130 Adelaide Street West, Suite 2800, Richmond-Adelaide Centre, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1987 (ON)
David represents franchisors, franchisor advisory councils, franchisee groups/associations, and individual franchisees in all aspects of franchise law. David is a member of the: CFA (29+ years); ABA Forum on Franchising (20+ years); Executive of the OBA Franchise Law Section (FLS) (Chair 2022-23; past Chair 2023/24); CFA's Legal and Legislative Committee. David was chair of the Bar Education Working Group of the FLS, a group formed to educate Ontario lawyers on franchise law, was the co-chair of the FLS’s Continuing Legal Education Committee which designs programs for the FLS ,and was co-editor of the Franchising 101 website developed to provide basic information on franchise law for Ontario lawyers. Additionally, David served as co-chair for the OBA’s 2017 Annual Legal Conference, co-chair of the OBA's 2014 Institute on Franchise Law and the 2007 CFA Legal Symposium. He has been the chair or a speaker at various franchising conferences and has authored or co-authored numerous papers on franchise law. David is the Franchise Law editor for Toronto Law Journal, and a co-author of Franchisee Associations in Canada (Carswell, 2011). Finally, David is also a director of the Toronto Lawyer’s Association, which provides ongoing education and other programming to lawyers.
