Dantowitz, Aaron
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Aaron maintains a broad advocacy and advisory practice, enabling him to assist clients in a wide range of areas, encompassing both private and public law matters. Aaron has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario, as well as in the Federal Court of Canada, and is able to serve clients in both English and French.
Aaron’s civil litigation practice has involved commercial, defamation, fraud, competition and other types of claims, and includes class actions. He has developed expertise in matters involving injunctive relief, such as Anton Piller orders, as well as questions of interest to international litigants, such as the jurisdiction of Ontario tribunals, and the gathering of evidence in Ontario for use in foreign proceedings.
Aaron’s regulatory and administrative law practice has included proceedings before a variety of regulatory tribunals, including as counsel to parties before the Ontario Securities Commission, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, and regular appearances as commission counsel at the Ontario Racing Commission. Aaron has also appeared on a number of judicial review applications in the Divisional Court, and provides independent legal advice to committees of self-regulating professional bodies and other tribunals, in respect of the conduct of evidentiary hearings, and other matters.
He has been a volunteer lawyer with the Child Advocacy Project of Pro Bono Law Ontario and has represented children in proceedings under the Education Act and the Human Rights Code. Aaron has also assisted unrepresented litigants in the Court of Appeal, in Provincial Offences Act and other matters, as part of Pro Bono Law Ontario’s Court of Appeal Duty Counsel Project.
Aaron joined Stockwoods LLP in 2003, after clerking with Associate Chief Justice Dennis O’Connor, and Justices Louise Charron, Stephen Borins and Robert Armstrong of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
He attended the University of Toronto (B.A., Sociology/French Translation, 1996) and McGill University (LL.B., 2001).
Aaron was called to the bar in Ontario in 2002.
He is Managing Editor of the Advocates’ Journal, and is a member and ex officio director of The Advocates’ Society. He is also a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, and the Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario.
Mr. Aaron Dantowitz
Stockwoods LLP Barristers
TD North Tower
77 King Street West, Suite 4130
P.O. Box 140
Toronto-Dominion Centre
Toronto
(ON)
M5K 1H1
Telephone 1 : (416) 593-2497
Fax : (416) 593-9345
Email : AaronD@Stockwoods.ca
Web : www.Stockwoods.ca
Categories : Justice
Last Update : 2015-07-12
