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Scott Ritchie Q.C.

Contact

Phone: 519-660-7870
Email: scott.ritchie@siskinds.com

Scott was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1967 and received his education at the University of Western Ontario (H.B.A. 62) and Osgoode Hall (LL.B. 65). He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1984.

Scott was awarded with the Middlesex Law Association’s Distinguished Service Award on November 17th, 2011 which recognized his exceptional career and contributions to the legal profession in Middlesex County and significant law-related benefit to the residents of Middlesex County.

Scott has been named to the Best Lawyers in Canada list since 2006 for Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Insurance Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Class Action Litigation and Product Liability Litigation. In 2008 and 2012 he was named to the Lexpert/ALM Directory for leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. In 2012, he was also named in Best Lawyers as Class Action Litigation Lawyer of the Year for London/Windsor.

He joined Siskinds in 1969 and has been a partner since 1971.

Publications & Teaching

Lecturer: Trial Process Course, University of Western Ontario Law School (72-82)
Lecturer in Civil Procedure Bar Admission Course (76-83).
Adjunct Professor in Class Action Course, University of Western Ontario (Spring 2000)
Senior Instructor, Civil Procedure I, Bar Admission Course, Law Society of Upper Canada, London, Ontario. C.S Ritchie, Q.C. and M.T. Poland, "Class Action Costs - A Brave New World" (Annual Lectures of the Law Society of Upper Canada, November 2000).
C.S. Ritchie, Q.C. and M.T. Poland, "Class Actions to Address Municipal and Environmental Liability - From the Plume of Smoke to the Fog of War" (Canadian Bar Association Institute, Insurance Law Section, January 2001)

Middlesex Law Association (Member)
Law Society of Upper Canada (Member)
Regional Courts Management Committee (Appointee)
American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
Advocates' Society (Member)
Advocates' Society Institute (Governor)
Committee for the Certification of Civil Litigation Specialists (Past Member)
American Association of Justice (Member)

London Squash and Racquet Club (Member)
Sunningdale Golf and Country Club (Director)