Dan Blumenkrans
Tel: 416.814.7362dblumenkrans@babinbessnerspry.com
Affiliations and Education
Professional Affiliations:
- Law Society of Ontario
- Law Society of British Columbia (Non-Practising)
- Canadian Bar Association
- Toronto Lawyers Association
- The Advocates’ Society
- Canadian Jewish Law Association
Bar Admission:
- British Columbia, 2018
- Ontario, 2025
Education:
- Osgoode Hall Law School, L.L.M., 2021
- University of Victoria, Faculty of Law, J.D., 2017
- University of British Columbia, B.A., 2014
Languages:
- Spanish
Experience
Dan joined Babin Bessner Spry LLP as an associate in 2026. Prior to joining Babin Bessner Spry LLP, Dan served as a Crown prosecutor with the Ministry of the Attorney General in both British Columbia and Ontario. He has prosecuted a wide range of criminal, quasi-criminal, and regulatory offences, including complex financial and environmental matters. In BC, he prosecuted as a member of the Organized Crime Unit and the Commercial, Police, and Regulatory Unit within the Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions branch. He has also served as Legal Counsel for a major Toronto hospital and as an Expert Legislative Advisor to the Legislative Governance Division of Environment and Climate Change Canada in the area of environmental enforcement.
Dan is a highly experienced trial lawyer. He has acted as lead trial counsel on dozens of trials before the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the Provincial Court of British Columbia and regularly appears before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Justice, and administrative tribunals across Canada.
Dan earned his Juris Doctor from the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria. He also completed a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School, where he focused on criminal and regulatory law. During law school, he served as Executive Director of Access Pro Bono at the University of Victoria, a Research Assistant to Dr. Pooja Parmar, and an editor of the Appeal Law Journal.
Dan is an active member of the broader Toronto community. He serves on the NextGen Committee of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and the Young Professionals Committee of the Canadian Jewish Law Association.
