FIRM:
Rastin Gluckstein
POSITION:
Managing partner
AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Personal injury, employment law, and mass tort /class action
PHONE:
(705) 990-3574
EMAIL:
rastin@gluckstein.com
M. Steven Rastin is a certified specialist in civil litigation and the managing partner of Rastin Law. He is an award-winning trial lawyer and has been providing cutting-edge legal services to clients for almost 30 years. Steve’s focus is on personal injury, employment law, and mass tort/class action. It is a point of pride for him that his clients are treated fairly and he has shown his willingness to go the extra mile for his clients. Steve has argued cases before the Ontario Superior Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada. He’s also argued cases before many different tribunals including the Human Rights Tribunal, and the Ontario Labour Relations Board. His precedent-setting decisions have benefited not only his own clients but victims throughout the province.
Steve regularly chairs and speaks at legal education conferences for the Ontario Lawyers Association and the Ontario Bar Association. He has spoken at conferences throughout Ontario and across Canada.
Steve has been recognized by his peers in the Lexpert Directory of Legal Experts, and is a past president of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, where he introduced the OTLA Code of Ethical Conduct.
Steve has served his profession and the public in many other ways including; lobbying at Queen’s Park and at the Law Society and regularly speaking at conferences for OTLA, Canadian Bar Association, Osgoode and the Law Society of Ontario. He has served his community as Rotary Club president, Hospital Board president and the Simcoe “Helmets on Kids” program. He was nominated by Canadian Lawyer as one of Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers and was awarded the J.A. McLeish Award for his contributions to advocacy, access to justice and legal scholarship.