Among the Best: Hamilton Personal Injury & Disability Lawyer
Since 2003, Matt Lalande has recovered over $60M in compensation for Injured Victims, Hurt Kids, Disabled Claimants, Families in Wrongful Death Cases and Fired Employees.
Lalande Personal Injury Lawyers is a local boutique in Hamilton, Ontario. Matt Lalande, the law firm’s founder, comes from a family of trial lawyers and judges who have been practicing law since 1973. Matt has been practicing law and serving the Hamilton community since 2003. He has developed into a trial lawyer who focuses on helping both hurt and disabled people who need an advocate.
Matt and his team specialize in a wide variety of cases, including:
Denied Long-Term Disability
Injured Kids
Wrongful Death
Traumatic brain injury
Spinal Cord Injury and Paralysis
Car Accidents
Pedestrian Accidents
Bicycle Accidents
Trucking Accidents
Motorcycle Accidents
Employment Law
Professional Affiliations
Matt is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a former director with the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, a member of the American Association for Justice Trial Lawyers, an avid speaker, a writer for legal and media outlets, a former member of the Oakville Trafalgar Hospital Ethics Committee, a former writer and co-chair of the litigator magazine, and a current writer for the Lawyer’s Daily and the First Reference Employment Law, and a contributor to the Globe and Mail’s Leadership Lab new column.
Among Hamilton’s Best Personal Injury Lawyers
Matt has been named by his peers as one of the best personal injury lawyers in Canada in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 and voted by the Hamilton community as one of the best personal injury lawyers in Hamilton. There is nothing that brings Matt and his firm greater satisfaction than providing practical solutions and actionable advice to families whose lives have been devastated and derailed by life-changing injuries or families who have lost loved ones.
Matt’s Speaking and Writing Engagements
As one of Hamilton’s top personal injury lawyers, Matt Lalande has also volunteered his time and has written and spoken on various personal injury law and employment issues close to 75 times. Some (but not all) of Matt’s articles and speaking engagements are as follows:
Author – Legal Textbook – “Disability Insurance Law in Canada, Third Edition” Disability Insurance Law in Canada (Third Edition) is a comprehensive and practical guide to the law of disability insurance in all of the common law provinces in Canada.
Trial Law 101: Be like a Teacher: Tell the Trial like a Story – Erie County Bar Association, 2022
18th Annual Employment Law Seminar – HLA, November 2021
Litigating in a Post-Covid World – Will Davidson Educational Seminar – September 2021
I can get cross-examined on what? – Orthopedic Surgeon Round Table
Disability Law for Firefighters -Toronto Fire Watch Magazine, August 2020
In a Merger, there’s no Guarantee of Permanent Employment – Globe and Mail, May 2019
Can an employee be terminated while on Disability? – Globe and Mail, December 2018
Law and Technology – What Clients want to see in a Website – American Bar Association, Law Technology Today, February 2019
Speaker – Putting Science into Friction – Hamilton Annual Advocacy Conference – December 6th, 2018
Writer, Can your employer terminate you while you are collecting long-term disability benefits? – Globe and Mail Leadership Lab – December 2018
Writer, How and When to Apply for Long-Term Disability Benefits – Globe and Mail Leadership Lab – September 6th, 2018
Writer, Can you Audio Record your Doctor at an IME? – Lawyer’s Daily, April 2018
Writer, Undue Hardship vs Frustration of Contracts – A review of the Court of Appeal Decision Nason v. Thunder Bay Orthopedic Inc. 2017 ONCA 641
Writer, “5 Things that Injury Lawyers Should Know About Employment Law” – Lawyer’s Daily, August 2017
Writer, “Slip and Fall Technology – Putting More Science into Friction” – The Lawyer’s Daily, July 15th 2007
Writer, “Personal Injury and Engineering Standards – ANSI, NFSI, ASTM, COF, SBR…what does this all mean and why should you be aware of American Standards when Litigating in Canada?” – Lawyer’s Daily, July 2017
Presenter, “Cross-Examination: The Best Techniques” – Hamilton Law Association Annual 16th Annual Advocacy Conference, December 2016
Presenter – “When Your Patient Leaves Your Care” – Orthopedic Surgeon Educational Rounds Dinner, July 2016
Co-Chair, “The Modern Law Clerk” – Canadian Defence Lawyers, March 2016
Presenter, “The Modern Law Clerk” – Canadian Defence Lawyers, March 2016
Co-Chair, “Product Liability in Practice” – Ontario Trial Lawyer’s Association, April 1st 2016
Writer, “Personal Injury and Engineering Standards – ANSI, NFSI, ASTM, COF, SBR…what does this all mean and why should you be aware of American Standards when Litigating in Canada?” – Lawyer’s Daily, July 2017
Presenter, “What we do: a personal injury lawsuit from A to Z” – Hamilton and Halton Rehabilitation Community, October 2014
Presenter, “Now this is a great medical report, let me tell you why” – 37th Annual Ontario Orthopedics Association General Meeting, November 2015
