Deanna Miller
LAWYER
Fields of experience: Civil litigation, professional negligence defence, insurance defence, estate & capacity litigation
Expertise: Litigation, negotiation, alternative dispute resolution
Areas of specialty: Solicitor’s negligence, estate litigation
A litigator through and through, Deanna thinks and communicates with strategy at the fore. She is a skilled drafter, excelling at crafting nuanced arguments both in writing and orally in Court. She merges her sound judgment, broad-knowledge base, and knack for vigorous advocacy to secure advantageous outcomes for her clients.
Deanna maintains a diverse civil litigation practice, centred on solicitors’ negligence and estate litigation matters. She is designated as Preferred Counsel by the Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company (LAWPRO) and acts for lawyers in professional negligence disputes. She appears most often on contested matters in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and has a breadth of other experience representing clients in investigative work, mediation, arbitrations, administrative tribunals, discoveries, and other pre-trial procedures.
School: Queen’s University Faculty of Law (2018), McGill University (2015)
Call to Ontario Bar: 2019
Member:
Law Society of Ontario, Ontario Bar Association, Toronto Lawyers’ Association, the Advocates’ Society
Certifications & Achievements:
William S. O’Hara Prize for highest standing in Criminal Law (2016);
Keith Jackson Memorial Scholarship (2015)
Dean’s Honour List, McGill University
