Patrick J. Devine J.D., B.A. , Partner

As the head of Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP’s Municipal and Property Development Group, Patrick assists landowners and developers in achieving approvals for significant development and redevelopment projects. Working with some of the country’s largest developers, property owners and institutions, he is very experienced both at the local level and on appeals to the province’s planning court, the Ontario Municipal Board.

Patrick is named as one of the most frequently recommended property development lawyers and is recognized in The LEXPERT/American Lawyer Guide to the 500 Leading Lawyers in Canada.

Patrick is Past Chair of the Planning and Development Committee of the Board of Trade and Past President of the Toronto Chapter of Lambda Alpha, an international land economics organization.

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Representative Work
Numerous major residential and commercial development projects in Toronto and the GTA
Representing major commercial and residential owners on appeals before the Ontario Municipal Board
Publications
Prior Speaking Engagements
Presenter, "Section 37 - A Further Update and a Question:  'It is a Tax?'", Law Society of Upper Canada Six-Minute Municipal Lawyer, May 15, 2012
Presenter, "Heritage Update: Should Heritage Trump Planning?", Law Society of Upper Canada Six-Minute Municipal Lawyer, May 2010
Presenter, "Zoning versus Heritage: Do the Old Rules Still Apply?" FMC Real Estate Seminar, September 30, 2009
Presenter, “Zoning versus Heritage – Who Wins?” Law Society of Upper Canada Six-Minute Lawyer, May 11, 2009
Presenter, “The Political Realities and Ethics of Planning,” University of Toronto Planning Course, September 30, 2008
Contact Information
Toronto
+1 416 863 4515
patrick.devine@fmc-law.com
Year of Call
1978 (Ontario)
Education
University of Toronto, J.D., (Doctor of Jurisprudence) 1976
Glendon College, York University, B.A., 1973
Languages Spoken
English