Primary Language:
English

Administrative Assistant(s):
Joanne McLeod

Education:
Saint Mary's University (B.Comm., 1969)
Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1971)
University of London (LL.M., 1972)

Bar Admission(s):
Nova Scotia, 1972
New Brunswick, 2008

Queen's Counsel:
1988

Fellowships:
Fellow and Former Governor, The Canadian College of Construction Lawyers

Law Society Memberships:
Canadian Bar Association
Nova Scotia Barristers' Society

Lexpert Ratings:
Directors and Officers Liability
Litigation - Corporate Commercial

Martindale-Hubbell Ratings:
BV

Other External Ratings:
2007, 2010, Member, The International Lawyers Who's Who of Business Lawyers for construction law

2006, 2008-2010, Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada Directory (Construction and Insurance Law)

2004-2010, Member, The International Who's Who of Construction Lawyers

2005-2007, Member, Who's Who, International Bar Association

Memberships:
Board Member, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

2009, President, The Canadian College of Contruction Lawyers

Member, National Counsel, Canadian Bar Association

Director and Member, The Canadian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Chair, Supreme Court of Canada Liaison Committee, Canadian Bar Association

Evaluator, The Honourable Paul Martin Scholarship Fund

Past Member, Member Services Committee, Nova Scotia Barristers' Society

Past Chair, Library Committee, Nova Scotia Barristers' Society

Former Member, Executive Committee, Nova Scotia Branch, Canadian Bar Association,

Past Member, Annual Meeting Committee, Nova Scotia Barristers' Society

Former Member, Nova Scotia Bar Council

Former Member, Alumni Executive, Saint Mary's University

Past Co-Chair, Joint Liaison Committee between Nova Scotia Bench and Nova Scotia Bar re: Libraries

Former Member, Board of Governors, Saint Mary's University

Past Chairman, Construction Law Section, Canadian Bar Association

Past President, Nova Scotia Basketball Association

Past President, Nova Scotia Senior Basketball League

Other Information:
Authored papers and prepared lectures for the Nova Scotia Bar Admission Course and Canadian Bar Association.

Has presented papers and moderated lectures at Cambridge University, England; Hanzong University, China; Nova Scotia Technical University; Dalhousie University and Saint Mary's University.

Areas of Law:
Litigation
Construction Law
Insurance
Litigation - Tax
Litigation - Commercial Insurance
Litigation - Corporate-Commercial
Litigation - Securities
Professional Liability