Donald S. Affleck is recognized as one of Canada's foremost competition law practitioners. An experienced litigator at both trial and appellate levels and before a wide range of specialized tribunals, Don has acted as counsel in numerous competition law and trade practice cases, as well as estate, environmental and product liability litigation.
Don recently served as arbitrator on the softwood lumber anti-dumping case under NAFTA. In the 1970s, he was counsel to the standing committee of the House of Commons on Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs during consideration of extensive amendments to federal Competition and Banking legislation. From 1980 to 1982, Don was Chief Counsel to the Royal Commission on Newspapers.
Don obtained his LL.B. from the University of Toronto in 1964 and was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1966. He was certified as a specialist in civil litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1988. Don is co-author of "Canadian Competition Law", a recognized and often referred to two volume loose-leaf service on the competition law of Canada, first published in 1988.
Don is a senior partner of Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP.
Don's Practice Areas
Competition Law (Anti-trust)
Anti-Competitive Conduct
Mergers
Marketing Practices and Telemarketing
Competition Bureau Investigations
Compliance Programs
Anti-Dumping
Estate Litigation
Products Liability
General Litigation
Administrative Board
Don's Education
B.A. (Honours), University of Toronto -- Political Science and Economics (1961)
LL.B., University of Toronto (1964)
(President of University of Toronto Law School 1964)
Fasken, Calvin, MacKenzie, Williston & Swackhamer Articles
(June, 1964 to May, 1965)
Osgoode Hall, Bar Admission Course (1965-1966)
Don's Legal Career
Partner -- Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP, 2003-Present
Partner -- Kelly Affleck Greene, 1992-2003
Queen's Counsel -- Appointed in 1979
Partner -- Fasken Campbell Godfrey, 1989-1992
Partner -- Fasken & Calvin, 1972-1989
Associate -- Fasken, Calvin, MacKenzie, Williston & Swackhamer and Fasken, Calvin, 1966-1972
Certified as a Specialist in Civil Litigation in 1988, renewed in 1993
Called to the Bar, Ontario, 1966 (Honours)
Don's Professional Activities
Recipient of the University of Toronto Arbor Award, 1994
Chair of the Trade Practices Committee, The Canadian Bar Association Section on Competition Law, 1997-Present
Senior Chair of Disciplinary Tribunal, University of Toronto, 1990-Present
President of The Law Alumni Association, University of Toronto, 1973-1982
Member of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1986-1998
Member of the Circle of Advisors to the Present, 1994-1998
Member of the Consultative Panel on Amendments to the Competition Act, 1995-1998, that reported to the Director of Investigation and Research under the Act
Member of The Canadian Bar Association
Member of The Empire Club of Canada
Member of The Ontario Club
Member of The Advocates' Society
Member of The Toronto Lawyers Association
Member of The American Bar Association
