Robert Sheahan
Canada Guide 2025
Band 1 : Healthcare: Contentious
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About
Provided by Robert Sheahan
Practice Areas
Robert Sheahan is a partner and head of the Advocacy Department in Gowling WLG’s Ottawa office. Certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Health Law, Robert practises health law and solicitors’ negligence and acts as General Counsel to the Canadian Medical Protection Association.
He has appeared before the Ontario Provincial Court, Superior Court of Justice, Court of Appeal, as well as health professions boards and commercial tribunals.
He is an instructor at the Osgoode Hall LLM Health Law Program and has guest lectured at the University of Ottawa Faculties of Law and Medicine.
He has also been recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and The Best Lawyers™ in Canada. In 2017, 2020 and 2023, Robert was named Best Lawyers® Health Care Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Ottawa. He was also named Best Lawyers® 2023 Medical Negligence "Lawyer of the Year" in Ottawa.
Career
Year of Call: 2002 - Ontario
Professional Memberships
Honorary Member of the Executive of the National Health Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association
International Bar Association
The Advocates' Society
County of Carleton Law Association
Publications
Editor of the Electronic Healthcare Law Review (LexisNexis Canada)
Chambers Review
Canada
Ottawa-based Robert Sheahan is a skilled health law practitioner who represents individual physicians in malpractice lawsuits. He also regularly provides counsel on disciplinary and misconduct reviews.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Rob is a dedicated GC and he works through complex issues in a careful and impressive manner."
"Very much involved in the important issues. We see him and interact more and more with him. Extremely knowledgeable in all the important issues."
"A strong leader of the Bar."
"Rob is exceptionally responsive and creative in dealing with complex medico-legal issues and provides great leadership to his team."
"Rob is a dedicated GC and he works through complex issues in a careful and impressive manner."
"Very much involved in the important issues. We see him and interact more and more with him. Extremely knowledgeable in all the important issues."
"A strong leader of the Bar."
"Rob is exceptionally responsive and creative in dealing with complex medico-legal issues and provides great leadership to his team."
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