Jeffrey (Jeff) N. Thom
KCCounsel
OFFICE: Downtown
Education
- 2003 Certificate in Arbitration
- 1999 Certificate in Conflict Management (A.A.M.S.)
- 1977 Dalhousie University, LLB
Admissions
- 2021 California
- 1992 British Columbia
- 1978 Alberta
Experience
- Represented two of three joint Executors in a highly contested multi-million-dollar Estate involving complex estate accounting matters involving operating businesses and estate assets in the U.S. and Canada.
- Represented high-net worth individuals to reorganize complex cross-border inter-vivos trusts and obtained Court approval for variation of Trust terms.
- Represented Executors in resolving trust issues involving property and claims in multiple international jurisdictions and obtaining Court approval for resolution of significant taxation claims between competing Canadian and UK Estates.
- Represented professional design and engineering firm in LCIA international arbitration proceedings involving $73 Million of claims.
- Represented two creditors of Blue Range Resources Corporation in insolvency proceedings in the Alberta Queen’s Bench and the Alberta Court of Appeal. Leave to appeal was successfully dismissed by the Supreme Court of Canada
- Defended many individuals and corporations in Alberta Securities Commission, MFDA, IDA and IIROC hearings and settlement agreements, and in Ontario and British Columbia Securities Commission matters.
Resources
- Recognition
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PUBLICATIONS
- "Practical Suggestions From the Trenches for Trusts and Estates Mediations", ADR Perspectives, May 2021
HONOURS AND AWARDS
- Peers highly recommend Jeff on Martindale-Hubbell.com, giving him a "Distinguished" rating.
- Appointed Queen’s Counsel, 2002; now known as King's Counsel as of September 2022.
- Memberships
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- Canadian Bar Association, Securities Law and Business Law subsections
- Canadian Bar Association, Insurance Law Southern subsection
- Member
- Former executive member and chairman
- Canadian Bar Association
- Legislative review committee
- Mentor program
- Calgary Bar Association
- Community
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- Advocates Society
- Alberta Advisory Committee to the Advocates’ Society
- Turnaround Management Association
- Garrison Square Condominium Association
- 2002-2012
- ADR Institute of Canada
- Chartered mediator, 2001-2011
- Teaching Roles & Speaking Engagements
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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
INSTRUCTOR
Cross-Examination Skills
Advocates' Society, May 2019
PRESENTER
How to Avoid Litigation Resulting From Train Wreck Estates
McLeod Law LLP Wills, Trusts & Estates Update, March 2019
INSTRUCTOR
Trial Advocacy
Advocates’ Society, 2012-present
INSTRUCTOR
Trial Advocacy
University of Calgary Faculty of Law, 1982-1991
SESSIONAL INSTRUCTOR
Insurance Law
University of Calgary, 1991
PRESENTER
Ensuring Legal and Ethical Conduct by the Corporation and the Board
Federated Press 15th Course: Reinventing the Corporate Secretary, October 2014