05-04-2019 22:46 via ottawacitizen.com

Obit: From PMs to the poor, David Scott was the deft advocate in the bow tie

As a lawyer, David Scott made a living defending prime ministers, but he made a life advocating for paupers, never forgetting it all began with home.
Family and colleagues say that, even as he lay dying in hospital, Scott — a lion in the city’s legal circles for 50 years — was making phone calls to support funding for Pro Bono Ontario, a charity he helped found that has assisted 140,000 poor clients since 2001.
His death March 21 also marks the end of four generations of Scotts
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