W.A. Derry Millar

W.A. Derry Millar

Counsel at WeirFoulds LLP
(416) 947-5021
(416) 365-1876
66 Wellington St W, Suite 4100, Toronto-Dominion Ctr, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1974 (ON)
Derry Millar is a skilled and dedicated advocate with a broad civil litigation and administrative law practice. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1974. He is a fellow of the ACTL and the CIArb. He has appeared in all levels of court in Ontario, the SCC, the FCC, and many administrative tribunals, and acts regularly as an arbitrator and mediator. He acted as lead commission counsel for the Ipperwash Inquiry. He is a former treasurer (president) of the Law Society of Ontario (LSO). He was first elected a bencher (director) of the LSO in 1995. He has been chairman and vice chairman of a wide variety of LSO committees and a director of the Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company. He has held a long list of professional titles including a board member of Legal Aid Ontario from January 1999–June 2008 and a director reappointed in April 2011; trustee of the Law Society Foundation; director of LibraryCo; member of the Civil Rules Committee since 1976; past chairman of the Ontario Centre for Advocacy Training; former director of The Advocates’ Society and Pro Bono Law Ontario; and co-editor of the Ontario Annual Practice from 1975–2022. He has been a regular speaker at legal events and contributed to legal publications and seminars. He clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada.
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