I will be your trusted counsel, guiding you through any complex or difficult dispute, to achieve the optimal resolution.

With over 42 years of experience and expertise as litigation legal counsel, Jeff assists clients in resolving disputes in various areas.  His current focus is directed at litigation and ADR involving all types of matters involving trusts and estates, acting variously for trustees, executors, beneficiaries, and other parties involved in wills, estates or trusts litigation.  He also handles complex litigation matters involving securities law, business and corporate matters, construction law and insolvency and restructuring.

Jeff is called to the bars of Alberta and British Columbia and is a provisionally licensed lawyer in the state of California. He has successfully represented clients across a range of litigation matters at all levels of courts in Alberta, B.C. and Manitoba, as well as the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Canada. Jeff has also been admitted to the Manitoba Bar for two inter-provincial cases, and to the Ontario Bar to represent a financial institution in a Canada-wide restructuring of a major multi-jurisdictional corporation.

In addition to Jeff’s extensive experience in representing clients in court, Jeff has significant experience in alternative dispute resolution (ADR). He has acted as counsel in numerous arbitrations and mediations, and has appeared many times before administrative tribunals including the Alberta and Ontario Securities Commissions, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, and the Mutual Funds Dealers Association, among others.