Panelist – “Ticklers and Limitation Periods” – OTLA Spring Conference, May 2014
Presenter, “Prepare to be Cross-Examined” – Oakville Medical Legal Orthopedics Educational Rounds, March 5th 2014
Writer, “Depuy Hip Implant Class Litigation Certification Approved”, The Lawyers Weekly, December 2014
Writer, “An Update on Metal on Metal Implants” – Lawyers Weekly, October 2013
Writer, “Increased Cost again awarded by the Court of Appeal against Defendants that refuse to participate in mediation” – The Lawyers Weekly, June 2013
•Speaker, “Putting your best foot forward: Settling with Adjusters” Ontario Trial Lawyers Spring Conference, May 2013
Writer, “Optional Accident Benefits: A Primer” – The Lawyers Weekly, February 2012
Writer, “The Law of Nervous Shock” – Litigator Magazine, Co-Author, Winter 2013 Edition
Writer, “Personal Injury Primer: The Duty of Care of Landlords” – The Lawyers Weekly, February 2013
Writer, “The Defence of Self-Defence – from a Civil Perspective” – The Lawyers Weekly, October 2012
Writer, “The Bill 198 Threshold – Business Acumen Still Required” – The Lawyers Weekly, Lawyer’s Weekly, September 7th 2012
Writer, “A Review of The Barton V. Rona And the Law of Just Cause” – First Reference, August 23rd, 2012
Writer, “Not an Employee? Not an Independent Contractor? How the Courts Define the Hybrid” – First Reference, July 11, 2012
Writer, “The Enforceability of Termination Provisions within Contracts of Employment” – First Reference, May 13, 2012
Writer, “Variables Affecting Length of Notice: Age, First Reference” – April 9t,h 2012
Writer, “An Overview of Damages Within the Context of Employment Law,” First Reference, March 12, 2012
Writer, “Court Again Confirms No Upper Limit with Damages for Non-Management and Low-Level Workers” – First Reference, February 2012
Writer, “Employees that wish to withdraw resignations: what to do?” – First Reference, January 2012
Writer, “Is suffering before death compensable at law?” – The Lawyers Weekly, February 2012
Writer, “The Sale of a Business and Some Implications for Employers and Employees” – First Reference, December 2011
Writer, “Wrongful Death Awards Kept in Check” – First Reference, November 2011
Speaker, “How to properly hire and fire employees to avoid a wrongful dismissal claim” – Burlington Chamber of Commerce Lunch and Learn, Burlington, January 2009
Writer, “Shifting Strategy: When a Client Dies Mid-Litigation” – The Litigator Magazine, Fall 2009
Writer, “Plaintiffs Entitled to Costs Even Though Threshold Not Met” – The Lawyers Weekly, September 2008.
Writer, “CPP: Terms You Must Know” – The Litigator Magazine, Winter 2007
Speaker, “Policy Considerations: Directly or indirect use of an Automobile, Ontario Trial Lawyers Conference” – Ontario Trial Lawyer Spring Conference, May 2006
Speaker, “Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Herbison – Shooting for Coverage…Literally” – Ontario Trial Lawyers Spring Conference, May 2006
Writer, “Beware of The Phantom Client” – The Litigator Magazine, 2007 Fall Edition
Writer, “Entering the workforce: what you need to know about employment contracts” – Jobpostings.ca, November 2010
Writer, “Social Networking During Work Hours. Does Micromanagement Kill Morale?” – Jobpostings.ca, January 2010
Contact Lalande Personal Injury Lawyers Today
If you or a loved one has suffered serious injuries, your family has lost a loved one, you have been wrongfully denied or cut off your long-term disability benefits, or you have been unfairly fired, we can help. Contact us no matter where you are in Ontario at 1-844-LALANDE or local in the Burlington – Hamilton – Niagara areas at 905-333-8888. Alternatively, you can contact us confidentially through our website, and we would be happy to get back to you to discuss your case.
I was a dental hygienist that suffers from really bad scoliosis. My insurance company ignored my doc & cut my benefits off & told me I could do “something”. Matt got me CPP Disability and and LTD settlement – I don’t know what I would have done without him.
Sandra MacDonell
My daughter was killed by a drunk driver and it forever changed all of our lives. It seemed that for two years time stopped. This was no an easy journey. Matt let me sit in on the discovery of the driver and boy, he never let up. In the end, our grand-daughter was taken care of and we were compensated for our loss – which we then donated to a cause we believed in.
Dave Tinson
I call Matt my knight in shining armour. After I was struck by a car while cycling and permanently crippled, he fielded all communications with my especially difficult and downright nasty insurance adjuster. Every step of my care was a battle and I did not have the strength to fight alone.
Kar Crow
I lost my leg in a terrible motorcycle accident and Matt help me recover compensation I need because I could not work and the cost of prosthetics and rehab are out of this world. I don’t know what I would have done without him.
Sharjwin Homanjha
My brother ended up paralyzed after a car accident and Lalande did SO MUCH to help get things straight from him getting out of the hospital to all his care for life. We are so grateful for Matt & Heather. I don’t know how my family could have done this without them.