Douglas M. Worndl

Overview

Douglas Worndl is a member of the firm’s Class Action and Aviation practice groups. His practice focuses particularly on securities class actions, complex commercial litigation, and aviation litigation.

Doug has extensive experience in securities litigation and investor recovery. Since January 2011, his practice has focused on representing individual and institutional investors who have suffered losses as a result of breaches of duty by capital markets participants. He has been involved in virtually all aspects of the prosecution of securities class actions and has acted in major shareholder cases against issuers including CIBC, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., Aphria Inc., Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation, Zungui Haixi Corporation, Donnybrook Energy Inc., Canadian Solar Inc., and Home Capital Group Inc.

Doug has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario, as well as the Superior Court of Québec, the Court of Appeal of Québec, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Canada, and in private commercial arbitrations. Before joining Rochon Genova, he practised for seven years as a partner at a Toronto class action firm and for more than nineteen years, including more than fifteen years as a partner, at one of Canada’s largest law firms, where his practice included corporate-commercial, product liability, aviation, and securities litigation.

Doug also has a longstanding connection to aviation law. Early in his career, he served as Counsel and Director of Research to the Federal Commission of Inquiry into the Air Ontario Crash at Dryden, Ontario from 1989 to 1991. More recently, he was part of Rochon Genova’s trial and appeal team representing approximately 235 family members of 76 passengers who died in the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. He is also active in legal education as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where he has taught securities litigation since 2018, and as a frequent guest lecturer and speaker on securities law, investor protection, corporate governance, and statutory civil liability under the Ontario Securities Act.

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Areas of Practice

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Education & Bar Admissions

• Law Society of Ontario, 1989
• LL.M. (Securities Law), Osgoode Hall Law School, 2008
• LL.B., University of Toronto Faculty of Law, 1987
• B.A. (Economics and History), University of Toronto, 1984

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Speaking Engagements & Publications

• Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, “Securities Litigation: The Public and Private Enforcement of Securities Law,” 2018–2026
• Guest Lecturer, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, “Introduction to Securities Class Actions in Canada,” October 29, 2024
• Frequent guest lecturer at Osgoode Hall Law School on corporate governance, securities enforcement, shareholder class actions, and other remedial tools
• Speaker at professional conferences on securities litigation, investor protection, corporate governance, and statutory civil liability under the Ontario Securities Act

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Professional Involvement

• Co-authored comment letters to the Ontario Securities Commission regarding proposed policy initiatives affecting investor protection
• Contributed submissions on no-contest settlements, whistleblower policy, and draft capital markets legislation

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Media References

• Appearance on Business News Network Headline Panel Discussion on investor class action lawsuits
• Op-ed in The Globe and Mail on Ontario Securities Commission no-contest settlements
• Quoted in Financial Post and Law Times on securities enforcement and investor protection issues