Phone: 204.956.3534

Fax: 204.957.0227

Email: Email Link

Assistant: Tracey Halliday – 204-956-0560 Ext.334

Practices real estate law, commercial and corporate law, commercial litigation including insolvency issues and corporate restructuring.

Practice Areas:

Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Law

Corporate and Commercial Law

Financial Services Law

Litigation

• Commercial

Lectures, Speeches and Publications

• Law Society of Manitoba and Bar Admission Course - "Trial Advocacy" and "The Art of Cross-Examination"
• Pitblado Lectures - various topics

Community

• Boys Scouts of Manitoba - Former Honourary President
• University of Manitoba - Governor (1999 to 2008)
• Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights - former President and member of the Board of Directors (2003 - 2010)

Memberships and Associations

• Insolvency Institute of Canada - Charter Member Emeritus
• Law Society of Manitoba Sessional Lecturer Bar Admission Course
• Hecla Island Advocacy College - Founding Member
• University of Manitoba Law School Sessional Lecturer

Academic and Professional

• BA Carleton University 1966
• LL.B. University of Manitoba 1969
• Admitted to the Manitoba Bar 1970
• Life Bencher, 1994 Law Society of Manitoba
• Queen's Counsel Manitoba, 1997
• Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, inducted in 2005
• Former Editor of Headnotes and Footnotes, a monthly newsletter published by the Manitoba Bar Association
• Listed by Lexpert Magazine and the Financial Post as one of Canada's top lawyers
• Martindale-Hubbell rating - AV Preeminent (being the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards) - 5.0 ranking out of 5.0