David G. Coles
Canadian lawyer
David G. Coles, (born in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian lawyer. He earned his B.A. from Dalhousie University in 1981. He then received his LL.B. in 1984, also from Dalhousie. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1985.
Coles has appeared on appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada on four separate occasions and participated in over 170 reported decisions. His practice includes representing a number of institutional clients including Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian National Railways, Meridian Construction Inc., National Bank, Nova Scotia Power and Amica. He appears regularly in the Supreme Courts and Courts of Appeal of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. His practice includes class actions/mass tort work.
Coles is a partner and practises in the areas of Business Litigation, Civil Litigation, Estate Litigation, Employment Law, Media Law, and Construction Law. He is the Chairman of the firm's litigation section.[1]
Coles' uncle Allen Linden is a prominent judge of the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal.
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