David M Tanovich is a Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor. In 2017, Professor Tanovich was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Social Sciences). This is the highest honour that can be awarded to an academic in Canada. In 2016, he was awarded the University of Windsor's Outstanding Faculty Research Award (Established Scholars/Researchers category).
Professor Tanovich teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law, evidence, legal ethics and racial profiling. He is a nationally recognized expert in these areas. He is one of the most cited criminal law academics in the Supreme Court of Canada and provincial appellate and trial courts. All of his publications can be downloaded from his SSRN page.
Prior to joining Windsor Law in 2003, Professor Tanovich served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Antonio Lamer for the 1995 Supreme Court of Canada term. From 1997-2003, he was an appellate lawyer with Pinkofsky Lockyer in Toronto during which he appeared as counsel in 87 criminal appeals before the Supreme Court of Canada and Ontario Court of Appeal. Professor Tanovich won his last three cases in the Supreme Court of Canada (R v Golden; R v Burke; and R v Lyttle).