Practice areas
Civil Litigation
- Extensive trial experience in various types of civil disputes
- Personal Injury matters including motor vehicle accidents
- Regulatory prosecutions and regulatory defense matters
- Experience before various Administrative Boards and Tribunals
- Mediation, arbitration and appellate experience
- Corporate and commercial disputes including commercial leasing matters
- Employment issues and disputes including mediation and litigation
- Construction and condominium disputes
- Insurance matters resolved through negotiation, mediation, arbitration or the Court process
Experience
Ogilvie LLP
Partner, 1999 - Present
Associate, 1991 - 1998
Student-at-Law, 1990 - 1991
Education
Bachelor of Laws with Distinction - University of Alberta, 1990
Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction - University of Alberta, 1989
International Business Certificate - University of Hawaii, 1987
Awards
Appointed Queen's Counsel, 2020
Professional activities & memberships
- Member of the Estate Planning Council of Edmonton
- Adjunct Professor, Environmental Health Program, Concordia University of Edmonton, 1996 – 2020
- Past Sessional Lecturer, Public Health Course, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta
- Law Society of Alberta
- Edmonton Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Litigation, Commercial Property & Leasing, Construction Law, Administrative Law, Insurance Law
Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association
Community activities & memberships
- Coach, Edmonton Ladies Softball Association, 2012 – Present
- Coach, Sherwood Park Minor Softball Association, 1997 – 2012
- Past Advisory Committee Member, Bachelor of Management, Concordia University of Edmonton
- Past President, Valley Zoo Development Society