David Asper
| David Asper | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 26, 1958 Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Occupation | lawyer |
| Parent(s) | Israel Harold "Izzy" Asper, Ruth "Babs" Asper |
David Asper LLM (November 26, 1958-) is a lawyer, businessman, philanthropist and recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his community service.
Asper was born in Winnipeg in 1958 to parents Izzy Asper (1932-2003) and Babs Asper (1933-2011), as well as two younger siblings Gail Asper and Leonard Asper.
After graduating from Brentwood College School on Vancouver Island Asper attended the University of Manitoba where he earned a BA in political science and history. He then went to California Western School of Law, earning a Juris Doctor in 1984. Asper started his career as a lawyer focused primarily on criminal defense litigation and successfully represented David Milgaard in overturning one of Canada’s most notorious wrongful conviction cases. In 2006 he returned to Law School at the University of Toronto where he earned an LLM in 2007.
In business he is co-founder and chair of Amenity Healthcare Limited, which owns and operates a chain of independent pharmacies in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He is also chair of Creswin Properties Ltd, a private real estate investment firm and an investor through the Manitoba Technology Accelerator program, where he serves on the boards of Cubresa Inc. and Arterial Stiffness Inc., which are developing leading-edge life science technologies. He has also invested in the Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning musical Pippin, a London-based critically acclaimed and award-winning revival of The Scottsboro Boys and the forthcoming Broadway revival of On the Town. Previously Asper served as chair of the National Post newspaper and in various executive or governance positions at Canwest Media in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Following completion of his Masters in Law at the University of Toronto in 2007 Asper served as Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Manitoba Robson Hall Faculty of Law. He continues to teach as an Adjunct Professor at Lakehead University's Bora Laskin School of Law and at Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, and comments occasionally on legal matters for popular media. Asper has also served in various Committees of the Law Society of Manitoba and is a learning resource for the CPLED Articling module on ethics and professional responsibility.
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