Since 2023, I have served as an arbitrator and mediator across BC, Canada and internationally. I served for 10 1/2 years on the Canadian judiciary, including eight years on the Supreme Court of Canada, writing and participating in significant judgments in commercial law, insurance law, private law, energy law, public law, tax law, technology, aboriginal law, criminal law and constitutional law.

I previously served as a trial and appellate judge in Alberta, was professor and associate Dean of Law at the University of Alberta, the chair of the Health Law Institute, and litigation counsel at the Bars of Alberta and British Columbia, practicing in insurance, commercial law, construction/infrastructure, employment, trusts, medical negligence and major casualty.

As a trial judge, I also conducted dozens of judicial dispute resolutions, achieving a high rate of settlement.

I presently serve as sole or co-arbitrator in domestic and international commercial matters involving mining, real estate development, transport, mergers and acquisitions, auditor’s negligence, major casualty/insurance, construction and the sale and regulation of electricity. I am a trained and certified mediator (Pepperdine/Strauss Institute), and have conducted complex commercial mediations in real estate development, oil & gas, forestry, copyright, major casualty/insurance and intellectual property matters. I have also participated as counsel in approximately 50 mediations, including complex cross-border mediations with jurisdictional disputes. I have participated in counsel in approximately 10 domestic arbitrations. As a member of the Canadian judiciary, I wrote over 175 judgments, approximately 100 of them at the Supreme Court of Canada.

• 1995    Admitted to the Bar of British Columbia
• 2008    Admitted to the Bar of Alberta (until 2013)
• 2024    Board Member, Canadian Constitution Foundation
• 2024    Board Member, Royal British Columbia Museum Foundation
• 2024    Advisory Board Member, Salvation Army of Greater Vancouver
• 2024    Access Pro Bono, Lawyer Volunteer
• 2024    Board Member, Lakes District Museum Society

Publications

• Co-Author, Pure Economic Loss in Canadian Negligence Law, 2d ed. (Forthcoming, 2026)
• Author, Pure Economic Loss in Canadian Negligence Law (LexisNexis, 2011)
• Co-author, Government Liability (Canada Law Book, 2006)
• Author or co-author of over 40 published peer-reviewed articles, book chapters on private law and civil justice.

• 2025    Certificate, “Mediating the Litigated Case” (Pepperdine Strauss Institute, 40 hrs)
• 2006    Doctor of Juridical Science, University of Toronto
• 2003    Master of Laws, University of Toronto
• 1994     Bachelor of Laws (equivalent to J.D.), University of Victoria
• 1987     Bachelor of Arts (First Class), University of British Columbia