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David is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in environmental law.

Policy Advice & Legislative Drafting

During his career David has assisted in policy development and drafting of key environmental legislation, including the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act and the Ontario Environmental Bill of Rights. He has extensive experience working with various governments and their agencies, including the Government of Alberta Attorney General’s Department and Departments of Environment and Natural Resources, Environment Canada, the Federal Department of Energy, Mines and Resources and the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Teaching & Professional Training

David has long been recognized for his expertise in training planners, engineers and environmental managers in environmental and planning law, as well as in preparing and presenting evidence before Environmental Tribunals. For eight years he was a key faculty member in a five-day annual Banff Centre School of Management program attended by environmental managers and consultants from across Canada.

For over 12 years, David was a part-time associate professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at the University of Waterloo, where he taught hundreds of today’s planners, engineers and environmental managers about environmental and planning law.

He has also been assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Engineering Sciences, and the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, as well as a lecturer at York University’s Faculty of Environmental Studies, Ryerson University and Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology.

Environmental Counsel

David has appeared as counsel before virtually every level of court in Ontario, Alberta and at the Federal level. He is also recognized as a leading environmental counsel before Ontario's Environmental Assessment Board, the Ontario Municipal Board, the Environmental Appeal Board and Joint Boards. His cases before the courts and tribunals have established leading precedents in the environmental, Aboriginal and resources law areas.

David was a founding director of the Canadian Environmental Law Association, the founding editor of Canadian Environmental Law Reports, and has played an active role with various environmental committees and organizations in Canada and the U.S.