BIO

David Sanders was born in Toronto and raised in Thornhill.  He started his undergraduate studies at Glendon College (York University's bilingual campus) and graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1989.  He articled in Toronto, and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1991.  His first position as a lawyer was with Rural Legal Services, handling legal aid cases including duty counsel for provincial offences court, unofficial mediator for the small claims court, and in his very first call as a lawyer, the legal implications of a too amorous bull.

With that contract complete he returned to the GTA where he worked with a number of boutique and specialist firms, moving into his own practice with friends in 1997, where he remained until 2002.  His practice with Sanders, Lyn & Ragonetti centred on small and medium sized enterprises, (including and especially their corporate and litigation problems), estate planning, (including wills, powers of attorney and estate litigation), and property and real estate property disputes and lawsuits.

During this period of sole practice he became convinced of the need not only for dispute resolution methods superior to the court system but also for the even better choice of dispute prevention through effective personal and business planning and systems design.  To that end he obtained a Certificate in Dispute Resolution from the University of Toronto's demanding program and qualified as a Level II arbitrator with the Arbitration and Mediation Institute, both in 1996-1997.

Leaving the law when he moved to London in 2002, David Sanders went into private research work.  He then handled administrative, research and writing work with the London Homeless Coalition, followed by a spell as the Strategic Planner for the London Employment Help Centre.  (He was on LEHC's Board before and after this time as Strategic Planner, and continues in that capacity.)

David Sanders founded Camberwell House Solutions (a full service alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) firm) in 2007.  He returned to the law in 2008, founding Camberwell House Litigation which provides legal services with specific emphases: small and medium-sized business, estates work and condominiums.  Full details on the practice areas of Camberwell House are available on the reverse side of this short biography.

David Sanders has two daughters, age 20 and 10, both of whom are infuriatingly better looking than he is.  He is active with several charities and nonprofits and struggles with his longstanding addiction: buying and reading far too many history books.