Samfiru Tumarkin LLP promotes six partners to new leadership roles

TORONTO, May 4, 2022 – Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, Canada’s leading employment and disability law firm, is excited to announce the transition of several partners to key leadership positions. These new roles within the rapidly-expanding firm will help to solidify Samfiru Tumarkin LLP’s strong reputation in the legal community, and accelerate its efforts to educate the public on their rights and produce powerful results for countless clients.

Lior Samfiru and Sivan Tumarkin become National Co-Managing Partners of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP. Through their diligence and determination, the two co-founding partners have guided the firm from its humble beginnings in 2007 to its current status as one of Canada’s most effective and prolific law firms.

James K. Fireman and David Vaughan are now National Practice Leaders of the firm’s Disability & Personal Injury Law and Employment & Labour Law practices, respectively. The seasoned litigators will utilize their years of experience to guide the Samfiru Tumarkin LLP’s legal strategies and ensure continued dedication to the firm’s core principles.

Partner Martin Willemse becomes Western Canada Practice Leader of the firm’s Disability & Personal Injury Law practice group. Martin will be responsible for guiding legal and strategic successes in Alberta and British Columbia as the firm continues to strengthen its presence in and around the Canadian Rockies.

“We are excited by the opportunities and benefits that these changes will unleash for the firm and its clients,” said Tumarkin. “The appointment of some of the Canadian legal profession’s most proficient lawyers to these vital positions will allow Samfiru Tumarkin LLP to continue to focus on advancing the firm’s stellar capabilities and reputation, and allow us to achieve new heights.”

About Samfiru Tumarkin LLP

Samfiru Tumarkin LLP is Canada’s largest employee-side employment and disability law firm, focusing on severance pay, wrongful dismissal, long-term disability claim denials, constructive dismissal, employee misclassification, human rights law, labour law, temporary layoffs and employment contracts.

The firm’s employment and disability lawyers represent employees across Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia, as well as individuals who have been denied their long-term disability payments by their insurance provider.

Their Severance Pay Calculator, launched in 2013, has been used by nearly two million people seeking an understanding of how much compensation they are owed when they lose their job. The Pocket Employment Lawyer, activated in 2019, offers Canadians a quick review of their employment issues and how to resolve them.

In addition the being the most quoted authority on employment law in Canada through 1,000+ interviews, Samfiru Tumarkin LLP has successfully represented tens of thousands clients and is the most positively reviewed law firm in the country (on Google).

For further information, please contact Ryan Bonnar, Marketing and Media Relations Manager at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, ryan.bonnar@stlawyers.ca, 416-216-5893