Burnet. Duckworth & Palmer LLP
Daniel J. McDonald, Q.C., FCIArb
Daniel J. McDonald, Q.C., FCIArb
Partner (403) 260-5724
Practice Focus
• Commercial & General Litigation
• Broad experience in corporate , commercial, construction , intellectual property,
tax, estate and other areas of litigation
• Arbitration and Mediation
• Actively involved in the arbitration and mediation of commercial and energy
disputes, as arbitrator, mediator and counsel
• Securities Litigation
• Acted as counsel to corporations, shareholders, directors and officers in
securities litigation and corporate reorganizations
• Acted as counsel in proceedings before Securities Commissions of Alberta ,
British Columbia and Ontario; represented investment dealers and individuals in
securities administrative proceedings and litigation
• Defence of class action shareholders' claims and securities claims against
issuers and investment dealers
• Energy Litigation
• Extensive experience in energy litigation, many involving complex valuation ,
engineering , geological , tax and accounting matters
• Labour Law
• Experience involving employment and labour relations
• Counsel to employers and unions in pension disputes
• Counsel to employers, employees and unions before the Alberta , British
Columbia and federal Labour Relations Boards, Workers' Compensation Board ,
arbitration boards and courts
• Other Court and Board Experience
• Appearances before trial and appellate courts in Alberta, British Columbia and
Ontario, the Federal Court of Canada, and other tribunals including the
Securities Commissions, the Competition Tribunal, Public Utilities Board , Surface
Rights Board, Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board , professional
disciplinary tribunals and others
Practice Areas • Commercial & General Litigation
• Commercial Arbitration
• Mediation
• Securities Litigation
• Energy Litigation
• Labour
• Class Actions
Education
• Queen's University, Bachelor of Laws, 1975
• University of Alberta, Bachelor of Science (with Distinction) , 1971
Bar Admission
• Queen's Counsel 1994
• Alberta 1978
• British Columbia 1977
Professional Associations
• Fellow, American College of Tria l Lawyers
• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
• Member, Law Society of Alberta
• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Member, Calgary Bar Association
• Director, Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society (WCCAS)
• Full Member, ADR Institute of Alberta (ADRIA) and ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC)
• Member, Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Ccq, CCC Arbitration Committee ,
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and ICC Canada
• Member, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society (TCAS)
• Past President, Sopinka Cup Society, 2011-2012
Honours & Recognition
• Named as Best Lawyer's Calgary Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year,
2015
• Named in Expert Guides -The Legal Media Group Guides to the World's Leading
Lawyers, in Litigation, 2014
• Named in Lexpert's Special Edition on Litigation, as one of Canada's Leading
Litigation Lawyers, December 2013 & 2014
• Named in Lexpert's Guide to the Leading u.S./Canada Cross-border Litigation
Lawyers in Canada, 2013
• Named to America Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell's selected list of Canada's
Top Rated Lawyers, 2013
• Named in Benchmark Canada, the Guide to Canada's Leading Litigation Firms &
Attorneys, as a leading litigator in Alberta and Canada, 2012-2015
• Named as Best Lawyers Calgary Corporate and Commercial Litigation Lawyer of the
Year, 2012
• Named in Chambers Global Clients' Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers in the area
of Dispute Resolution , annually since 2007
• Named in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, as a consistently or repeatedly
recommended leading lawyer in the areas of Class Actions annually since 2009 and
in the areas of Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation and Directors &
Officers Liability, annually since 2004
• Named in The Best Lawyers in Canada, in the areas of Corporate & Commercial
Litigation, Employment & Labour Law and Securities Litigation , annually since 2006
and in Bet the Company Litigation, annually since 2008
• Named in the LexpertlAmerican Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada,
in the areas of Corporate Commercial, Director/Officer Liability and Securities
Litigation annually since 2007
• Named in Which Lawyer, Yearbook 2012 listing world-wide leading lawyers, as a
recommended leading practitioner in Dispute Resolution
Community Involvement
• Former Chair and Director, The Calgary Learning Centre
• Former Vice-Chair and Member, Alberta Press Council
Professional & Firm Involvement
• Member, Executive Committee, BD&P
• Member, Associates Committee, BD&P
• Past Sessional Instructor, Mount Royal College, Oil and Gas Law for Professional
Landmen
• Guest Speaker, Canadian Bar Association and University of Calgary Faculty of Law
• Past Lecturer, University of Calgary, Trial Advocacy Course
Recent Representative Work
• Alberta Securities Commission Insider Trading Hearing - Counsel to corporate
executives in a 2012 insider trading hearing before the Alberta Securities Commission
• Poison Pill Hearing - Counsel for an acquiror in a 2011 successful application to the
Alberta Securities Commission to cease trade a Shareholder Rights Plan in a bidd ing
war in the pharmaceutical industry
• Aviation Litigation - Counsel for a low cost carrier in a complex lawsuit against a
legacy airline in the Ontario Supreme Court
• Energy Arbitration - Counsel for an independent power producer in arbitrations with its
coal supplier
Presentations
• The Grande Cache Coal Case: Lessons on Materiality, Trading & ASC Enforcement
Proceedings, CBA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association , (with Andrew Sunter)
May 23, 2013
• Written and presented papers for client and public presentations on oil and gas, class
actions, complex litigation , employment, labour arbitration and occupational health
and safety matters
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