John Makins

Counsel

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John W. Makins

John is a native of London, although raised in Stratford. After graduating from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, with a degree in Economics, he attended law school at the University of Western Ontario. Since his call to the bar in 1973 John has practiced in London. He joined Cohen Highley as counsel in May of 1999.

John practices in the area of civil litigation. He has been certified by the Law Society as a specialist in civil litigation since 1991. His areas of practice include personal injury, insurance litigation, professional liability and medical malpractice.

John is a member of the Advocates Society, the Canadian Bar Association, the Middlesex Law Association and the American Lawyers Marketing Association. He has been a lecturer for the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Advocates Society, and the Canadian Bar Association on various issues related to his practice areas. John also is a practice reviewer for the Law Society and was a seminar leader for the Bar Admission Course in Civil Litigation and lectured at Fanshawe College in the Law Clerks' Program.

John has also been active in the community, working with Theatre London, and with fund-raising ventures for the Children's Hospital of Southwestern Ontario, as well as other charities.