H. WAYNE SNYDER

Wayne was born in Chatham, Ontario in 1945. He attended the University of Western Ontario, obtaining his B.A. in 1966 and L.L.B. (with Honours) in 1969. He was called to the Bar (again with honours) in 1971, and was employed with the firm first as an articling student and then as an associate, and became a partner in 1972.

Wayne restricts his practice to civil litigation (mainly insurance defence work). Within that field, he has carried on a general insurance and trial practice in the areas of municipal and environmental law, casualty (personal injury and death), fire, surety and subrogation law and products liability.

Wayne has appeared in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, its predecessors the District and Supreme Courts of Ontario, Ontario Divisional Court, Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada, and before various tribunals (including those dealing with compensation for criminal injuries, and Worker's Compensation).

As an adjunct to his civil litigation practice, Wayne has advocated in appropriate cases Alternative Dispute Resolution, and has conducted numerous mediations resulting in more cost effective file closures.

For many years, he has been a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Advocates' Society (Ontario) and the Defense Research Institute, as well as an elder with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kitchener, Ontario. He and his wife, Terry make their home in Waterloo.