Call: 2011
The Law Society of Alberta must regulate effectively in the public interest to maintain public confidence in our profession and to preserve our profession’s ability to self-regulate. My experience as a prosecutor, commercial litigator, and manager gives me a broadly informed perspective on the legal profession and its regulation.
After my call to the Ontario Bar in 2002, I worked in private practice in commercial litigation. In 2011, I moved to Alberta to become a prosecutor with the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service (ACPS).
Since 2018, much of my work with the ACPS has been in management. I am a Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor in Edmonton and co-lead the office’s team responsible for file screening, early case resolution and docket appearances. I also supervise prosecutors working in three specialized courtrooms: the Edmonton Indigenous Court, Edmonton Mental Health Court, and Edmonton Drug Treatment Court. These courts have reinforced the value of understanding the circumstances of people who interact with the justice system and connecting them with supports and service providers outside of the justice system. From 2021 to 2024, I led the Crown Prosecution Office in Wetaskiwin, supervising prosecutors serving several central Alberta circuit points.
My work requires collaboration with diverse justice system participants and stakeholders and has strengthened my ability to work collaboratively, make difficult decisions and understand and manage complex problems. I have supplemented my practical management experience with continuing education courses in strategic management, project management, change management, finance, and human resources.
My governance experience extends beyond the public sector. I served on the executive of the Alberta Crown Attorneys’ Association (2012 to 2020) as President, Treasurer and Secretary. In private practice, I served on my law firm’s management committee, and I have served as a director of several non-profit organizations.
The Law Society of Alberta has an important role to play in fostering competence among new and continuing members of the profession. Through the Law Society, I have mentored as part of the Mentor Express program for two seasons. Within the ACPS, I have mentored junior counsel through their first trials and jury trials, and I have been a principal for two articling students.
In my personal life, I am a proud “Theatre Dad” to a teenage performer. I enjoy spending time with my family in the mountains, canoeing and kayaking, and travelling. In 2025 and 2026, I performed in community theatre productions with Players de Novo, a company composed of lawyers and judges that raises money for the Edmonton theatre community. This year, I became a volunteer operator of streetcars with the Edmonton Radial Railway Society. If you are one of my passengers at Fort Edmonton Park or on the High Level Bridge, please say hello!
Call: 2002
The Law Society of Alberta must regulate effectively in the public interest to maintain public confidence in our profession and to preserve our profession’s ability to self-regulate. My experience as a prosecutor, commercial litigator, and manager gives me a broadly informed perspective on the legal profession and its regulation.
After my call to the Ontario Bar in 2002, I worked in private practice in commercial litigation. In 2011, I moved to Alberta to become a prosecutor with the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service (ACPS).
Since 2018, much of my work with the ACPS has been in management. I am a Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor in Edmonton and co-lead the office’s team responsible for file screening, early case resolution and docket appearances. I also supervise prosecutors working in three specialized courtrooms: the Edmonton Indigenous Court, Edmonton Mental Health Court, and Edmonton Drug Treatment Court. These courts have reinforced the value of understanding the circumstances of people who interact with the justice system and connecting them with supports and service providers outside of the justice system. From 2021 to 2024, I led the Crown Prosecution Office in Wetaskiwin, supervising prosecutors serving several central Alberta circuit points.
My work requires collaboration with diverse justice system participants and stakeholders and has strengthened my ability to work collaboratively, make difficult decisions and understand and manage complex problems. I have supplemented my practical management experience with continuing education courses in strategic management, project management, change management, finance, and human resources.
My governance experience extends beyond the public sector. I served on the executive of the Alberta Crown Attorneys’ Association (2012 to 2020) as President, Treasurer and Secretary. In private practice, I served on my law firm’s management committee, and I have served as a director of several non-profit organizations.
The Law Society of Alberta has an important role to play in fostering competence among new and continuing members of the profession. Through the Law Society, I have mentored as part of the Mentor Express program for two seasons. Within the ACPS, I have mentored junior counsel through their first trials and jury trials, and I have been a principal for two articling students.
In my personal life, I am a proud “Theatre Dad” to a teenage performer. I enjoy spending time with my family in the mountains, canoeing and kayaking, and travelling. In 2025 and 2026, I performed in community theatre productions with Players de Novo, a company composed of lawyers and judges that raises money for the Edmonton theatre community. This year, I became a volunteer operator of streetcars with the Edmonton Radial Railway Society. If you are one of my passengers at Fort Edmonton Park or on the High Level Bridge, please say hello!