Practised Civil Litigation for 20 years with Cooligan Ryan LLP, as partner from 1997 and managing partner from 2008
Equal representation over 20 years of Plaintiff and Defence clients and appeared at all levels of the Ontario Court and the Supreme Court of Canada
Director for 3 years on the Board of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association
Trained in mediation and negotiation, having completed the Harvard Mediation Course with the Advocates Society in 1998 and additional ADR Training with Windsor University Law School and the Stitt Feld Handy Group in 2013, and having participated as counsel and as mediator in hundreds of mediations
Frequent guest lecturer on civil litigation matters for the Carleton County Law Association, the Ontario Bar Association, the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and the Insight Conference Group, and past lecturer for the Civil Litigation Course for the Ontario Bar Admissions Program
Numerous Publications on Civil Procedure, Personal Injury Damages, Accident Benefits, Causation, Liability, Chronic Pain and Disability Law