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Steven Bezaire

PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER & FOUNDER

Areas of Expertise:

  • Personal Injury
  • Civil Litigation

Education:

  • 1989 B.A. (English) University of Windsor
  • 1992 LL.B University of Windsor
  • 2019 MBA University of Fredericton, N.B.
  • 2022 LLM (Candidate) York University

I was called to the bar in February of 1994 and have practiced in the area of civil litigation almost exclusively since that time. I spent the first four years of my career defending insurance companies at a local firm which focused on personal injury insurance defence litigation. There I learned valuable lessons about the tactics insurance companies use to deny, avoid, limit and defend claims – lessons which have provided me with insight into the best strategies to frame and present injury claims on behalf of my injured plaintiff clients.  

I began my own practice in 1998 and began focusing on personal injury work. Through the years I have worked as a sole practitioner, with a partner, and through affiliations with other law firms. Today I am proud to lead the personal injury team at Bezaire and Associates from our 1395 Ouellette Avenue office. 

My passion for the plight of innocent accident victims and my frustration with the pathetically eroded compensation to which they are entitled under the Insurance Act has caused me to become active in the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) – the pre-eminent provincial voice for legislative change for such victims – where I now sit as a member of the Board of Directors and upon several of their front-line committees. 

I grew up in Windsor where I attended Assumption High School and then the University of Windsor, obtaining bachelor degrees in English and Law. I recently completed my MBA (Master of Business Administration) from University of Fredericton and my Master of Law (LLM) program at Osgoode Hall Law School, and will soon be enrolling in University of Windsor’s PHD program in argumentative philosophy.  

I have been a sessional instructor at the University of Windsor Law School, I have been a frequent guest lecturer for the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Bar Admission Course, and I am often contacted by local media to comment upon personal injury matters and automobile insurance issues in the news. I enjoy speaking about the law and would be pleased to address your class, club, board or membership on any formal or informal basis.  

I live in Belle River with my wife Heather and our Golden Retriever, Sadie. I love all the babies and doggies in the world! I also enjoy running, hanging out with my bride, and I never run out of things to read. 

I am a member of:

LawSocietyOfCanada
OntarioTrialLawyersAssocation 1
CanadianBarAssociation
TheAdvocatesSociety
EssexLawAssociation
JUST SAYIN'

Recent Articles

“Just sayin” is the title of a series of editorials and op-eds written by Steve Bezaire, many of which are published in local magazines as monthly features. They may also appear in various other publications as editorial commentary.