Rebecca L. Bush

National Business Leader at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)

Rebecca L. Bush is a distinguished Partner and the National Business Leader of the Insurance & Tort Liability Group at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG). With over two decades of legal experience, Rebecca’s practice is focused on public authority litigation and complex tort litigation for large institutional clients across Ontario and Canada.

Rebecca specializes in crisis management, sexual violence investigations, incident response, and defence strategies. She possesses substantial expertise in the education sector, providing comprehensive legal counsel to both school boards and independent schools on issues related to bullying, violence, harassment complaints, and related claims. Her vast experience in the higher education sector extends to guiding and representing universities and colleges during crisis situations and in handling allegations of sexual violence.

As a trusted advisor to municipalities, Rebecca assists clients with an array of legal challenges, including representing municipal bodies in claims involving emergency services. She is highly skilled at managing sensitive matters that often attract public and media scrutiny, vigorously defending her clients’ reputational interests in high-profile, policy-driven, and precedent-setting cases.

Rebecca serves as Chair of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, further solidifying her leadership status in the legal community.

Practice Areas: Public authority litigation, complex tort litigation, crisis management, sexual violence investigations, incident response and defence, education law, municipal law.
Education Sector Expertise: School boards, independent schools, universities, and colleges.
Municipal Representation: Claims involving municipalities and emergency services.
Education: BA (University of Toronto); LLB (University of Windsor)
Year of Call to Bar: 2002

Contact Information

Phone: (416) 367-6162
Fax: (416) 367-6749
Email: [email protected]

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