Specializing in banking and commercial litigation, including restructuring, realizations, bankruptcy, receivership, arrangements, proposals and work-outs, liquidations, priorities disputes, farm realizations and mediation, commodities litigation and trading disputes.

Recognized as a leading practitioner in Insolvency and Commercial Litigation by Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2009-2010.

Partner
Admitted to the Bar, 1985, Manitoba.

Education
University of Manitoba (B.A., 1977, LL.B., 1984).

Member
Canadian Bar Association; Manitoba Bar Association; Manitoba Bar Council (Life Council Member); American Bar Association; Risk Management Association.

Positions
Canadian Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section, Treasurer (2008 to present).
National Insolvency Review, Editorial Board.
Taylor McCaffrey Financial Advisory Services Practice Group, Chair (1999 to present).
Manitoba Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, Past Chair (2001-2006).

Publications

• "All Screwed Up? The Good, The Bad and The Ugly New Statutory Priorities under Chapter 47" (2006) 9 Commercial Insolvency Reporter Vol. 19 Nos. 1 and 2
• "Status of Farm Income Stabilization Programs in Bankruptcy" (2006) 21 National Creditor Debtor Review 38 (co-author)
• "BIA Transformed into a Mini CCAA", The Lawyers Weekly, March 17, 2006
• "Is There Anything Left for the Secured Lenders? The Current State of Statutory Super Priorities and the Impact of Bill C-55" (2006) National Insolvency Review, Vol. 23 No. 1
• "Bill C-55's New Super Priorities for Unpaid Wages and Pension Contributions", The Lawyers Weekly, November 18, 2005
• "What's on Second? Recent Additions to the Motley, Straggling Line of Cases in Which Her Majesty Endeavours to Jump the Priority Queue", 2005 National Insolvency Review, April Edition
• "Who's on First? Recent Additions to the Motley, Straggling Line of Cases in Which Her Majesty Endeavours to Jump the Priority Queue", Commercial Insolvency Reporter, Vol. 16 No. 4 (April, 2004) (Co-author)
• "Another Mad Cow? Protection Against Creditors under the Farm Debt Mediation Act", Canadian Bar Association Bankruptcy Newsletter (March, 2004)
• "Wage & Pension Protection in the Upcoming Round of Insolvency Form - Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?" Commercial Insolvency Reporter (February, 2003)
• "The Hermaphrodite Litigant: Suing Yourself Under Section 38 of the BIA", National Creditor Debtor Review Vol. 17 No. 2 (June, 2002)
• "Forced Collectivization CCRA Style? Creditors Respond to the Latest Source Deduction Priority", National Creditor Debtor Review Vol. 17, No. 1 (March, 2002)

