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Teri Liu

Partner

Teri articled with Dutton Brock and joined the firm as an Associate following her call to the Ontario Bar in June of 2011. Her practice includes the defence of a broad range of claims including: commercial general liability; personal injury; medical negligence; products liability; occupiers’ liability; motor vehicle accident litigation; defamation; and historical sexual abuse matters.  She has also acted for Plaintiffs and brought subrogated claims on behalf of insurers. Teri has appeared in various levels of courts in Ontario, including the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Ontario Divisional Court, and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Tribunal.

Education

Teri earned her Honours Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Political Science from the University of Toronto, where she graduated with Distinction in 2007. She went on to obtain her Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law in 2010 and was called to the bar in 2011.

 

Awards

Teri was awarded the Univeristy of Toronto Letter Award in 2007 for significant and diverse contributions to improving the quality of student life. She has also received various bursaries and admission scholarships from the University of Toronto and University of Windsor.

Lectures

Christopher R. Dunn and Teri Liu, “Personal Injury Damages: Canadian Courts Award Unprecedented Tort Damages Since the 1978 Trilogy”, Ontario Risk and Insurance Management Society (ORIMS) Conference, March 2011.

Teri is a member of:

  • The Canadian Bar Association
  • The Ontario Bar Association – Insurance Section
  • The Advocates’ Society
  • The Canadian Defence Lawyers Association
  • The Toronto Lawyers Association
  • Women’s Law Association of Ontario
  • Young Women in Law
  • The Medico-Legal Society
  • The DRI Insurance Law Committee

WSIAT Decision No. 3424/18, 2019 ONWSIAT 84

K.M. v. Marson, 2018 ONSC 5278 (Ont. Superior Ct.)

K.M. v. Marson, 2018 ONSC 3493 (Ont. Superior Ct.)

Hoang v. Vicentini, 2015 ONCA 780 (Ont. Superior Ct.)

Langstaff v Marson, H&PEC School Board 2013 ONSC 1448 (CanLii)

Hayward v. Cloutier, 2012 ONSC 3738 (Ont. Superior Ct.)

Agius v. Home Depot Holdings Inc. 2011 ONCA 686 (Ont. Ct. of Appeal)

During law school, Teri was a Research Assistant to Professor Bill Bogart, researching and drafting material for his book, “Permit But Discourage: Regulating Excessive Consumption,” which was published by Oxford University Press in 2011. She also taught the LSAT Preparatory Course with The Princeton Review.

Teri competed in the Canadian National Mediation Advocacy Competition on behalf of Windsor Law and volunteered as a Student Case Worker at the Community Legal Aid Clinic in Windsor. She was also extensively involved with the Students’ Law Society where she co-chaired and participated as a member of several committees.

Assistants

Katherine Galanis

Law Clerks

Krystal Allen