Practice Areas

Wills and Estates
 

• Elder law issues
• Will drafting
• Enduring Powers of Attorney
• Personal Directives (Living Wills)
• Trusts including Family Trusts, interjurisdictional trusts and income trusts
• Estate and trust administration
• Contesting and setting aside invalid wills

Real Estate
 

• Residential sales and purchases
• Development and subdivision projects
• Commercial transactions
• Mortgage financing
• Commercial leases

Corporate/Commercial
 

• Incorporation
• Reorganizations
• Buy/sell agreements
• Partnership agreements
• Partnership and shareholder disputes
• Private placement offerings
• Business sales and purchases

Agricultural
 

• Operating agreements
• Sales and purchases
• Quota acquisitions and transfers
• Family farm planning and transfers

Professional Activities
2001-2009   Chairman - Lethbridge/Macleod Association of 
                       Real Estate Practitioners
1998-1999   Director - Lethbridge Bar Association
1994             Chairman - Estate Planning Association

Public Service and Community Activities
Director - Lethbridge Community Foundation
Director - Uphill Both Ways Education and Relief Fund
Director - Castle Mountain Resort Inc.
Past President - Kinsmen Club of Lethbridge
Past Chairman - Board of Trustees - McKillop United Church
Past Chairman - Board of Directors - Castle Mountain Resort Inc.
Past President - Canadian Ski Patrol System - South Alberta Zone
Past Vice-President Operations - Canadian Ski Patrol System - Mountain Division

Publications and Seminars
Lethbridge Community College

Public Legal Education - Presentations:
1994 - Condominiums and the Law
1996 - Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
1999 - Small Business and the Law
2000 - Contract Law
2001 - Enterpreneurship and the Law
2001 - Enduring Powers of Attorney and Personal Directives
2002 - 2009 Annually - Executors Legal Rights and Responsibilities
2005 - Farm Succession Planning

Public Seminars
1996 - Estate issues for Snow Birds
1998 - Will Planning

Education
1977-1978   University of Lethbridge
1978-1979   University of Calgary - Major Economics
1980-1983   University of Alberta - Faculty of Law

Personal History and Activities
Born and raised in Southern Alberta
Married with 4 daughters
Active skier/snowboarder, climber and runner