Admitted: 1979, Ontario
Law School: University of Ottawa, LL.B.
Member: Perth County Law Association (Chairperson, Law Library Committee, 1986; Vice President, 2002; Representative, County and District Law President's Association, 2002).
Biography: Instructor: Bar Admission Course, Negotiations and Family Law, Law Society of Upper Canada, 1995-2005; Conduct Ontario Legal Aid Mediation and Settlement Conference, 2002; Mediation for the Family Practitioner (40 hours) sponsored by the Law Society of Upper Canada and recognized by Family Mediation Canada, 1995; Middlesex Family Law Association Annual Conference (8 hours), 1995, 1996; Basic Settlement Conference Training (14 hours), Ontario Legal Aid Plan, March 1995; Continuing Legal Education, Child Support Guidelines, Law Society of Upper Canada, 1996, 1998; Middlesex Law Association Annual Family Conference, 1998; Continuing Legal Education, Title Insurance, 1998; Continuing Legal Education, Family Law, Law Society of Upper Canada, 2000; June, 2001, November, 2001 and January 2002, Bar Admission Course, Family Law; September, Middlesex Family Law Association Seminar, 2002; Youth Criminal Justice Act CLE Program, Law Society of Upper Canada, January 2003; Continuing Legal Education, Best Practice for the Conduct of a Child Protection File, Law Society of Upper Canada, March 2004; National Youth Justice Defence Counsel Forum, Department of Justice, Ottawa, March 2004; Continuing Legal Education, Family and Estates Law, Law Society of Upper Canada, June 2004; Deputy Judges' Continuing Legal Education Seminars, 2004-2007; Continuing Legal Education, the Six Minute Family Court Judge, The Law Society of Upper Canada, February, 2005; Continuing Legal Education, Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines, Ontario Bar Association, March 2005; Continuing Legal Education, Conduct of the Family Law Trial, The Law Society of Upper Canada, 2007. Guest Speaker, Ontario Police College, Aylmer, 1992. Participant, Wednesday Legal Advice Clinics, 1999-2005. Member: Legal Aid Duty Counsel Panel, Ontario Court of Justice, Family Court and Criminal Court, 1979; Child Abuse Review Team, Huron Perth Children's Aid Society, 1999-2005; Legal Advisory, Ontario Public School Boards' Association, 1990; Bench and Bar Committee, Southwest Region, 1990-1994. Deputy Judge, Ontario Superior Court of Justice Small Claim's Court, 2004. Chairperson: Gallery/Stratford, 1984-1985; Stratford Chamber of Commerce, 1985-1986; Perth County of Education, 1986-1988; Personnel Committee, Perth County Board of Education, 1989-1990; Legal Advisory Defence Fund, Ontario Public School Boards' Association, 1991. Supervisor, Law Cooperative Program, 1989-1990, Vice Chairperson, 1992-1993 and Trustee, 1984-1997, Perth County Board of Education. Pro bono legal services to sheltered workshop corporation, 1998-2003. Parliamentarian, Ontario Public School Trustees Association Annual Meeting, 1998. Chair, Legal Issues in Public Education Workshops, 1994, 1995.