Salvatore Shaw

Salvatore is a partner at McLeish Orlando, and he was called to the bar in 2000. For almost two decades, Salvatore has dedicated his practice exclusively to motor vehicle personal injury, products liability and wrongful death cases, acting on behalf of injured people and their family members. Since 2015, Salvatore has been selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in Canada for personal injury litigation.

Salvatore regularly appears as counsel before various levels of Ontario courts, the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, and the CPP Review Tribunal.

He lectures and publishes extensively on trial advocacy and all matters related to actions for personal injury and wrongful death. He is a frequent speaker at various continuing legal education programs, including those of the Law Society of Ontario, the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, the Canadian Institute and the Advocates Society.

Salvatore is involved in various legal associations. 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. He is also a former member of Council of The Medico-Legal Society of Toronto (2015 to 2018). Salvatore is a former board member (2017) and kayaking instructor at Abilities in Motion, a non-profit organization that promotes and encourages inclusive paddle sports for people with disabilities.