T. Kirk Boyd

Partner

Ottawa
[email protected]
613.787.3563

Kirk acts for several insurers, defending bodily harm and property damage claims within his insurance claim defense practice.

He advises clients in a number of different areas of insurance, including:

  • coverage opinions
  • directors’ and officers’ liability insurance
  • cybersecurity insurance

Kirk represents insurance brokers, financial advisors, mortgage brokers, engineers, healthcare professionals and public servants defending professional liability claims.

 

Experience

  • Acting for insurers in defending all manners of insurance claims.
  • Acting for professionals in defending professional liability claims.
  • Acting for corporations with respect to directors' and officers liability insurance.

Beyond Our Walls

Professional Involvement

  • Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association
  • Member, County of Carleton Law Association
  • Member, The Advocates’ Society
  • Part-time Professor, Insurance Law, University of Ottawa

Community Involvement

  • President, Board of Directors, Citizen Advocacy of Ottawa, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people with disabilities participate fully in community life
  • Ottawa Representative, BLG National Pro Bono Committee

Awards & Recognitions

  • Selected by peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition (and since 2019) of The Best Lawyers in Canada® (Insurance Law) and since 2020 (Personal Injury Litigation).
  • Recognized in the 2024 edition (and since 2020) of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Litigation - Commercial Insurance, Personal Injury).

Bar Admission & Education

  • Ontario, 1999
  • LLB, Queen's University, 1997
  • BAH, Queen's University, 1993