Adriana Cargnello
Canada Guide 2025
Band 3 : Healthcare: Contentious
Band 3
About
Provided by Adriana Cargnello
Practice Areas
Adriana Cargnello's practice focuses on health law and medical defence, including acting as counsel to the Canadian Medical Protective Association. Her extensive experience in health law encompasses regulatory and civil liability matters with a focus on physicians. Adriana studied both Common Law and Civil Law and is licensed to practise in both Ontario and Québec.
Adriana practises both in English and French and has been a guest lecturer in the Common Law and Civil Law Sections of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law.
She has also been recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory.
Career
Years of Call:
2003 - Quebec
2002 – Ontario
Professional Memberships
Canadian Bar Association
Ontario Bar Association
County of Carleton Law Association
l'Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario
le Barreau de Montréal
Personal
Adriana has sat on the Board of Directors of different organizations, including Dress for Success Ottawa, a local charity assisting disadvantaged women to acquire and maintain employment and achieve financial independence.
Chambers Review
Canada
Adriana Cargnello demonstrates strength in advising clients on matters concerning medical negligence issues. Her practice is based in Ottawa.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Adriana is a very strong lawyer, very strategic and practical. She is very good at assessing the risk of every type of litigation matter that we handle together."
"Excellent counsel on very complex cases."
"Adriana is exceptionally responsive and creative in dealing with complex medico-legal issues."
"Adriana is a very strong lawyer, very strategic and practical. She is very good at assessing the risk of every type of litigation matter that we handle together."
"Excellent counsel on very complex cases."
"Adriana is exceptionally responsive and creative in dealing with complex medico-legal issues."