Birth Date and Place: October 22, 1949, Toronto, Ontario

Education and Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), Dalhousie University(1972)
  
• Bachelor of Laws, Dalhousie University (1975)
  
• Ontario Bar Admission Course (1977)
  
• Family Mediation Training Course (1990)
  
• Collaborative Lawyers Training Course (2001-2002)
  

Specific Areas of Practice:

• Family Law: I advise clients of their rights and obligations when they separate or are thinking of separating from their spouse. The major issues being custody and access, dividing their assets and support for the spouse and children. I also advise my clients about the many processes that may be used to resolve the issue of a separation and I represent them in the process they choose which may include going to mediation meetings or representing them in an arbitration or court hearing.
  
• Wills and Powers of Attorney: I advise clients on Estate Planning which involves drafting Wills, Powers of Attorneys and Trusts and provide advice on; how to ensure that on their death their assets go to the appropriate desired beneficiary; ensuring that the appropriate person or persons look after the estate; reducing problems and conflicts that may arise in administering the estate; minimizing the amount of payments the estate pays for taxes, costs and court (probate) fees; and inheritance.
• Administration of Estates: I advise the personal representative of an estate (executor) as to what is required to administer the estate and then, as directed by him or her, administer the estate, which might involve applying to the court for the Certificate of Appointment (probate), dealing with the assets, paying debts, and accounting to beneficiaries.
  

Organization Affiliates:

• Canadian Bar Association
  
• American Bar Association
  
• County of Carleton Law Association
  
• Law Society of Upper Canada
  
• Member of Annual Family Law Institute Organizing Committee (1999 to present)
  
• Member of Collaborative Law Network
  

Teaching Experience:

• Algonquin College, Legal Assistant Program (1978-1980)
  

Seminar leader,

• Ontario Bar Admission course Family Law (1986)
  
• Law Society Continuing Education Program on Pensions and Family Law (1988, 1994)
  
• Ontario Bar Admission Course Practice skills (Family Law),(1989, 1990); Negotiating Skills (1993, 1996)
  

• Ontario Bar Admission Course; dependent’s relief claims in estates (1988 - 1990)
  
• Ontario Law Society Continuing Education Program dealing with estate litigation (Dependent's Relief Claims), 1987
  
• Ontario Law Society Continuing Education Program; marriage contracts (1987 - 1988)
  
• Canadian Bar Association Annual Institute Program; Pensions and Family Law (1989)
  
• Law Society Continuing Education Program for Legal Secretaries; preparing Financial statements
  
• Law Society Continuing Education Program for Family Law Lawyers; Employment Benefit Clauses (1990)
  
• Canadian Society for the Advancement of Legal Technology (1994, 1996)
  
• Family Law Motions: Practice and Strategy (1994)
  
• Institute of Family Law, The Life Insurance Clause in Separation Agreements (1996)
  
• Federation of Law Societies, The Life Insurance Clause in Separation Agreements (1998)
  
• County of Carleton Law Association and Law Society Continuing Education Program, Determining Income of the Self-Employed under the Child Support Guidelines (1999)
  
• Law Society Continuing Education Program, Basic Management Principles for Lawyers (May 2000)
  
• Law Society Technology for Lawyers conference, Some Thoughts on Producing and Marketing a Law Firm's Web Site (November 2003)
• Law Society and Ontario Bar Association’s Annual Solo on Small Firm Conference and Expo - Lawyers Can Be Different - Providing Innovative Legal Services (2006)
• Law Society and Ontario Bar Association’s Annual Solo on Small Firm Conference and Expo - Some Thoughts About Using Technology to Market Legal Services (2007)
• Institute of Family Law - Stress Management for Lawyers (2007)
  

Public Speaking:

Written Articles (please visit my articles page for an online list):

• Support (unpublished except on Web site)
  
• Custody and Access (unpublished except on Web site)
  
• Powers of Attorney (unpublished except on Web site)
  
• Changing your Will (unpublished except on Web site)
  
• Reasons for Having a Will (C.J. Journal South and Women’s Credit Union Handbook)
  
• Professional Negligence and Responsibility Issues for lawyer’s in dealing with Marriage Contracts (Ontario Law Society Continuing Education Program in 1987 published by Carswell Company in 1988 in a book entitled Marriage Contracts (1988)
  
• Administration of Estates (C.J. Journal South)
  
• Custody and Access to Children (C.J. Journal South)
  
• Family Mediation (O.A.F.M. Newsletter)
  
• Division of Assets (Clarion Newspaper, April, 1989)
  
• Wills and Minor Children (Clarion Newspaper, May, 1989)
  
• Separation and Divorce (Clarion Newspaper, Sept., 1989)
  
• Division of Pensions on Marriage Breakdown (Clarion Newspaper, Jan. 1990)
  
• Marriage Contracts (Clarion Newspaper, March, 1990)
  
• Employment Benefits (Law Society Continuing Education, April, 1990)
  
• Updating your Will (Clarion Newspaper, Summer, 1990)
  
• Lawyer Client Relationship (Clarion Newspaper, Autumn, 1990)
  
• Preparing For An Easier Administration of an Estate (Clarion Newspaper, Winter 1991)
  
• Divorce Mediation (Clarion Newspaper, April, 1991)
  
• Agreements of Purchase and Sale (Clarion Newspaper, August 1991)
  
• Lawyer’s Role When Purchasing a Home (Clarion Newspaper, Sept.,1991)
  
• Lawyer’s Role When Selling a Home (Clarion Newspaper, Oct., 1991)
  
• The Legal Process in Matrimonial Disputes - Part 1
  (Clarion Newspaper, Nov., Dec. 1992, Jan. 1993)
  
• Using Technology to Improve Marketing of Legal Services
  (CSALT Annual Conference, April, 1994)
  
• Family Law Motions: Practice and Strategy (Law Society Continuing Education) (June, 1994)
  
• Marketing, Technology & The Sole Practitioner/Small Law Firm
  (CSALT Annual Conference, May 1996)
  
• The Life Insurance Clause in Separation Agreements
  (Family Law Annual Institute, May 1996)
  
• The Life Insurance Clause in Separation Agreements
  (National Family Law Conference, June 1998)
  
• Determining Income of the Self-Employed under the Child Support Guidelines (Law Society Continuing Education Program, 1999)
  
• Some Basic Management Principles for Lawyers, Law Society Continuing Education, May 2000
  
• Some Thoughts on Producing and Marketing a Law Firm's Web Site (Law Society Technology for Lawyers conference, November 2003)
• Lawyers Can be Different - Providing Innovative Legal Services (Law Society and Ontario Bar Association, April 2006)
• Some Quick Thoughts on Managing Information and Documentation in Family Law Files (CCLA Family Law Institute, June 2006)
• Some Thoughts About Using Technology to Market Legal Services (Law Society and Ontario Bar Association, 2007)
• Stress Management for Lawyers (Institute of Family Law 2007)
  

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