Lawyer Profile
Daniel Murdoch
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Dan Murdoch is the co-head of the Toronto Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group and is Chair of the Firm’s Claims & Risk Management Committee. Dan is a leading litigator in class actions and complex commercial litigation. He has acted on many securities class actions for reporting issuers and directors and officers, frequently obtaining early dismissal. He has also defended class actions in insurance, professional negligence and product liability. Dan is also an experienced trial lawyer with a commercial litigation practice that includes securities, insurance, professional negligence, shareholder disputes and real estate. He has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and acts regularly in commercial arbitration.
Dan is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association and The Advocates’ Society.
Prior to joining Stikeman Elliott, Dan practised for over three years in the litigation department of a major American law firm in New York, where his practice focused on complex commercial litigation, including bankruptcy and insolvency matters, class actions and SEC investigations.
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2003 (NY)