- Appointed Queen´s Counsel, 2000
- Called to Bar, Newfoundland and Labrador, 1981
- Bachelor of Laws, University of New Brunswick, 1980
- Bachelor of Arts (Political Science), Acadia University, 1976
- Labour & Employment
- Insurance
- Administrative
- Litigation
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Honourary Bencher, Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
- President, Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, June 1996-June 1997
- Lecturer at Bar Admission Course
