Patrick J. Hawkins

First Year of Call
Ontario, 1992

Areas of Practice
Health Law

Description
Patrick defends hospitals, healthcare organizations and their employees in medical malpractice litigation as counsel to the Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada (HIROC).

He acts as general counsel and provides situational advice to healthcare clients on a wide range of issues, including physician credentialing, privacy, freedom of information, quality of care reviews, adverse event management and disclosure.

He appears regularly in court and before administrative tribunals, including in regulatory proceedings under the Public Hospitals Act and Regulated Health Professions Act.

Prior to his call to the Bar, he articled as a justices’ law clerk at the Ontario Court of Appeal.