Team

Arthur J. Wechsler

Managing Partner

Arthur has spent his entire legal career of more than 35 years, at Kugler Kandestin LLP.

He became a partner in 1998 and was appointed Managing Partner of the firm in 2012. He maintains his full litigation practice while overseeing the firm’s direction and the Management Committee. Arthur is also responsible for the supervision and mentorship program of the firm’s associates.

Arthur’s fields of concentration include Bodily and Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Insurance and Class Actions.

Over the course of his career, Arthur and his team of lawyers have built the largest personal and bodily injury legal practice in the Province of Quebec. In this regard, they have represented hundreds of severely injured and compromised individuals. Arthur has been lead counsel in many of the biggest judgments and settlements in the Province of Quebec in the fields of personal and bodily injury and medical malpractice and he has pleaded many cases in both the Quebec Superior Court and Quebec Court of Appeal.

Arthur is one of the attorneys at Kugler Kandestin who most often handles cases on a contingency fee basis. This means that the firm’s remuneration for professional services rendered will only be earned upon obtaining compensation for the client either through a settlement out of Court or a final judgment.

Arthur has often been retained as counsel to act for non-Quebec residents who sustain serious injuries in the Province of Quebec. He has also been hired as lead counsel by Quebec residents who have sustained serious injuries and damages in other provinces and countries. In this regard, Arthur has worked with attorneys around the world in advancing personal injury cases in other jurisdictions.

Arthur has been a longtime lecturer at the McGill Faculty of Law where he teaches a full semester course in Personal and Bodily Injury Law and Medical Malpractice. He also regularly gives seminars in these fields to other professionals including lawyers and physicians.

Arthur is fluently bilingual in French and English. He is married to Arielle Meloul Wechsler and they are the proud parents of girl/boy twins.

Practice Areas

Year of Call to the Bar

1990

Recognition

Arthur has been consistently recognized in the list of “Best Lawyers in Canada” in the field of Bodily and Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice and is recognized as one of the leading personal and bodily injury and medical malpractice lawyers in the Province of Quebec.

Education

McGill University, National Law Program, B.C.L., LL.B.,1989

Activities

Arthur is the Chairman of the Board and on the Executive Committee of the St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation. He is also a member of the McGill Faculty of Law Faculty Advisory Board.
Arthur has been and remains actively involved in educational, community and philanthropic endeavors, as well as various charitable organizations and institutions.

Professional Affiliations

The Bar of Quebec
The Canadian Bar Association
American Association for Justice