When you hire our firm, Ryder Law promises that:
- We will listen carefully to what you have to say.
- We will carefully consider what you have told us and then explain your options.
- We will be impartial and candid in our assessment of your options.
- We will move the case ahead as quickly as possible.
- We will return your phone calls or messages promptly.
- We will not waste your time or your money.
About Lawrence Ryder
Lawrence Ryder was called to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1975. He has provided top quality legal services to thousands of clients for the last 40 years. He is a senior litigation lawyer in this area. During his career, Lawrence has successfully championed the rights of small businesses, farmers and individuals against major corporations.
When interest rates being charged by banks rushed past 20% and put all small businesses and individuals at risk of losing everything, it was Lawrence who stood up against the banks and forced them to back off on collection, to write off debt and to allow hundreds of his clients to continue with their businesses and lives.
As a result of his numerous successes, he became known province-wide. He was the keynote speaker in numerous conferences and community meetings. He was interviewed on national radio and television programmes and he wrote numerous articles for a provincial magazine.
He is the lawyer in the Toronto and Port Elgin area who has successfully challenged the banks all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada on two occasions. He has won precedent-setting cases throughout his career.
Lawrence took on the challenge of helping parties injured in automobile accidents who were being mistreated by the legal and insurance systems. Parties injured in an auto accident are entitled to receive reasonable compensation not only from the at-fault driver, but also from the party’s own insurance company, which was supposed to be providing generous accident benefits, but was not.
Today, Lawrence continues to successfully fight against insurance companies and obtain top damage awards for his clients as well as securing statutory accident benefits. He continues to author legal articles for an area magazine.
Lawrence and his team understand the physical and emotional trauma suffered by persons who are injured in automobile accidents and slip and fall incidents. Lawrence is able to access a team of medical experts from all over the province to help his clients in all areas of their need.
Lawrence’s approach is simple. He will listen to you, he will understand your needs and he will strive to provide the best possible legal representation to you in a timely fashion. You deserve no less!
Lawrence is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association and the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association.
The Ryder Law Team
We could not provide the high quality legal services that we do without an amazing legal staff. Our team combines more than 85 years of legal experience to benefit our clients. Our team includes:
Kate Ryder
Kate joined the team in 1986. She has been helping injured parties in the personal injury and accident benefit fields for more than 20 years. She has the background and knowledge necessary to understand the injury and recovery process and to provide guidance to clients with respect to the accident benefits to which they are entitled from their own insurance companies. She also has extensive knowledge in arranging teams of rehabilitative specialists to assist our clients as they recover from their injuries. She is trained in advanced family mediation and brings that family compassion to injured parties and their families as they struggle to make adjustments resulting from their injuries and disabilities.
Kate can be reached at extension 25.
kate@ryderlaw.ca
Mary Lou McKenzie
Mary Lou joined the Ryder team in 2007 as the lead real estate assistant. She has more than 20 years of experience in real estate, litigation, estate, wills and power of attorney sectors in Ontario and British Columbia.
Mary Lou can be reached at extension 30.
marylou@ryderlaw.ca
Cheryl Emon
Cheryl joined the Ryder team in 2012. She has 25 years of experience in the legal field in civil litigation, wills, powers of attorney and estates.
Cheryl can be reached at extension 26.
cheryl@ryderlaw.ca
Office Locations
Port Elgin
669 Gustavus Street, Box 1956
Port Elgin, ON, N0H 2C0
Phone: 519-832-4466
Toll Free: 1-877-712-4466
Fax: 519-832-4475
Toronto
1235 Bay Street, Suite 502
Toronto, ON, M4W 3R1
Former Toronto Office
Service Area
Toronto | Port Elgin | Southampton | Kincardine | Paisley | Sauble Beach | Wiarton | Grey and Bruce Counties
