EXPERIENCE
1994 – Present
LAWYER
- Plaintiff and defence personal injury litigation (extensive experience with brain, psychiatric and psychological injury)
- Municipal, corporate, estate, family and property litigation
- Mediation: several mediations per year over 24 years, including multi-party matters. Member of the Associate Civil Roster at Mediate B.C. – See Mediate BC Roster
- Trial work: Jury trials and trials of up to 6 weeks duration
- Chambers experience: complex chambers applications and summary trials
- Negotiation: drafting of detailed proposals with summaries of records, evidence, reports and caselaw
- Appeal: factum drafting, research, and appearance at British Columbia Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada – see Marchi v. City of Nelson – Supreme Court of Canada Decision, and see factum drafted by Danielle Daroux Factum
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Trial Lawyers Association of B.C.
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts – a premier interdisciplinary and international association of professionals dedicated to the resolution of family conflict.
- Mediate BC – Civil Roster
- BC Hear the Child Society
EDUCATION and COURSES
University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, Windsor, ON and Stitt Feld Handy ADR Chambers, Toronto, ON
- Executive Certificate in Conflict Management
- ADR Workshop
- Advanced ADR Workshop
- Applied ADR Workshop
- Dealing with Difficult People Workshop
- Negotiation Course
- Difficult Conversations Course
Harvard University, Program on Negotiation, Boston, MA
- Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
- Fundamentals of Parenting Coordination Training Course
Continuing Legal Education, Vancouver, BC
- Family Law Dispute Resolution
- Parenting Coordination Training Program
- Family Law Arbitration Course
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
- L.L.B. – David Sabbath Prize for academic excellence in Advanced Family Law
University of Western Ontario, London, ON
- B.A., Administrative and Commercial Studies – Concentration in Organizational and Human Resources
CLE and TLABC courses and seminars,
- 1994 – present
BOARD MEMBERSHIP (Prior)
Law Foundation of British Columbia:
- Governor
Mental Health Review Board of British Columbia:
- Member and Chair – East and West Kootenay Mental Health Review Hearings
- Acted as Chair of a three-person panel for Mental Health Review Hearings under the Mental Health Act
- Drafted reasons for panel decisions in compliance with the requirements set out for quasi-judicial administrative hearings
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia:
- Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer
- Board of Directors
- County Coordinator
Rossland Childcare Society:
- Board of Directors
Kootenay Bar Association:
- President, Vice President, Treasurer
Greater Trail Community Skills Centre
- Board of Directors
COURSES TAUGHT
Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia
- Medical-Legal Conference – Causation
- Medical-Legal Conference – Cross-Examination
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia
- Discovery Practice
- Defending Personal Injury
Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch)
- Guest Speaker Women’s Forum
B.C. Medical Association Continuing Education
- Medical-Legal Issues
OTHER INTERESTS and MEMBERSHIPS
- Rossland Arts Council
- Trail Performing Arts Council
- Kootenay Columbia Trail Society
- Blackjack Cross Country Ski Club
- Hiking, Yoga, Skiing, Biking, Reading