Cobi Dayan is a member of Miller Thomson’s Commercial Litigation Group and has represented businesses and individuals on a wide range of matters. His experience includes corporate and contractual disputes, debt recovery, construction claims, insurance defence and other business litigation disputes. Cobi has assisted in arbitration matters and has appeared before the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the Provincial Court of British Columbia. Cobi works with other team members to ensure that clients’ litigation matters are handled effectively and efficiently.
Cobi joined Miller Thomson as an Articled Student in 2015 after completing his J.D. with Distinction from the University of Alberta, where he received numerous awards for academic achievement and leadership. While at law school, Cobi was actively involved in many school organizations: he served as a caseworker with Student Legal Services’ Civil and Family, Criminal, and Legal Education and Reform Projects; volunteered with Pro Bono Students Canada in the Civil Claims Duty Counsel; and founded the Law Faculty’s first ever swim club, The Tortoises. He was also heavily involved with the Faculty’s Law Show (a charitable theatrical production involving over 200 students) as an actor, a writer, and in his final year, Executive Director.
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Community involvement
- Actor, The Lawyer Show, Vancouver, 2015 – Present
- Committee Member, Camp Shalom, Vancouver, 2015 – 2016
- Dean’s Fellow, Dean’s Fellowship Program, 2014 – 2015
- Volunteer, Edmonton Civil Claims Duty Counsel, Pro Bono Students Canada, 2012 – 2015
- Founder/President, Law Swim Club, 2012 – 2015
- Executive Director, The Law Show, University of Alberta, 2014 – 2015
- Actor and Writer, The Law Show, University of Alberta, 2012 – 2015
- Caseworker, Student Legal Services Legal Education & Reform Project, 2012 – 2015
- Caseworker, Student Legal Services Criminal Project, 2012 – 2014
- Caseworker, Student Legal Services Civil and Family Project, 2012 – 2014
Professional memberships
- Law Society of British Columbia
- Canadian Bar Association
Bar admissions & education
- British Columbia Bar, 2016
- J.D. (with Distinction), University of Alberta, 2015
- B.F.A. (Theatre), University of Victoria, 2011