Lecturer/Presentation

• "Mid-Market Commercial Technical Update", Annual CAIRP Insolvency & Restructing Forum, Winnipeg, May, 2010
• “When the Going Gets Tough? New Insolvency Regime to Help the Tough Get Going”, Law Society of Manitoba CLE (Moderator)
• "Purchasing from a Receiver: What you Need to Know", CBA Live Online, CLE, May 21, 2009
• "BIA Amendments - Personal", CAIRP Insolvency and Restructuring Forum, May 14, 2009
• "What's New from the Hinterlands", Fourth Annual CBA Pan-Canadian Insolvency and Restructuring Conference, September 19, 2008, Vancouver
• "Technical Update: Midmarket Commercial Issues", CAIRP Insolvency and Restructuring Forum, May 29, 2008, Winnipeg
• Conference Chair "Show Me the Money! 21st Century Collection Law in Manitoba", Law Society of Manitoba Continuing Legal Education, October 24, 2006
• "Recent Developments in Federal Crown Priorities" Advanced Insolvency Law & Practice Conference, Calgary, October 12, 2006
• "Rewriting the Rules for the 21st Century: Chapter 47 and other Reform Developments", CBA Pan-Canadian Insolvency and Restructuring Conference, Gatineau, Quebec, September 8, 2006
• "Chapter 47" CAIRP National Conference, August, 2006
• "Industries in Trouble - A Local's Perspective - Agriculture Subsidies" presentation to the CAIRP Insolvency and Restructuring Forum, Winnipeg, May 11, 2006
• "Competing Claims Between CRA and Other Creditors", 6th Annual Advanced Insolvency Conference, Toronto, January 2006
• Co-Chair, Inaugural Plan-Canadian Conference on Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Law, Quebec City, September 2005
• "More Cows, Cheap Sows and Farm Debt Protection", Joint Section Meeting for the Manitoba Bar Association and the Manitoba Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals, March 2005
• "Priorities and Super Priorities", 5th Annual Advanced Insolvency Conference, Toronto, January 2005
• Conflict Issues" Panel Discussion CAIRP Insolvency and Restructuring Forum (2004)
• "Protecting Trade Creditors in Bankruptcy", Presentation to Certified Management of Accountants Organization (2004)
• "Critical Update on Creditor's Priorities: CCRA v. Other Creditors", 4th Annual Advanced insolvency Law and Practice Conference, Canadian Institute, Toronto, Ontario (2004)
• Panel Discussion on Insolvency Reform, Canadian Institute's Advanced Insolvency Conference (Toronto, 2003)
• Panel Discussion on Agricultural Legal and Business Issues, Manitoba Mid-Winter conference (January, 2003)
• Program Chair: "Advising Financial Troubled Business", Law Society of Manitoba, February 2002;
• "Bankruptcy: A Creditor's Perspective", Law Society of Manitoba, January, 2002
• "Forced Collectivization, CCRA Style" and "The Hermaphrodite Litigant", Canadian Bar Association annual Meeting, August 2001
• "Liability of the Insolvency Practitioner", Canadian Insolvency Practitioners Association Annual Meeting, May, 2000
• "New Federal Priorities & Bankruptcy", Law Society of Manitoba, February 14, 2000
• "1998 Technical Update", Canadian Insolvency Practitioners Association Annual Conference, October, 1998
• University of Manitoba Faculty of Law Pre-trial Process and Advocacy (1994-1998)
• "Bankruptcy Segment for General Law Update for Family Lawyers", Law Society of Manitoba, September, 1998
• "Bankruptcy Proceeding: Representing Creditors", Law Society of Manitoba, January, 1997
• "Professional Proposals", Canadian Insolvency Practitioners Association Annual Conference, October, 1996
• "Commercial Fraud and Bankruptcy", Law Society of Manitoba, April 1995
• "Commercial Lawyers and Commercial Proposals", Business Subsection of the Manitoba Bar Association, January, 1994
• "Unsung Amendments of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act", Canadian Insolvency Practitioners Association, October, 1993
• "Shifting Liabilities", Canadian Insolvency Association Annual Conference, May, 1990

Papers

• "Farm Protection in Manitoba - Safety Net or Trap for the Unwary", MBA Mid-Winter Meeting, January 31, 2003
• "What Creditors Need to Know to Protect their Interest in Bankruptcy", January 2002
• "The Hermaphrodite Litigant: suing Yourself under BIA p. 38" and "Forced Collectivization, CCRA Style? Creditors Respond to Latest Source Deduction Priority" CBA Bankruptcy Section Annual Meeting, August, 2001
• "Taking the Debtor to Court", Collection Law in Manitoba Seminars, May, 2000, and 2001
• "Primer on Federal Priorities", Law Society of Manitoba CLE, February 14, 2000
• Prepared paper: "Is Nothing Sacred? The New Federal Priorities & Bankruptcy"
• Manitoba Contributor to "Special Claim Status by Province", Priorities update for the 1998 CIPA Insolvency Seminar, October, 1998
• "Technical Update 1998: Her Majesty Strikes Back", Canadian Insolvency Practitioners Association Annual Conference, October, 1998
• "What Happens when Bankruptcy and Family Law Collide", Law Society of Manitoba, CLE, September, 1998
• "Practical Advice to Credit in Bankruptcy Proceedings", Law Society of Manitoba, January, 1997
• "Investigating and Instigating Proceedings Against Dishonest Bankrupts", Law Society of Manitoba, April, 1995