David A. Potts

David A. Potts has practiced in criminal and civil litigation for over thirty-five years, specializing in defamation, cyberlibel, and privacy law. He has acted in hundreds of libel and slander actions involving a wide range of organizations and individuals; acted both for and against numerous media outlets; and assisted in multi-jurisdictional libel actions in Canada, the United States, England, and Australia.  

Former Vice-Chairman of Media Law Section for the International Bar Association, David Potts became a member of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on the law of defamation in 1985 and was appointed to the 2016 Law Reform Committee of Ontario, reviewing the law of Internet Defamation. He also assisted in revising the jury charge used by Ontario judges in libel actions.