Tyler Lin

Tyler joined Donovan Kochman LLP in 2023 after beginning his career at a well-known estate litigation boutique firm. His practice focuses on complex estate, trust and capacity litigation.

Prior to joining the firm, Tyler gained a broad range of litigation experience at various legal clinics and law firms on insurance, securities, and human rights law. He has also mediated small claims matters at the Superior Court of Justice and worked at a large national firm in China in international corporate law. He obtained his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, and graduated summa cum laude from York University with an undergraduate degree in philosophy.

Decisive and analytical, Tyler approaches the law by cutting through complex issues to provide clear direction to his clients.

Tyler is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Some of his recent contributions to the field include:

• B. Donovan and T. Lin, “Attorney Battles: Invalidating Powers of Attorney and Attorney Removal” Law Society of Ontario’s 26th Estates and Trusts Summit, October 2023
• T. Lin and J. de Vries, “Near Death Decisions & Deathbed Wills” Estate Planning Council of Canada’s All About Estate Planning Seminar, January 2023
• T. Lin, Speaker, “Make-A-Will Month” Ontario Bar Association with Hamilton Public Library, Toronto Public Library – Forest Hill Branch and Lillian H. Smith Branch, November 2023, 2022 and 2021
• T. Lin and J. de Vries, “Estates, Trusts and Capacity Case Law Update” Frontenac Law Association’s Kingston and the 1000 Islands Legal Conference, September 2022
• T. Lin and J. de Vries, “Too Ill to Make a Will: Three Practical Tips for Navigating a Deathbed Retainer”, Law Society of Ontario’s Six-Minute Estates Lawyer 2021 seminar, May 2022
• T. Lin, “Summary of the LCO’s 56 Recommendations Regarding End-of-Life-Care” Ontario Bar Association Elder Law Section Article, January 2022
• T. Lin and J. de Vries, “Litigating Intangible Rights: Reputation, Digital Assets, and Endorsement Rights of Influencers” Law Society of Ontario’s 24th Estates and Trusts Summit, October 2021
• T. Lin and J. de Vries, “Hotchpot Clauses and What Happens to Debt on Death” Law Society of Ontario’s Six-Minute Estates Lawyer 2021 seminar, May 2021
• T. Lin, “Bot v. Bot v. Bot: Personality Rights and New Frontiers in Estate Litigation” Ontario Bar Association Section Newsletter, December 2020