LAWYER PROFILE

David Bronskill

Canada 2026

Goodmans LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Ontario

9 years ranked

About

Provided by Goodmans LLP

Canada

Practice Areas

David Bronskill is a partner in the Municipal and Land Development Group at Goodmans. His practice focuses on municipal law matters for private and public sector clients throughout Ontario, including planning, environmental and heritage approvals.

His clients include real estate development firms, educational institutions, shopping centres, restaurants, homeowners and ratepayer groups. He has also acted for numerous municipalities and public entities.

David regularly appears before municipal councils and at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, the Toronto Local Appeal Body and Ontario Municipal Board hearings. He has appeared before the Assessment Review Board, the Ontario Highway Transportation Board, the Divisional Court of Ontario and the Ontario Court of Appeal.

Career

David is recognized by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and The Lexpert/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada for Property Development, and featured in the Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure. He is also recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada for Municipal Law and Real Estate Law and by Chambers Canada for Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use in Ontario. He was honoured as one of Lexpert’s Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 in 2013, in 2019 received the BILD Chair’s Award of Merit, and in 2020 named "Lawyer of the Year" for Municipal Law by Best Lawyers in Canada.

Professional Memberships

David is the past chair of the Trinity College Board of Trustees and a former chair of the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association of Trinity College. He is a former chair and president of the Toronto Humane Society (THS) and returned to the THS Board in 2019. He also served as secretary on the board for the Artscape Foundation. On Sunday mornings, David supervises the Law Society of Ontario’s Feed the Hungry Program.

He is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, and Lambda Alpha International Land Economics Society.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Canada Guide

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use - Ontario

Band 1

Individual Editorial

David Bronskill assists developers and REITs with municipal law issues. He has significant experience appearing before councils and tribunals throughout Ontario in appeals against plan policies.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He has a wide range of experience with many clients which allows him to think like a developer and he provides excellent legal advice.
Real Estate: Zoning/Land UseChambers Canada Guide
He combines passion for his work with deep knowledge and realism.
Real Estate: Zoning/Land UseChambers Canada Guide
He has worked on many different files with varying degrees of complexity and has always delivered first-rate service.
Real Estate: Zoning/Land UseChambers Canada Guide