Chantal Tourigny is a partner in Gowling WLG's Ottawa office working in the Advocacy department’s Medical Defence Group. Chantal is fluently bilingual in English and French and practises in both official languages. As counsel to physicians on behalf of the Canadian Medical Protective Association, her practice focuses on all areas of medical defence litigation and professional regulation. Chantal's litigation experience includes advocacy before all levels of court in Ontario. She has also represented physicians in proceedings before the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, the Consent and Capacity Board and the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. She sat on the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors (including serving as Chair) of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Foundation for many years. Chantal has been recognized in both The Best Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.
