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Don, a certified Specialist in Civil Litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada, is widely recognized as one of Canada's foremost competition law practitioners.
A highly experienced litigator at both trial and appellate levels and before a wide range of specialized tribunals, Don has acted as counsel in many notable competition law and trade practice cases, as well as estate, environmental and product liability litigation. He is co-author of Canadian Competition Law, a widely-recognized and often referred to two volume loose-leaf service on the competition law of Canada, first published in 1988.
Highlights
- Arbitrator on the softwood lumber anti-dumping case under NAFTA.
- 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, in the 1970s.
- Chief Counsel to the Royal Commission on Newspapers, from 1980 to 1982.
Practice Areas
- Administrative Law
- Anti-Competitive Conduct
- Anti-Dumping
- Civil Litigation
- Competition Bureau Investigations
- Competition Law (Anti-trust)
- Compliance Programs
- Corporate & Commercial Law
- Corporate Litigation
- Estate Litigation
- Estates, Wills & Trusts
- General Litigation
- International Trade
- Marketing Practices and Telemarketing
- Mergers
- NAFTA Chapter 19 Litigation
- Product Liability
Education and Experience
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)
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)
Professional Activities And Associations
- 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
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