Derek is an associate lawyer with the firm. His practice focuses on class action, securities and complex commercial litigation. He is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2006. Derek is currently a member of the plaintiff counsel team in Fantl v. Transamerica, Fresco v. CIBC and Fulawka v. Bank of Nova Scotia, and is also involved in various of the firm’s defence-side class action files.
Derek is a contributing author to the "Annual Survey of Recent Developments in Civil Procedure," published annually in Watson and McGowan, Ontario Civil Practice, where his writing focuses on recent developments in the law of class actions. Together with Professor Garry D. Watson of Osgoode Hall Law School, Derek is the co-author of two articles on special issues involved in the certification of class proceedings.
As a law student, Derek was awarded the Sir Jack Jacob Prize in the Administration of Justice for his first-standing in Osgoode's Class Action Seminar. In his graduating year, he placed second in both the Ontario Arnup Cup and the national Sopinka Cup as a member of Osgoode Hall Law School's two-person moot trial advocacy team.
Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation
Class Action Litigation
Admissions and Affiliations
Called to the Bar of Ontario 2006
Advocates' Society, Member
Education
B.A. (Hons.), M.A. - University of Western Ontario (1994, 1998)
Doctoral Studies, The Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research (1998-2000)
