Salvatore Shaw
Salvatore received his B.A. in Geography from the University of Western Ontario in 1994, his law degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1998 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2000. His practice is dedicated exclusively to personal injury, products liability and wrongful death cases, acting on behalf of injured people and their family members. Salvatore has written for and presented at continuing legal education programs including The Law Society of Upper Canada and the Ontario Trial Lawyers’ Association. He has had various articles on personal injury litigation published and is a contributing author to a Guide to Personal Injury in Motor Vehicle Cases. He is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Ontario Bar Association, the Ontario Trial Lawyers’ Association, The Canadian Bar Association and the Advocates’ Society.
Bar Admissions
- Ontario, 2000
Education
- University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
- Bachelor of Laws - March, 1998
- University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
- Bachelor of Arts - March, 1994
Published Works
- Contingencies; Loss of Interpersonal Relationships; the Material Contribution Test; and Punitive, Exemplary and Aggravated Damages. The Modern Law of Damages, (Co-Author), The Law Society of Upper Canada. Special Lectures, 2005
- The Oatley-McLeish Guide to Personal Injury, (Co-Author with Roger G. Oatley), Canada Law Book, 2002
Representative Cases
Classes/Seminars
- The New Costs Grid – How much can you get? How can you get it? The Law Society of Upper Canada, The Oatley-McLeish Guide to Personal Injury Practice in Motor Vehicle Cases, January 24, 2003
- Leading the Right Evidence to Meet a Newly Defined Threshold – Has the Forest Changed or Just the Trees? , The Law Society of Upper Canada. The Oatley-McLeish Guide to Personal Injury Practice in Motor Vehicle Cases, November 6, 2003
- Ten Tips for Managing Paper at Trial. The Law Society of Upper Canada, The Oatley-McLeish Guide to Personal Injury Practice in Motor Vehicle Cases, February 4, 2004
- Marshalling the Evidence Before Discovery, Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, Playing to Win – Levelling the Playing Field in Auto Insurance Claims, May 26, 2006
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Ontario Trial Lawyers Association
- American Association for Justice
- The Law Society of Upper Canada
- The Advocates’ Society
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
