Renee A. Kopp

Renée is a seasoned litigator with extensive expertise in insurance-related litigation and administrative law, particularly within the health care sector. She has successfully defended clients in high-stakes, multi-party, and high-value cases, including complex brain injury claims, fatality matters, and a broad range of personal injury cases from inception to trial. Renée’s depth of experience includes working alongside leading experts on issues of standard of care, causation, and damages, as well as negotiating intricate settlements. She has served as counsel in lengthy and complex trials before both judge and jury and has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario.

Renée’s clients include a diverse array of health organizations and professionals. She has represented long-term care facilities, care agencies, counselling services, fertility clinics, retirement residences, and a wide range of regulated professionals such as dental hygienists, dentists, geneticists, naturopaths, nurses, optometrists, paramedics, pharmacists, physiotherapists, psychiatrists, and social workers. Her representation spans professional liability defence, disciplinary and complaint proceedings under the Regulated Health Professions Act, Coroner’s investigations and inquests, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care investigations, and hearings before the Consent and Capacity Board.

Beyond the health sector, Renée has provided legal defence and counsel to professionals across industries, including paralegals, engineers, brokers, agents, and other insurance and investment professionals. She is also experienced in coverage and risk management advisory services.

Renée’s practice extends to not-for-profit organizations, where she has defended wrongful dismissal claims and represented clients at proceedings before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.

A sought-after speaker, Renée has delivered presentations and led seminars for health care and insurance industry professionals, as well as at legal education conferences. Her topics of expertise include risk management, record-keeping for nurses, claims investigations, health record interpretation, physician credentialing, damage assessment, expert collaboration, and defending economic loss claims.

Fully bilingual in English and French, Renée is dedicated to serving clients in both official languages.