' Society
- County of Carleton Law Association
- Founding Member and Past President of The Thomas More Lawyers' Guild of Ottawa
- Founding Member of the Medical Legal Society of Ottawa-Carleton, 1993, a member of membership committee and councilor for two years
- Deputy Judge in the Superior Court of Justice, Ottawa Small Claims Court, for 25 years
