Matt Lalande

Matt Lalande is the owner and founder of Lalande Personal Injury Lawyers. Matt comes from a family of trial lawyers and Judges who have been practicing law as far back as 1973. Matt has been practicing law since 2003 and has developed into a trial lawyer who focuses on helping both people in need and people that need an advocate.

He specializes in handling a wide variety of cases including traumatic brain injury, paralysis, spinal cord injury, car accidents, bicycle accidents, trucking accidents, motorcycle accidents, claimants denied long-term disability, critical illness benefits and life insurance payments, families of those who’s loved ones were killed due to negligence, as well as all facets employment law from terminations to contractual issues.

Matt obtained his law degree from the University of Ottawa and served with a well respected Hamilton Personal Injury Law firm prior to starting Lalande Personal Injury Lawyers. Through his commitment to providing exceptional client service, Matt has been named by his peers as one of the best personal injury lawyers in Canada in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 and voted by the Hamilton community as one of the best personal injury lawyers in the city. There is nothing brings Matt and his firm greater satisfaction than providing practical solutions and actionable advice to families who’s lives have been devastated and derailed by life changing injuries or families who have lost loved ones.

Matt is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a former director with the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, a member of the American Association for Justice Trial Lawyers, an avid speaker, a writer for legal and media outlets, a former member of the Oakville Trafalgar Hospital Ethics Committee, a former writer and co-chair of the litigator magazine, and a current writer for the Lawyer’s Daily and the First Reference Employment Law Website, and a contributor to the Globe and Mail’s Leadership Lab new column.

Matt’s skills as a victim advocate has been recognized by his peers and the legal community alike. In 2018 and 2019, 2020 and 2021 Matt was recognized as one of Canada’s Best Personal Injury Lawyers.

Matt has extensive knowledge in catastrophic disability and the experience necessary to secure adequate compensation for accident victims who have suffered life-changing injuries. Our goal from boardroom to the courtroom, is to make 100% sure that you are adequately compensated for two reasons – to help return you to an optimal quality of life and to help cover your life-long expenses.

To do this, we use a multidisciplinary approach – meaning that we work closely with teams of occupational therapists and expert accounts to compile and project an injured victim’s needs and future costs, while at the same time ensuring service and consistent communication with clients, families, rehabilitation professionals, case managers, and others who may be involved in providing your long-term support.

There is no doubt that survivors of catastrophic injuries have intense healthcare needs during acute and rehabilitation care and often through the rest of life. Seriously injured victims demand a number of expensive resources such as acute trauma care, rehabilitation, and also typically lifelong follow-up, care and rehabilitation. Our goal is to ensure that all of your future needs are properly accounted for and financially valuated.