We provide practical and cost-effective advocacy for businesses and organizations of all sizes and in all industries.

Our approach to dispute resolution is simple: we work with our clients to develop realistic and commercially sensible goals and then we achieve them. We provide outstanding client service, which includes complete transparency about fees. We are enthusiastic about alternatives to the billable hour.  We often work on a block, fixed, or hybrid fee basis.

We are appeal specialists.
Dan has argued appeals before administrative tribunals, the Divisional Court, Court of Appeal, and Federal Court of Appeal, and leave applications to the Supreme Court. These have included appeals from short motions, lengthy trials, and from regulatory proceedings. His appeals have been reported in the Ontario Reports and the Construction Law Reports.

We also work in the background.  We provide opinions (and sometimes second opinions) on the merits of appeals. We assist other lawyers by ghostwriting—we draft exceptional facta—and consulting on appeal strategy.

Few lawyers have our breadth of experience and depth of knowledge in limitations law.

Dan has argued every kind of limitations issue for plaintiffs and defendants at first instance and on appeal, and provided more than 100 opinions on limitations defences. Individuals and lawyers (from sole practitioners to international firms) retain him to provide opinions, argue hearings, and draft arguments.

In addition to The Law of Limitations,  Halsbury's Limitation of Actions, and Under the Limit, Dan writes articles on the limitations scheme that are influential with bar and bench. The Court of Appeal has twice cited his paper “The Limitation of Application to Pass Accounts” published in the Advocates’ Quarterly.

A list of Dan’s publications is available here.

We litigate insurance coverage matters on behalf of policyholders and insurers.

We have broad insurance experience including professional liability, excess and umbrella insurance, property and business interruption insurance, homeowners’ insurance, and commercial general liability insurance. Prior to founding Zacks Law, Dan acted extensively for domestic and London market insurers providing coverage opinions and litigating coverage disputes.

Where appropriate, we act for policyholders in coverage disputes on a contingency basis.
We also advise on policy wording, particularly for professional liability coverage.