David Stratas is a litigation partner in theToronto office of Heenan Blaikie LLP, practising mainly in the area of administrative law, constitutional law and regulatory law.  He has appeared in all levels of court, including twelve times in the Supreme Court of Canada.  David is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute, and a member of the adjunct faculty at Queen’s University law school, where he has won a record seven faculty awards for teaching, a faculty award for his contributions to the legal profession and a university award for his contribution to mentoring (to be presented in October 2009).  He has written over 80 conference papers and articles.  He is also frequently invited to present at educational conferences for judges and tribunal members.  After receiving his LL.B. at Queen’s University and his graduate degree (B.C.L.) at Oxford University, he clerked for the Hon. Bertha Wilson of the Supreme Court of Canada. 
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