Practice Focus
- Employment Law
- Employment contracts, management agreements, consulting arrangements and policy and procedure documents
- Employment benefits
- Dispute resolution on employment matters
- Disabilities and human rights before the courts and associated boards, including harassment, discrimination and drug and alcohol testing issues
- Strategic counsel to employers on safe and effective practices for hiring, disciplining and terminating employees
- Professional education and cross-border advice on employment law issues and litigation avoidance
Practice Areas
Education
- University of Calgary, Bachelor of Laws, 1981
- Permanent Professional Teaching Certificate, 1977
- University of Calgary, Bachelor of Education, 1975
Bar Admission
- Queen's Counsel 2013
- Alberta 1982
Professional Associations
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Calgary Bar Association
Honours & Recognition
- Named in Chambers Canada as a leading lawyer in Employment & Labour, 2016-2018
- Named in Chamber's Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business, in the area of Employment & Labour Law, annually since 2012
- Named in Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of Labour & Employment Law, annually since 2006
- Named in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, as a leading practitioner in the area of Employment Law, 2004-2007 and annually since 2014
Presentations
- Panel Member, Doing Business with Pacific Rim Participants, BD&P Client Seminar, May 31, 2012
