VICE-PRESIDENT LITIGATION

Steven Muller

VICE-PRESIDENT LITIGATION

Steven Muller

Professional Experience

Steven Muller is Vice President of Share Lawyers. His practice focuses on long term disability litigation. Clients rely on Steven to guide them through the complex world of long term disability claims. Steven has extensive experience in all aspects of a disability claim. He is known among his clients and colleagues as a prompt, dependable, tenacious, skilled negotiator, and a fearless advocate. Steven is the lawyer that other lawyers seek out when they have a question on a long-term disability dispute. He has a deep knowledge of Insurance law. His education includes an LL.B from the University of Windsor in 1995 and a J.D. from the University of Detroit-Mercy in the same year. He completed a Master of Laws in Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution in 2001. Steven was called to the Ontario Bar in 1997 and in 2018 he was called to the Bar of British Columbia.

Associations

Steven is a member of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and the British Columbia Trial Lawyers Association. He is published in the area of disability insurance litigation and has been a guest speaker to organizations like the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, Osgoode Hall Law School and the Canadian Academy of Psychologists in Disability Assessments. Steven was ranked as a Lexpert in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for 2023 and 2024 in the Practice area of Long Term Disability. Steven was a witness in the Senate Social Affairs Committee (SOCI) on the study of the Canada Disability Benefit. He is a recipient of the John A. McLeish Award for 2023 for his work identifying the impact of the Canada Disability Benefit on Long-Term Disability Insurance and on his efforts to help create the OTLA Long-Term Disability section over a decade ago, providing a space for LTD litigators of all levels to learn from one another and advance access to justice.

Qualifications

LL.B., University of Windsor – 1995
J.D., University of Detroit-Mercy – 1995
LL.M. (Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution), 2001
Called to the Bar in Ontario (1997)
Called to the Bar in British Columbia (2018)
Member, Ontario Trial Lawyers Association
Member, Law Society of Ontario
Member, British Columbia Trial Lawyers Association
Guest Speaker, Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, Osgoode Hall Law School, Canadian Academy of Psychologists in Disability Assessments
Ranked as a Lexpert in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Long Term Disability - 2023, 2024)
Witness, Senate Social Affairs Committee (Canada Disability Benefit study)
Recipient, John A. McLeish Award (2023; Canada Disability Benefit impact, OTLA Long-Term Disability section founder)

Hobbies

In his spare time, he enjoys swimming, walking his dog, travelling, reading, and spending time with his wife and kids

Media Appearances

Clawbacks Series Part 1 - Rethinking Long Term Disability Clawbacks

In January 2020, I was contacted by some colleagues in the U.S. trying to understand mental health claims in Canada. I learned that while most long term disability (LTD) policies in the U.S. will pay benefits for mental health/substance use disorder claims...

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Walk the Talk Series Part 1: A Call to Action for Disability Insurers and Governments

In early December 2023, a statement from MD Dan Fishbein, the President of Sun Life Financial U.S. called for the U.S. Congress to pass legislation to require mental health parity in long-term disability insurance...

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Canada Disability Benefit & Insurance Clawbacks

After years of delay, the Canada Disability Benefit came into law last week. The purpose of the program is to provide a supplement income to impoverished disabled in addition to existing provincial and territorial income supports and other forms of income...

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