Nevin Lawrence Fishman

First Year of Call
1986

Areas of Practice
Health Law, Insurance Law

Description
A senior partner with Branch MacMaster LLP, Nevin has 35 years of experience as a barrister. His practice is concentrated in the areas of health law (including professional liability, administrative disputes, privileges and billing audits) and insurance litigation (including products’ liability, personal injury, CGL and disability). His clientele includes some of the largest international, national and provincial insurance companies and protective associations. While situated in Vancouver, Nevin has also practiced in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Alberta. Nevin deals almost exclusively with sophisticated clients and has a vast network of expert witnesses at his disposal. Strengths include risk analysis, development and implementation of strategies, quantification of damages, coverage opinions, negotiations, and counsel work.

Nevin has extensive counsel experience before the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the British Columbia Supreme Court, coroners’ inquests, disciplinary boards, various tribunals and administrative bodies. He has also represented clients in numerous arbitrations, mediations and settlement negotiations.

Every year since 2013, Nevin has been recognized by Best Lawyers – Canada in “Health Care Law”, “Medical Negligence”, and “Professional Malpractice Law.

In its 2014 publication, Who’s Who Legal Canada described Nevin in their Products Liability chapter as “talented” and “one of the best litigators in Canada”.

The Globe and Mail and Statista recognized Branch MacMaster LLP as one of Canada’s Best Law Firms for 2022 in Healthcare & Life Sciences.