Beament Hebert Nicholson LLP

General information

Derek Nicholson has been one of Ottawa’s leading civil Trial Lawyers since 1980. In his early years of practice he focused on Defense Insurance work represented several major insurance companies including Chubb Insurance and Royal Insurance. He has also represented many high profile clients including the Attorney General of Canada in a trial against Boeing USA; CJOH -TV and Blue Line Taxi.

In the last fifteen years, he has focused on Personal Injury work especially in the area of Catastrophic Injury victims (including those affected by traumatic brain Injuries, spinal cord injuries and multiple injuries that have resulted in a 55% whole body impairment as defined under the Insurance legislation.)

He is the chair of Beament Hebert Nicholson’s LLP Personal Injury Group in Ottawa Ontario. His approach and focus is on helping injured victims recover. He has guided hundreds of Plaintiffs through recovery by assisting in maximizing rehabilitation benefits and helping victims restructure their lives.

Although he now exclusively represents Plaintiffs against Insurance companies, it is of great value that he represented insurance companies in the early years to obtain insight to assist Plaintiffs today.

Derek Nicholson has also co-chaired a program on the recent changes to the Statutory Accident Benefits for Ottawa’s Bar Association (the Carleton County Law Association) in the Fall of 2010.

Derek was elected a Director of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association in May of 2011 for three years. He is now also a member of the OTLA rules committee and the OTLA cup committee which organizes an annual Moot Court in the area of personal injury for four of the law schools in Ontario.

Derek recently secured the largest settlement in Canadian History. He won over $15 million for a client who was catastrophically injured in a motor vehicle accident. The settlement also produced the biggest structured settlement in Canadian History of $11 million.