Our Team

Gabrielle Nigro

Assistant: Kim Kucner
519.279.0320 x 314
kkucner@sbalawyers.ca

Gabrielle certainly has the gift of Gab (but don’t call her Gabby)! When she’s not in the office you can find her strategizing how to make her next spin class to close her Apple Watch rings. Speaking of strategy, Gabrielle is a big fan of reality TV shows like Big Brother and The Bachelor (so much so that she spearheads our firm-wide Bachelor/Bachelorette fantasy bracket). While she’s a team player, you may still find her forming office alliances to get first dibs at people’s snack drawers.

As a junior lawyer, Gabrielle’s practice is broad as she works on bodily injury and accident benefits matters. A legal chameleon, you’ll find her working on a wide array of matters from dog bites to OPCF-44R coverage to everything in between.

Primary Practice Areas

Bodily Injury Claims
Accident Benefits

Professional Leadership

Member, Women’s Caucus, Canadian Defence Lawyers (2023 to date)
Member, Event Committee, Young Women in Law (2023 to date)
Past Steering Committee Member, Young Lawyers Division, Defense Research Institute (DRI) (2022-2023)

Notable Matters

Bhanji v Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, (Licence Appeal Tribunal) 2025 CanLII 5885
Aaron v Wawanesa Insurance, (Licence Appeal Tribunal), 2024 CanLII 102129

Thought Leadership

Publications

“Plaintiff’s Negligent Conduct is Not Enough to Absolve Occupier Liability”, Without Prejudice, OIAA, March 2025

Presentations

Speaker, “Slips, Trips, and Legal Tips: Navigating Snow and Ice Liability”, Webinar, November 28, 2024
Speaker, “Do the Right-est Thing: A Review of Key Automobile Related Cases that Impact Your Handling of Claims”, Ontario Mutual Insurance Association, May 14, 2024
Panelist, “Young Lawyer’s Panel”, Canadian Defence Lawyers Annual Women’s Retreat, November 4, 2023

Professional Memberships

Canadian Defence Lawyers
Young Women in Law

Bar Admissions & Education

Ontario Bar, 2022
JD, University of Ottawa, 2021
BA, York University, 2018

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