Dave D’Oyen is a lawyer and workplace investigator at Williams HR Law LLP, where he is building a practice in all areas of management-side labour, employment, and human rights law, and in the Firm’s workplace investigation and review practice.

Prior to joining Williams HR Law, Dave completed his articles at a national law firm where he assisted with a broad range of matters, including privacy in the workplace, human rights and accommodation, wrongful dismissal litigation, grievance arbitration, and attendance management.

Dave holds a JD, with distinction, from the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). During law school, he was a member of the University’s Academic Integrity Council and the Senate Appeals Committee, the apex tribunal, hearing cases regarding grades and standing, academic integrity and timespan extensions. He received awards including the Valedictorian Award, the Dennis Mock Student Leadership Award for voluntary extracurricular contributions, and the De Francesca Real Estate Law Award for academic excellence.

Dave is a graduate of the Industrial Relations program at McGill University. While at McGill, he served on academic unit review committees to assess the priorities and activities of the departments to improve quality and maintain excellence.

Dave sits on the board of the Fondation Michaёlle Jean Foundation and is the chair of the Governance Committee. He is a volunteer with the Lifelong Leadership Institute, where he provides mentoring to students with an interest in law. He is also an academic assistant for the “Legal Analysis in a Business Context” course at the Ted Rogers School of Management. He is a member of Thomas More Lawyers’ Guild of Toronto.