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
2001-2002   Chairman - Real Estate Committee
                      Canadian Bar Association - Lethbridge branch
1998-1999   Director - Lethbridge Bar Association
1994             Chairman - Estate Planning Association

Public Service and Community Activities
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, 2003, 2004 - 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