Profile

Dan is an Associate in our Halifax office who works in the areas of civil litigation, class actions and tax litigation. Dan has successfully advocated for his clients before various courts and administrative tribunals, including the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, the Tax Court of Canada and the Federal Court.

Dan is co-counsel for Dennis Manuge and over 7,500 disabled Canadian Forces veterans in the class action Manuge v. Canada, 2012 FC 499. The Manuge case has resulted in one of the largest financial recoveries in Canadian legal history. The Manuge case (Manuge v. Canada, 2010 SCC 67) was the first time that the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the certification of a constitutional class action. Dan has appeared on The National, The World at Six and various other media outlets discussing the Manuge class action and other issues facing disabled veterans.

Previously, Dan clerked at the Federal Court from 2006-2007. In addition, he is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society and sits as Chair of the CBA Young Lawyers Section.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours with Distinction in Political Science, 2002) from Bishop’s University and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Dalhousie Law School (2005). Dan was the recipient of several academic awards during law school, including the Class of 1958 Law Prize for achieving the highest mark in the first year Criminal Justice, The Individual and the State course, the Alistair Fraser Scholarship and the Arthur Foote Memorial Bursary. He also participated in an exchange with the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands during his final year of law school. Dan successfully completed the Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop at Osgoode Hall Law School in 2011.

Dan is also a volunteer counsel for the Halifax Refugee Clinic and represents refugee claimants before the Immigration and Refugee Board.

Education

• LL.B., Dalhousie University (2005)
• B.A. (Hons. with distinction), Bishop’s University (2002)

• Dan successfully completed the Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop at Osgoode Hall Law School (2011)

Bar Admissions

Nova Scotia (2006)