Law firm that billed itself as `official´ Jays´ lawyer never worked for the team
(The Star Toronto Raptors)

A personal injury law firm that billed itself as the Toronto Blue Jays’ “official� injury lawyers is changing the way it advertises after Ontario’s legal regulator reminded the firm it never worked for the team.Preszler Law Firm has removed the claim that it was the “Official Personal Injury Firm of the Toronto Blue Jays� from TTC ads, according to a description of a recent meeting between the Law Society of Ontario and the firm’s managing partner, David Preszler.The claim was dropped before a regulatory meeting last month to address allegations that Preszler “engaged in improper advertising.� The firm’s marketing also includes ubiquitous television and print ads featuring a distinguished-looking white-haired man, who, as the Star reported last year, is actually an actor.Read more: Ontario law society cracks down on referral fees, lawyers’ adsIn ‘wild west’ world of lawyers’ ads, personal injury firms make dubious claimsFace of Preszler Law Firm had role in Good Will HuntingPreszler, the firm’s managing partner, told the Star in an email that the firm co-operated fully with the law society’s investigation and that no formal discipline was warranted. He said his firm continues to be “proud sponsors� of the Jays but is no longer allowed to call itself the “official personal injury law firm� of the team.The law society description, published in a weekly newsletter, notes that the firm and the baseball team had a “sponsorhip agreement� and that “the firm never provided legal services to the Toronto Blue Jays.�It also says the firm, in calling itself the ball club’s official law team and not identifying the spokesperson as an actor, “might mislead, confuse or deceive.� Although the ads did not claim he was a lawyer, “they did not identify him as a spokesperson either.�More than a year ago, the St ...