EDUCATION

Victoria College at University of Toronto ( B.A. with Honours, 1971)

Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., 1974)

Called to Bar of Ontario (April 1976).

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES

Member of the Law Society of Upper Canada

Member of The Toronto Lawyers Association

Member of The Royal Canadian Military Institute

Member of the Board of Regents of Victoria University, in the University of Toronto,
and Chair of the Alumni Affairs & University Advancement Committee of the Board.

Past President of the Toronto Alumni Chapter of Delta Chi Fraternity

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lectured to trade and professional groups, as well as practitioners, in respect of the Construction Lien Act, Environmental Assessment: Practise and Procedure and on Grievance Arbitration Procedure

Acted as solicitor to the Board of Governors of the Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology for approximately 14 years. Provided a full range of legal services, and, in addition, on a volunteer basis, provided government relations, involving the obtaining of approvals for and the funding of expansion of college facilities and these volunteer activities were recognized by the conferring of an Honourary Diploma of Applied Arts and Technology.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Donate time to various community activities, including, most recently, assisting in successfully resisting the demolition of the home constructed in 1914, as his “dream home” by the contractor who constructed Casa Loma.

PERSONAL

Married and live in Toronto with my wife and two children.