Member Bio
Susan Gunter, partner since 2002 at the Toronto litigation firm of Dutton Brock LLP, holds an LLM in Civil Litigation (Osgoode), an LLB (UNB) and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1996. Susan is recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada (for Products Liability Law, Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation). Her litigation practice in defence of domestic and international corporations and insurers focuses on professional and products liability casualty and property claims and commercial litigation. She has appeared before federal and provincial tribunals, at all levels of court in Ontario and the Federal Court of Canada. Susan is a member of the peer-selected Litigation Counsel of America, International Association of Defense Counsel, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and Association of Defense and Trial Attorneys. Susan Chairs the Canadian Defence Lawyers Public Policy Secretariat. Susan is a Member of the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy and a Director of the Canadian Defence Lawyers Foundation. She served as President of Canadian Defence Lawyers, Director of The Advocates' Society, and Director of DRI – Lawyers Representing Business. Susan is the recipient of the Ontario Bar Association’s Joel Kuchar Award for Professionalism and Civility, the Canadian Defence Lawyers Philippa G. Samworth Award for the Advancement of Women in the Legal Profession and the DRI Lawyers Representing Business Fred H. Sievert Award as an Outstanding Defense Bar Leader. As a Director of DRI (2014-2017), Susan was the Board Liaison for the International Committee and Chair of DRI for Life - the committee on lawyer wellness. Susan is a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, the Canadian Association for Legal Ethics, and the Toronto Civil Bench and Bar Committee. Susan is a current certified TAS skills instructor in adult education. She has authored legal journal articles for the Annual Review of Civil Litigation, the Advocates’ Quarterly and articles for DRI’s For the Defense magazine and The Voice online newsletter. She has lectured in Canada, the United States and in Europe to lawyers and trade associations on tort, insurance and procedural law, privacy legislation, women in the legal profession, diversity & inclusion, lawyer regulation, law profession reform and lawyers’ wellness topics.