Memberships & Professional Affiliations

• Canadian Bar Association
• CBA Westminster Family Law Subsection
• CBA Vancouver Family Law Subsection
• CBA Vancouver Civil Litigation Subsection
• CBA Working Group on proposed changes to the Family Relations Act and Supreme Court Family Rules
• CBA Working Group on best practices for family law lawyers

Positions / Community Involvement

• CBA Westminster Family Law Subsection, co-chair 2010 to present, chair 2007–2010, co-chair 2006–2007
• Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association, director 2008 to present
• Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association Safety Committee, member 2009 to present
• Kitsilano Chamber of Commerce, director and chair 1997–2003, chair 1999–2003

Lectures / Publications / Seminars

• CLE-TV: Negotiation Strategies for Litigators, April 2011
• Vancouver Community College Paralegal Program, ad hoc instructor 2001 to present
• Continuing Legal Education BC, lecturer, Provincial Court Boot Camp, March 2010
• CLE BC, chair of Family Law Basics for Legal Support Staff, November 2009
• People's Law School, 2009
• Author of chapter in BC Family Practice Manual on Judicial  Case Conferences, Settlement Conferences and Pre-Trial Conferences
• Presentations to various community groups on a variety of legal topics

Representative Work

• counsel for the Ministry of Children and Family Development and the Ministry of Employment and Assistance
• acts for a wide variety of individuals in child removal, custody, support and asset division cases

Hobbies / Interests

• reader of a wide variety of history and historical fiction
• blog writer for a website devoted to the Montréal Canadiens
• movies
• reality TV
• travel
• ice skating
• playing hockey with his son

Education

• Bachelor of Laws, University of British Columbia, 1991
• Bachelor of Arts (History), University of British Columbia, 1988
• Semiahmoo Senior Secondary, International Baccalaureate Program, 1984

Years of Call & Jurisdiction

Called to the BC Bar in 1992