Don is keenly interested in public safety and quality of life issues for the disabled. He volunteers with organizations which help raise public consciousness about safety issues and with those which work to address the needs of severely injured people. He has served as a director of the B.C. Safety Council and is on the board of the Cerebral Palsy Association of B.C. He is a founding member of the Wrongful Death Law Reform Group and a supporting member of the B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities and Amnesty International.

In his practice Don represents seriously injured people and their families throughout B.C. and occasionally in other parts of Western Canada. He helps people who have suffered serious and disabling injuries resulting from motor vehicle collisions as well as people who have been victims of medical malpractice. In particular, Don has developed a special interest and commitment to families and children who have suffered brain damage and cerebral palsy due to birth trauma and medical negligence.

Don regularly lectures at seminars sponsored by the Trial Lawyers Association of B.C. (TLABC) and has had numerous articles published in The Verdict, its legal journal. For many years he served on the executive of the TLABC and as its President in 2001\02. He continues in the capacity as Governor and as a Sustaining Member. In addition he is a member of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and its Medical Negligence subsection.

Don also holds memberships in the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), its Medical Malpractice section and its Birth Trauma litigation group. He is a Member Fellow of the Roscoe Pound Institute in the United States.

Don is married with 3 children and is active in his community. He is a former president of his local Liberal Party Riding Association and lectures on public safety and law through the Burnaby School Board, the People's Law School, and the Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C. Don enjoys running, cycling, hockey and cross country skiing.