He specializes in complex commercial and insurance matters, including accident benefits (including loss transfer and priority disputes), motor-vehicle tort, occupiers’ and product liability, fraudulent claims and contract disputes.

Bogdan has successfully represented his clients at various levels of court and administrative tribunal including the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Ontario Provincial Offences Court, the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO), and the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) as well as at numerous private arbitrations. He has written for several publications, including Ontario Insurance Adjuster’s Association (OIAA) Without Prejudice Magazine and Mondaq Canada. Bogdan regularly speaks and presents at various insurance industry events, including the Ontario Risk and Insurance Management Society (ORIMS), the Osgoode Professional Development, as well as other client seminars and lunch and learns.

On a personal note, in February 2000, Bogdan came to Canada as a war refugee from former Yugoslavia as part of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees sponsorship program. Since then, he’s been a proud Canadian and a volunteer for a number of charitable and not-for-profit organizations. In his free time, Bogdan enjoys spending time with his family, playing competitive chess, and exploring trails, parks, and conservation areas in this wonderful province of ours.

Juris Doctor, University of Windsor Faculty of Law, 2015

Juris Doctor, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 2015

Honours Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto, 2010

Economical Mutual Insurance Company: (P.F. v Economical Mutual Insurance Co.) Bogdan successfully argued an in-person arbitration hearing with Vice-Chair Lester ordering in Bogdan’s favour that the applicant is not entitled to accident benefits as the injuries sustained in the incident were not from an “accident” as defined in section 3(1) of the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule.

Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company: (17-001855 v Mutual Insurance Co.) Bogdan successfully argued at this accident benefits LAT hearing that the applicant (i) sustained predominately minor injuries as defined under the SABS; (ii) is not entitled to attendant care and psychological assessments; and (iii) is not entitled to costs of the arbitration.

Liberty Mutual General Insurance Company: Bogdan successfully argued that the Ontario Insurance Act and specifically s. 268 of the Insurance Act (Ontario Regulation 283/95) applies to an American insurer that does not undertake or agree or offer to undertake a contract in the Province of Ontario but that has filed a “Power of Attorney and Undertaking” (PAU).

Economical Mutual Insurance Company: Bogdan successfully argued a dismissal of an application for rescission at the Superior Court of Justice brought forth by the plaintiff. Bogdan argued this decision before the Honourable Justice J.E. Ferguson and secured $12,000.00 in costs for his client.

Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company: Bogdan successfully argued dismissal of action as against the plaintiff at the Superior Court of Justice. Bogdan argued this decision before the Honourable Justice T.A. Bielby and secured $22,627.65 in costs for his client.

Confidential Client: Bogdan successfully argued a virtual private arbitration hearing pursuant to the Arbitration Act, 1991, relating to a contractual dispute between two institutional parties. In addition to winning the case, Bogdan was successful in obtaining substantial indemnity costs for his client with respect to this private arbitration hearing.

Law Society of Ontario

Ontario Bar Association

Serbian-Canadian Professionals in Law

Canadian Defence Lawyers

Medico-Legal Society of Toronto

The Advocates’ Society

Young Insurance Professionals of Toronto

The Best Lawyers in Canada – Insurance Law

Pre-Trial Injunctive Relief: Effective Strategies and Procedures

Ontario Insurance Adjuster’s Association Without Prejudice Magazine Publications

Mondaq Canada Publications

Trial Practice Book Award

Ontario Scholar and Citizenship Award

War Memorial Scholar

Pre-Trial Injunctive Relief, Effective Strategies & Procedure

Television of Serbian Diaspora (TSD) speaking on how he co-founded Serbian-Canadian Professionals in Law (SPIL)

Importance of early due diligence and promptness: analysis of the decision in Commonwell v Campbell, 2019 ONCA 668

The importance of doing diligence: Pembridge Insurance Company v. The Sovereign General Insurance Company, 2019 ONSC 7291

What is an “accident” as per Schedule? The Purpose & Causation Test(s)

Crossing all T’s and doting all I(E)’s

Full(ish) Legal Costs

Falling into the Realm of “Accidents”: Madore v Intact, 2023 ONSC 11