Biography
EDUCATION
2002-2003 Master of Laws, University College London, London, United Kingdom
• International Business Law
1998-2001 Bachelor of Laws, University ofNew Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
1993-1997 Bachelor of Arts, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Major in Geography, Minor in Environmental Studies
LEGAL WORK EXPERIENCE
January, 2016 to Present - Barnable Law Professional Corporation, Toronto, ON, Canada
Principal Lawyer
• Insurance - Coverage, Subrogation, Defence,
• Class Actions
• Transportation and Marine Law
• Municipal Law
August 2008 to December 2015 - McCague Borlack LLP, Toronto, ON, Canada
Partner (2013), Insurance and Commercial litigation
• construction, product liability, insurance coverage, class actions
• Insurance Coverage Group Co-Chair, (20 14-Present)
• Marine Law Group Chair (2009-Present).
January 2008 to August 2008 - Stewart McKelvey, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Associate, Commercial litigation
• commercial disputes, construction, product liability, class actions.
August 2007 to December 2007 - Miller Thomson LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Associate, Insurance and Commercial litigation
• commercial and construction disputes, insurance coverage, securities litigation.
January 2005 to August 2007 - Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Associate, Commercial litigation
• securities and commercial disputes, fraud, insurance coverage, construction.
May 2000 to December 2004 - Mcinnes Cooper, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Associate & Summer Student, Litigation/Labour
• commercial, construction, and property litigation, and industrial labour.
MEMBERSHIPS/EXTRA-CVRRICULAR ACTIVITIES
2014 to Present - Toronto Law Journal - Toronto Lawyers Association
• Contributing Editor, Construction Law Section
2009 to Present - Canadian Board of Marine Underwriters
• Chair, Claims and Loss Prevention Committee (2015)
2009 to Present - Canadian Maritime Law Association
2005 to Present - Law Society of Upper Canada
• Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor. 2005
2000 to Present - Law Society of Newfoundland
• Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor, 2002
2000 to Present - Canadian/Ontario Bar Association
2003 - London Shipping Law Centre
• Student Member
2004 - Coastal Zone Canada Conference, 2004
• Speaker/Co-Author "Oil Pollution from Ships: Regulatory Stricture and Public Perception"
2004 - Protected Areas Association of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Board of Directors
2003 - Magna International Inc. -"As Prime Minister" Alumni Community
• Board of Governors
2003 - Memorial University of Newfoundland
• Guest Lecturer - Business Law I
2000-2001 - UNB Law Journal
• Editorial Staff.
2000 - Co-chair of Law Week 2000
• Student organized seminar series.
1999-2000 - Fredericton Legal Clinic
• Student Assistant.
ACHIEVEVEMENTS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2001 - Harold Puddester Prize
• University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law.
2000 - New Brunswick Law Foundation Scholarship
• New Brunswick Law Foundation.
1999 - Canada Millennium Scholarship
• Government of Canada.
1999 - Magna International "As Prime Minister..." Awards Program
• Atlantic Canada Regional Finalist, Magna International Inc.
1998 - National Environmental Youth Corps Internship
• Canadian Council for Human Resources in the Environment Industry.
SAMPLE WORK EXPERIENCE
• Defence and plaintiff representation on litigation proceedings relating to construction, environmental, product liability, professional indemnity, transportation and fidelity insurance matters;
• Advising insurers on coverage obligations and pertaining to construction matters, claims relating to natural resource and environmental losses, product liability claims, and professional indemnity, transportation and fidelity matters;
• Acting in defence of class actions including actions against a provincial regulator following a substantial industrial gas explosion located within a metropolitan centre, an international agricultural corporation involving historical usage of certain herbicides;
• Various litigation matters including co-counsel on leading Supreme Court of Canada decision concerning jurisdiction in defamation matters; co-counsel challenging City of Toronto 2010 municipal election due to voting irregularities;
• Acting on civil fraud proceedings, including injunctive relief and asset recovery, for various matters including an international food processor after a multi-million dollar fictitious vendor scheme, a national title insurer after a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud, a national commercial lender after a multi-million dollar student loan fraud, a leading computer memory manufacturer after a multi-million dollar kickback scheme, individual victims of mortgage and real estate frauds, and proceedings to assisted a U.S. receiver after a multi-million dollar securities fraud;
• Securities litigation including assisting with internal investigation of a telecommunications company into granting of share options, advising investors in relation to the 2007 ABCP market collapse, insurance coverage issues concerning funding disputes surrounding settlement of a derivative action commenced in the Delaware Court of Chancery;
• Advising on tort claims, insurance particulars, and labour and employment issues involving employee and public health and safety.