• Appointed Queen’s Counsel, 1988
• Called to Bar, Newfoundland and Labrador, 1971
• Bachelor of Laws, Dalhousie University, 1970
• Bachelor of Arts (History & Philosophy),
  Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1967

Areas of Practice:

• Commercial
• Litigation
• Oil & Gas
• Labour

Professional Activities:

• Former member, Board of Directors,
  Canadian Bar Insurance Association (CBIA)
• Former President, Newfoundland Branch,
  Canadian Bar Association

Business and Community Activities:

• Former Chair, Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro Development Corporation
• Former Chair, Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation
• Former Chair, Lower Churchill Development Corporation (LCDC)
• Former Vice-chair, Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador
  Offshore Petroleum Board (CNLOPB)
• Chair, Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation
• Chair, Bannerman Park Development Committee

Career Highlights:

• Counsel for the Government of Canada at the Ocean Ranger inquiry
• Senior counsel for United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW),
  in the then longest-running trial in Newfoundland’s Supreme Court
• Recipient of the Canadian Bar Association (Newfoundland Branch) Distinguished Public Service Award, 2005