Daniel J. Dochylo

Practice Areas

Estate & Trust Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Pensions & Benefits; Estate & Trust Administration.

Career

Daniel is a member of BLG’s Private Client Group and National Chair of the Estate, Trust and Family Litigation Focus Group.

His practice focuses on estates and trusts litigation, including will challenges and interpretations, passings of accounts, removals of trustees, dependants' relief, guardianships, and other cases involving trusts, powers of attorney and estate bonds. He also represents clients in contentious multi-jurisdictional administrations and financial institutions in disputes involving aging investors.

Daniel also acts as a mediator of estates and trusts disputes, and has expertise in insurance defence, commercial litigation and family law. Daniel is certified as a Specialist in Estates and Trusts Law by The Law Society of Ontario. He is a designated Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Professional Memberships

Member, STEP (Worldwide) Professional Standards Committee as of June 2022;

Member of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law as of March 2021;

Co-Deputy Chair of STEP Contentious Trusts and Estates SIG Committee, 3 year term concluding December 2024 and Co-Deputy Chair 2022;

Member, Judge’s Panel for Annual STEP Private Client Awards 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021;

Member, Advisory Board for Trust & Estates Litigation Forum (Legal Week) 2017 to 2022;

Member, STEP Canada Governance Committee 2018;

Member, STEP (Worldwide) Disciplinary Panel as of 2016 to date;

Governance Liaison Officer and Membership Committee, 2015-2016;

Member, STEP (Worldwide) Professional Standards Committee as of June 2022;

Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP);

Member, Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS), UK-based;

Member, The Advocates' Society; and

Member, Ontario Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Section.

Personal

President and/or Director, Metropolitan Toronto Condominium Corporation 811, 1997 to date.

Education