Meet David Butler

I don’t believe in legal jargon for the sake of it. The law should be clear, strategic, and practical—not a confusing maze that leaves you frustrated. My job? To cut through the complexity, give you straight answers, and get things done.

Before stepping into the legal world, I played professional hockey, where I learned firsthand that success requires strategy, resilience, and knowing when to push forward. That mindset now fuels my approach to law—aggressive when necessary, calculated when required, and always results-driven.

I’ve worked in-house at a global asset management firm in New York City and at a boutique civil litigation firm in Toronto, handling everything from corporate disputes to high-stakes negotiations. But I don’t just practice law—I’ve built and scaled start-ups from scratch, earning a feature in Profit Magazine for launching an environmentally friendly venture.

Bilingual in French and English, I navigate legal matters seamlessly in both languages. As a dual-licensed attorney (Ontario & New York), I’ve appeared before the Superior Court of Justice, Federal Court, Human Rights Tribunal, Landlord and Tenant Board, and more.

If you want a lawyer who gets straight to the point, finds solutions, and helps you move forward, we should talk.

• Master of Laws from Cardozo School of Law in New York City, where I received the Dean’s Merit Scholarship

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons) from the University of Kent in England 

• Master of Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology from the University of Waterloo 

• Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from McGill University

• New York State
• Law Society of Ontario