Erin Elizabeth Dann

Erin is a partner at Embry Dann LLP, with a focus on criminal appeals and complex trial matters. She has argued over 100 appeals at the Court of Appeal for Ontario and acted on 12 matters before the Supreme Court of Canada. She is regularly appointed amicus curiae in criminal cases involving mental health issues and as a referee in privilege litigation matters. Erin served as Commission Counsel to the Public Order Emergency Commission and the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions.

Since 2021, Erin has been recognized by Best Lawyers ® in Appellate Practice and Criminal Defence and in the 2026 edition as “Lawyer of the Year” in Criminal Defence in Toronto. Erin is a long-time volunteer with the Pro Bono Inmate Appeal Program, sits on the National Advisory Committee for the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute and on the Case Review Committee of Innocence Canada, and is an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. She holds an LL.B. from Queen’s University, where she graduated as the gold medalist, and a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University, where she also graduated first in her class.

Erin clerked for the Honourable Justice Morris Fish at the Supreme Court of Canada and was called to the bar in 2008.

R. v. McDonald, 2025 ONCA 807R. v. J.W., 2025 SCC 16, 448 C.C.C. (3d) 285 R. v. Bharwani, 2025 SCC 26 R. v. McDonald, 2025 ONCA 807 R. v. Miller, 2025 ONCA 611 R. v. Ritch and Sparks, 2022 NSCA 52 R. v. Bissonnette, 2022 SCC 23, [2022] 1 S.C.R. 597 R. v. Stairs, 2022 SCC 11, [2022] 1 S.C.R. 169 R. v. Laming, 2022 ONCA 370, 413 C.C.C. (3d) 409 R. v. Mootoo, 2022 ONSC 367, 501 C.R.R. (2d) 110 R. v. Tutu, 2021 ONCA 805 407 C.C.C. (3d) 137 R. v. J.D., 2021 ONCA 376, 156 O.R. (3d) 126 (leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused) R. v. Esseghaier, 2021 SCC 9 R. v. Pileggi, 2021 ONCA 4, 153 O.R. (3d) 561, 398 C.C.C. (3d) 274 R. v. Reeve, 2020 ONCA 381, 151 O.R. (3d) 65 R. v. Alexis, 2020 ONCA 334, 388 C.C.C. (3d) 266 R. v. McDonald, 2018 ONCA 369, 360 C.C.C (3d) 494 R. v. Lougheed; Sorbara, 2017 ONCJ 708 R. v. Assessment Direct, 2017 ONSC 5686, 142 W.C.B. (2d) 59 R. v. Tung, 2016 ONCA 782, 132 O.R. (3d) 561 R. v. Anthony Cook, 2016 SCC 43, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 204 R. v. Jordan, 2016 SCC 27, [2016] 1 S.C.R. 631 R. v. Campione, 2015 ONCA 67, 321 C.C.C. (3d) 63 R. v. Capano, 2014 ONCA 599, 314 C.C.C. (3d) 135 Ca