Education
- 2003 Arbitration Certificate
- 1999 Conflict Management (Mediation) Certificate
- 1977 Dalhousie University, LLB
Admissions
- 1992 British Columbia
- 1978 Alberta
Experience
- Re Fauth, 2017, ABASC 3 - Successfully acted for respondent in an application to further and better compel pre-hearing disclosure in a Securities Enforcement proceeding.
- Represented Campbell’s Industrial Supply Ltd. and National-Oilwell Canada Ltd. in a claim against Enron Canada Corp., in the Alberta Queen’s Bench, Alberta Court of Appeal, and succeeded in denying leave to appeal in The Supreme Court of Canada, 2001.
- Represented creditors in CCAA proceedings regarding Blue Range Resources Corporation, in the Alberta Queen’s Bench.
- Defended many individuals and corporations in Alberta Securities Commission Enforcement hearings and settlement agreements, and in MFDA, IDA, and IIROC matters.
- Many trial decisions in the Supreme Court and Provincial Court of British Columbia, involving different litigation matters.
Resources
- Recognition
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HONOURS AND AWARDS
- Awarded Queen’s Counsel, 2002
- 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