Darcy Romaine is a trial lawyer for the seriously injured. He has won trials where liability is complex and where the injuries involve catastrophic brain injury, complicated orthopaedic injury, and severe burn injury. Professionally, he is best known for his trials involving municipal negligence. Darcy has acted as counsel on behalf of the Ontario Public Guardian and Trustee, representing those whose injuries render them incapable of making legal decisions. Notably, such cases include a successful 22-day trial against the Ontario Provincial Police, Pelletier v. Her Majesty the Queen, and a successful defence of an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in Youssef v. Redi-Mix Ltd. Darcy is a current director and treasurer of the York Region Law Association, and a former director of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association. In 2015 he was selected as OTLA’s representative to review Ontario’s proposed Protocol for Traffic Injury Management. He has presented at The Advocates’ Society, the Canadian Institute, the Law Society of Ontario, and has chaired and spoken at conferences with the Ontario Trial Lawyer’s Association. He has published numerous trade papers and co-authored the chapter on municipal liability in the Oatley McLeish Guide to Personal Injury Practice in Motor Vehicle Cases.
