Steven is a partner at Genest Murray LLP and has been practicing at the firm since his call to the Bar in 2008. He has a varied practice acting on claims involving catastrophic personal injury, construction defects, motor vehicle accidents, occupiers’ liability, product liability, and property damage/subrogation. A large part of Steven’s practice is focused on school board liability, which includes acting on cases involving bullying, discrimination, defamation and sexual abuse. He also devotes a large part of his practice to solicitor negligence claims and road authority and casualty claims involving the Provincial Crown.

Steven has a passion for community involvement and access to justice, which began in law school where he volunteered as a community legal clinic caseworker for three years. He spent over 15 years volunteering with Pro Bono Ontario providing summary legal advice and duty counsel in motion court to unrepresented litigants.

Currently, he provides bono legal advice in the area of human rights to the 2SLGBTQ+ community at the 519 Community Centre Legal Clinic.

Steven has appeared before various courts and administrative tribunals including the Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Appeal. He is the co-chair of the annual joint conference between the Canadian Defence Lawyers, the Canadian Insurance Claims Managers Association and the Canadian Independent Adjusters Association.