John A. Campion
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Past President 2010-2011John Campion was appointed a Council member by the Law Society of Upper Canada in March 2006, and is currently the Past President of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. He is a senior partner with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP in Toronto, Ontario. John is an experienced litigator recognized nationally and internationally as a leading trial, appellate and arbitration advocate. He is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Civil Litigation. John obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Ontario in 1967 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto in 1972. He was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1974, and since 2000 has served three terms as a Bencher. He has appeared as a barrister in courts throughout Canada on legal issues including class actions, administrative, corporate, commercial and competition law, and has acted in arbitrations here and in Europe. He has also appeared as counsel before the Gomery Inquiry, and before the United Nations Oil-For-Food commission of inquiry. John has also been an adjunct professor of law for over 20 years at Osgoode Hall and the University of Toronto, and has lectured broadly in Canada, Europe and the United States. He has published a book and numerous articles as well. John has also been a member of the Board of the CBC and is a former President of The Empire Club of Canada. A more detailed biography is available here. John A. Campion
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