Resilient LLP (formerly DeMarco Allan LLP)

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DT Vollmer

Associate

PROFILE

DT Vollmer is an associate at Resilient LLP, providing strong support for Resilient’s climate change law, carbon transaction, and Indigenous rights practice. His work encompasses assisting on energy and climate regulatory matters, business and human rights, Indigenous rights, and climate- and nature-related financial risk management. His experience includes advising proponents and investors on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), and the duty to consult and accommodate. He frequently represents clients before administrative tribunals, including the Ontario Energy Board.

DT holds both a Doctor of Laws degree in public international human rights law and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies with concentrations in international law and conflict resolution from the Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. He was an NCAA Division I swimmer, Academic Team All-American (2007-2009), and four-year varsity letter winner.

DT presented his doctoral research on advancing human rights under the African human rights system at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK. He was previously an independent legal expert and legal intern with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, conducting research on LGBTQ+ rights and human rights violations by extractive industries across Africa, Europe, and the Americas. In his final year of law school, he worked at the Stellenbosch University Law Clinic, providing legal aid to individuals and communities in South Africa’s Cape Winelands.

DT previously served as a member of the executive and the Public Affairs Liaison for the Ontario Bar Association’s Natural Resources and Energy Law Section and is currently a member of the executive of the Sexual and Gender Diversity Alliance Section.

 

BAR ADMISSIONS​

​Ontario, 2020

EDUCATION

  • Doctor of Laws (LLD) – Stellenbosch University, 2017.

  • Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – Stellenbosch University, 2013.

  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Studies – Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, 2010.

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS​

  • DeMarco, L. and Vollmer, D. (2025),  “Nature-related risks and the duties of directors of Canadian corporations”. Legal Opinion commissioned by the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (Full Legal Opinion).

  • DeMarco, L. and Vollmer, D. (2023) “Top Ten Climate and Net-Zero Considerations for Board of Directors”. Institute of Corporate Directors (Full Article).

  • DeMarco, L., Sullivan, K. and MacDonald, S. (2023) “The Missing Article: How to Get Canada Back in the Game on Article 6”. Public Policy Forum (Full Article).

  • Vollmer, D. et al. (2022) “Global perspectives of Africa: Harnessing the Universal Periodic Review to process sexual and gender-based violence in SADC member states”. Stellenbosch Law Review (Volume 33, Issue 1) (Full Article).

  • DeMarco, L., McGillivray, J. and Vollmer, D. (2020) “The New World of Climate Change and ESG Disclosure”. Energy Regulation Quarterly (Volume 8, Issue 4) (Full Article).

  • DeMarco, L. and Vollmer, D. (2020) “The Good Fight”. IETA 2020 GHG Report (Full Report).

  • Vollmer, D. (2019) “Reflections of an intern: Awaiting landmark decision in UK Supreme Court case on parent company liability”. International Bar Association.

  • Vollmer, D. (2017) “Queer families: An analysis of non-heteronormative family rights under the African human rights system”. Stellenbosch University.

 

SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Vollmer, D. (2025) Co-presenter:  “Queer AI for the digital child: Examining the response to advanced digital technologies on the human rights of LGTBQ+ children in Africa”. Second International Conference on Children’s Rights, hosted by Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and Faculty of Law, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  • Vollmer, D. (2025) Guest Lecturer: “The Legal Implications of Climate and Emissions Trading”. Climate Change and Legal Change, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
  • Vollmer, D. (2024) Guest Lecturer: “Climate Change and Mining”. Special Topics in Mining Law, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
  • Vollmer, D. (2023) Lecturer: “Connecting Climate to Corporate ESG Strategy”. Osgoode Certificate in ESG, Climate Risk & the Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada.
  • Vollmer, D. (2023) Guest Lecturer: “The Legal Implications of Climate Change and Trading Emissions Credits”. Climate Change and Legal Change, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
  • Vollmer, D. (2022) Lecturer: “Corporate ESG Specific to Climate”. Osgoode Certificate in ESG, Climate Risk & the Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada

  • Vollmer, D. (2021) Lecturer: “Corporate ESG Specific to Climate”. Osgoode Certificate in ESG, Climate Risk & the Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada.

  • Vollmer, D. (2021) Co-presenter: “Global Perspectives of Africa: Harnessing the Universal Periodic Review to process SGBV in SADC member states”. International Conference: The Responsiveness of the African human rights system to sexual and gender based violence, hosted by Stellenbosch University and the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, Stellenbosch, South Africa.