Derek is an associate whose 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.

As a law student, he 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.

Derek is a regular writer for 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 law of class actions. Together with Professor Garry D. Watson of Osgoode Hall Law School, Derek is also the co-author of two articles on special issues involved in the certification of class proceedings:

• Garry D. Watson and Derek McKay, "Why the Defendant's Own Alternative Dispute Resolution Process Cannot Be a Preferable Procedure," (2005) The Canadian Class Action Review Vol. II, No. 1, 117 139
• Garry D. Watson and Derek McKay, "More on Certification in the Post-Hollick World: Scope of Appellate Review of Certification Decisions and the Requirement and Use of Evidence on Certification," (2004) Class Action Vol. II, No. 4, 155 - 164

Admissions and Affiliations

• Called to the Bar of Ontario 2006
• Advocate's 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)
• LL.B. - Osgoode Hall Law School (2005)