Daniel Sheppard
Lawyer
- Location:
Toronto
- Phone:
416-979-6442
- Fax:
416-591-7333
- Email:
Biography
Dan Sheppard claims to have the most interesting practice at Goldblatt Partners. He has experience in nearly every aspect of public law, and has represented a wide range of workers, unions, civil society groups and public bodies. His practice involves providing opinions and strategic advice to clients, and representing them before arbitrators, courts and tribunals.
An experienced constitutional lawyer, Dan has acted in many significant cases under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and has particular experience with issues related to freedom of expression, religion and association, voting rights, fundamental justice and search and seizure. He also has experience in constitutional issues related to federalism and the division of powers.
Dan provides criminal law advice to many of the firm’s institutional clients. He also acts as a privilege referee in criminal and regulatory investigations. He has experience in supervising the execution of search warrants by law enforcement, as well as in post-seizure review, including the examination of electronic devices.
Much of Dan’s recent work has been acting as senior commission counsel in public inquiries. Dan acted as commission counsel to both the Public Order Emergency Commission (Rouleau Commission) the Foreign Interference Commission (Hogue Commission). Through this work Dan has gained experience in national security matters. He holds a Top Secret security clearance and is a person permanently bound to secrecy under the Foreign Interference and Security of Information Act.
Access to information and privacy law is also one of Dan’s areas of practice. He first gained experience in this area representing the Information Commissioner of Canada in the Federal Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada. Today, he acts for both requestors and those who wish to protect sensitive information from disclosure.
Dan has significant administrative law experience, having appeared before everything from the Ontario Labour Relations Board to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Dan regularly represents clients in judicial review proceedings and appeals from decisions of administrative decision makers.
Dan has significant experience litigating international law issues, including in extradition, immigration, and criminal law cases. He also has represented clients before international bodies including the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights, and the International Labour Organization Administrative Tribunal.
Dan graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2009 as the Silver Medalist before clerking at the Court of Appeal for Ontario. He teaches constitutional law at Osgoode Hall Law School and has peer reviewed publications in the areas of criminal law, international law, and public interest litigation. He also makes a mean loaf of sourdough.