LL.B., University of Alberta, 1979
B.A., University of Lethbridge, 1975

• Alberta 1981

Litigation 

• Represented Chevron Corp. in the successful defence of attempts to enforce in Canada a US$9.5-billion judgment obtained against Chevron Corp. in Ecuador, a judgment found to have been obtained by fraud and corruption after a trial and all appeals in the United States, and also in an international arbitration between Chevron Corp. and the Republic of Ecuador
• Representing the Government of Canada in several multi-billion dollar oil- and gas-related claims brought by several Alberta First Nations, involving to date a successful defence on the first major issue in a four-year trial, and appeals to the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada and the summary dismissal of the second major issue, again through appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal and leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada
• Represented Deer Creek Energy Limited, an Alberta oil sands company, in the successful defence of claims in excess of $1 billion for “fair value,” after minority shareholders dissented from a second-stage squeeze-out following a takeover bid by the Canadian subsidiary of Total S.A.
• Represented the Canadian subsidiary of B.J. Services in the Tax Court of Canada, establishing the right of a hostile takeover bid target to claim investment banking advisory fees and white knight break fees as deductions for income tax purposes and as input tax credits for GST purposes
• Represented Masterpiece Inc., a retirement residence operator on a successful trade-mark appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, identified by Lexpert as one of the 10 most important business cases in Canada in both 2010 and 2011 and by Managing IP North America, in 2012, as the Canadian trademark case of the year

Arbitration 

• Represented various energy industry participants in the arbitration of multiple disputes, including calculating pipeline tariffs for production from two of Canada’s largest oil sands projects, the costs allowable for purposes of calculating provincial Crown royalties, and the pricing of natural gas liquids extracted by pipeline companies
• Represented the vendors of a Canadian oilfield service company on a dispute with an American purchaser seeking the return of all or most of the purchase price on the basis of post-closing adjustments and alleged breaches of representations and warranties
• Represented an Alberta energy facilities manufacturer in an arbitration against the Polish state oil and gas company, conducted in Warsaw under the rules of the Warsaw Chamber of Commerce, and in a contractual mediation with a major Belgian company, conducted in Brussels

 Advisory 

• Advised corporations or special committees in responding to allegations of improper manipulation of historical stock option grants, and on securities commission investigations into alleged insider trading and inadequate disclosure

• Best Lawyers in Canada: Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2006-2025; Bet-the-Company Litigation, Indigenous and First Nations Practice 2013-2025; Alternative Dispute Resolution 2018-2025; International Arbitration, 2023- 2025
• Chambers Global, Canada: Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Chambers and Partners, 2022-2024
• Chambers Canada, Alberta: Litigation - General Commercial, Chambers and Partners, 2017-2025
• Legal 500 Canada: Dispute Resolution - Alberta (Hall of Fame), 2023-2025
• Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2018-2024: recommended in Litigation - Corporate Commercial, Litigation - Directors' & Officers' Liability, Litigation - Securities, Litigation - Product Liability; 2018, 2021: recommended in Aboriginal Law 
• Benchmark Litigation Canada: Litigation Star, 2021-2024: recognized as a local litigation star in Alberta and a litigation star in Canada in Energy and Natural Resources, Securities, General Commercial, Product Liability, Arbitration, Aboriginal and Insurance and selected as the Canadian Arbitration Counsel of the Year for 2013 and the Energy and Resource Litigator of the Year for 2015
• Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, 2022: Most Frequently Recommended in the area of Litigation – Corporate Commercial 
• Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers, 2022 
• Legal 500 Canada: Dispute Resolution - Alberta (Leading Lawyer), 2016-2022
• Lexpert Special Edition:  Energy, 2021 – Profiled as a leading lawyer 
• Acritas Stars 2019-2021 – Designated as an "Acritas Star" 
• Who's Who Legal: Canada - Arbitration, Energy, Litigation 2020
• Best Lawyers in Canada: Corporate and Commercial Litigation "Lawyer of the Year," 2014; Alternative Dispute Resolution "Lawyer of the Year," 2019
• Who's Who Legal, Energy
• Who's Who Legal, Litigation
• Martindale-Hubbell — Client/Peer rated “AV Pre-eminent”
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (inducted in 2009)

• Supreme Court of Canada Advocacy Institute 
• Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society
• The Advocates’ Society
• Law Society of Alberta Conduct Committee, 2009-2012
• Law Society of Alberta Professional Responsibility Committee, 2006-2008
• Past instructor of advocacy skills to Alberta lawyers through the Legal Education Society
• YMCA Calgary board of directors, 2007- 2014; chair 2011-2013 
• YMCA Canada board of directors, 2013 - 2016
• Past board member, Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival