Benchers

Herman Van Ommen, QC practises corporate commercial litigation at McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Vancouver where he is the senior partner of the Litigation Group. He was the Regional Managing Partner from 2012 to 2015. He was called to the bar in 1985 while at Shrum Liddle & Hebenton, the predecessor firm.

A Bencher since 2009, Herman is currently Chair of the Executive Committee, Appointments Subcommittee, Litigation Subcommittee, Law Firm Regulation Task Force and Adjudicator Code of Conduct Working Group, Co-Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Advisory Committee, and a member of the Complainants' Review Committee, Finance and Audit Committee and Insurance Subcommittee.

Herman has served on the executive of the Vancouver Bar Association. He has instructed at the Professional Legal Training Courses and frequently speaks on ethics and practice issues at various client and continuing legal education seminars. Before becoming a Bencher he acted as counsel for the Society in a variety of discipline, credentials, and unauthorized practice cases.

He is a Director of the United Way Lower Mainland and is Chair of its Nominations and Governance Committee. Previously, he was a Director of the Delta Gymnastics Society, managed a PeeWee baseball team and volunteered with Operation Rednose.

Miriam Kresivo, Q.C. is currently associate counsel at Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang. Her focus is on corporate and governance matters. Prior to this she was General Counsel of Chevron Canada Limited, dealing with all aspects of the refining, distribution and marketing of petroleum products. 

Elected a Bencher in May 2012, Miriam is currently Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee, Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee, and a member of the Credentials Committee, Governance Committee, Appointments Subcommittee, Insurance Subcommittee and Litigation Subcommittee.

Miriam is currently a Commissioner of the BC Utilities Commission and a director of the Hamber Foundation. She was formerly the Secretary Treasurer of the Vancouver Bar Association and has been on the executive of both the Canadian Bar Association's Pension Section and Corporate Counsel Section. From 2002 to 2012 she was a director of BC Pavilion Corporation, which owns and operates the Vancouver Convention Centre and BC Place and was involved in the construction of the expansion of the Vancouver Convention Centre and the renovation of BC Place. She has served on the UBC Alumni Awards Committee and has been a director of the Vancouver Writers Festival.

Nancy Merrill, QC is a partner with Merrill, Long and Company in Nanaimo. She has practised family law, mediation, civil litigation and wills and estates since 1991.

Nancy was elected a Bencher in 2011 and is currently Chair of the Equity and Diversity Advisory Committee and Legal Aid Task Force, and a member of the Executive Committee, Discipline Committee, Finance and Audit Committee, Appointments Subcommittee and Litigation Subcommittee.

Nancy was a mentor under the Canadian Bar Association Women Lawyers’ Mentoring Program and has served on the executives of the Nanaimo Family Bar and Nanaimo Alternative Dispute Resolution sections.

She has worked on the Family Relations Act review for the Attorney General, designed and taught the Family Law course at Royal Roads University and conducted federal prosecutions in Ontario while she completed the first portion of her LLM. She was involved in establishing the Nanaimo Children’s Lawyer, a pro bono child advocate project for children whose parents are involved in high conflict separation. She served as the Nanaimo County representative on the Board of the Law Foundation.

Jasmin Z. Ahmad is a commercial litigator at Koffman Kalef LLP. She obtained her LL.B. from the University of Victoria in 1994, and was called to the Bar in 1995.

Elected a Bencher in 2017, Jasmin is currently a member of the Ethics Committee, Equity and Diversity Advisory Committee, Lawyer Education Advisory Committee and Adjudicator Code of Conduct Working Group. Until her election as a Bencher, she served as a member of the hearing panel pool of non-Bencher lawyers.

Jasmin has also served on the executive of the Vancouver Bar Association and been a member of the CBA, BC Branch’s Equality and Diversity Committee. She has been actively involved as a mentor with the CBABC’s Women’s Law Forum Mentoring Program, including as a member of its organizing committee.

Her involvement in the community includes serving as president and fundraising chair of her daughter’s pre-school and as team manager of her daughter’s soccer team.

Jeff Campbell, QC is a partner at Peck and Company. He was called to the bar in 1999 after articling at Bull, Housser and Tupper. Jeff has practised criminal law for 17 years, primarily representing persons and companies in criminal or quasi-criminal matters. He has also acted as Crown counsel in trials and appeals, and on behalf of counsel before the Law Society.

Elected a Bencher for 2016, Jeff is a member of the Credentials Committee, Access to Legal Services Advisory Committee and Rule of Law and Lawyer Independence Advisory Committee.

Jeff is actively involved in legal education and pro bono initiatives, including the UBC Criminal Law Clinic, where he supervises law students representing impoverished persons on a pro bono basis. He is a supervising counsel and one of the founding members of the UBC Innocence Project, an organization dedicated to investigating claims of wrongful conviction. He is also a Director of the Criminal Defence Advocacy Society, an organization involved in advocacy and law reform.

Jeff regularly contributes to legal education programs. He has authored numerous papers and spoken at programs offered by the Canadian Bar Association, Law Society of British Columbia, Federation of Law Societies, University of British Columbia, International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law and Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia.

Pinder K. Cheema, QC practises primarily as Crown Counsel, but also spends part time doing solicitor's work as a sole practitioner. She was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2002.

Elected a Bencher in 2014, Pinder is currently a member of the Credentials Committee, Unauthorized Practice Committee, Rule of Law and Lawyer Independence Advisory Committee and Legal Aid Task Force.

Pinder has served a number of other organizations in the legal community: Canadian Bar Association Women Rainmakers, South Asian Bar and Judicial Advisory Committee; Legal Services Society Executive Committee, Legal Aid Committee, Media Committee and Finance Committee; and Victoria Bar Association as Treasurer and Director. She has been a sessional lecturer, mock trial judge and a principal to articled students. She has served on numerous administrative boards, including Safety Standards Appeal Board and the Mental Health Review Board.

In her community, Pinder has volunteered as director of the Warehouse School Society; director of La Societe Francophone de Victoria; and member of the UVic Senate and Awards Committee.

Barbara Cromarty is a partner with Ghilarducci & Cromarty in Trail, practising civil litigation – primarily family law, company, conveyancing, wills and estates. She attended UBC, completing her law degree in 1992, and was called to the bar in 1993.

Elected a Bencher in March 2017, Barbara has served as an appeal board tribunal member with the Health Professions Review Board, as a mentor for young female lawyers with the CBA Women Lawyer’s Mentoring, as a governor of the Law Foundation and as Secretary-Treasurer, Vice-President and President of the Kootenay Bar Association.

Barbara has a broad range of volunteer experience in the community, including serving as a governor of Selkirk College, director of Kootenay Friends of Children Foundation and director, secretary and chair of Trail Family & Individual Resource Centre Society.

Jeevyn Dhaliwal is a solicitor with the immigration boutique, Larlee, Rosenberg, where she practises workplace immigration law. She was called to the Bar in 1998.

Elected a Bencher for 2014-2015 and again in 2017, Jeevyn is currently a member of the Act and Rules Committee, Discipline Committee and Unauthorized Practice Committee.

Jeevyn has served as current executive and past President of the South Asian Bar Association of BC, past elected member of the Canadian Bar Association Provincial Council, past elected member of the Vancouver Bar Association and as a mentor to young female lawyers. She is a frequent presenter on immigration and employment-related topics.

She is a member of the Association of South Asian Professionals of BC, a guest anthem singer for Vancouver Canucks, a volunteer with the Kamloops Multicultural Society, a former member of Industry Training Appeals Board and the BC Advisory Council on Multiculturalism, and a past board member and secretary of the Kamloops – Cariboo Regional Immigrant Services.

Tom Fellhauer is a partner with the law firm Pushor Mitchell LLP in Kelowna. He was called to the bar in 1988 and practised in Vancouver until 1992 when he and his family moved to Kelowna. Tom’s practice consists of tax law, tax appeals, trusts, estate planning, corporate reorganizations, charities and not-for-profit law and planned giving. 

Elected as a Bencher for the Okanagan district in 2010, Tom is currently a member of the Executive Committee, Ethics Committee, Finance and Audit Committee and Lawyer Education Advisory Committee. He is a past member of the Discipline Committee, Practice Standards Committee, Act and Rules Committee, Complainants’ Review Committee, Unauthorized Practice Committee and Access to Legal Services Advisory Committee. He has also chaired and participated in numerous disciplinary hearings, review boards, conduct meetings and conduct reviews. 

Tom has been a member of the Canadian Bar Association’s Rural Education and Access to Lawyers Advisory Committee since 2010. He is also a presenter for the Okanagan Inns of Court program and a presenter on ethics for the Canadian Bar Association and TRU. Tom was past Chair of the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC and served as a director from 2004 to 2009. He is a chapter author for the CLE Company Law Practice Manual. He is a member of the CBA, the Kelowna Bar Association, the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and is a member and past President of the Kelowna Estate Planning Council. 

In the community, Tom is a director of the Kelowna Museums Society and Chair of its Governance Committee, a member of the City of Kelowna Heritage Review Steering Committee. He was past Chair of the Central Okanagan Foundation and served as a director from 1999 to 2011. He has served as a volunteer on the City of Kelowna Grants Committee, and serves as legal counsel for many charities and not-for-profits.

Craig Ferris, QC is a litigator with Lawson Lundell LLP. His areas of specialization include shareholder remedies, trust, pension and fiduciary disputes, securities and transactional litigation, mining disputes and real estate litigation.

Elected a Bencher for 2014, Craig is currently Chair of the Ethics Committee, Rule of Law and Lawyer Independence Advisory Committee, Early Intervention Working Group and Insurance Subcommittee, Vice-Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee and a member of the Executive Committee. He has also served as a conduct review panel member.

Craig has served a number of other organizations in the legal community: as counsel for the Canadian Bar Association, Proceeds of Crime Appeal; trial advocacy instructor at UBC; speaker at CLE (torts, pensions), Federated Press and other organizations; and as mentor to associates and principal to students. He is a long-time volunteer for Access Pro Bono and is his firm’s representative for the current “low bono” pilot project.

In the community, Craig serves as a director of Bard on the Beach Society. He formerly was a member of Bard on the Beach Capital Campaign, coach of Kerrisdale Little League and Kerrisdale Soccer, and a member of St. Mary’s Church Parish Counsel in Kerrisdale. He is an active runner, having completed 15 marathons.

Martin Finch, QC practises criminal and civil litigation at Baker Newby LLP, including commercial and personal injury law. He has practised family law and acted for lawyers on disciplinary hearings. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2010.

Elected a Bencher in 2014, Martin is currently Chair of the Access to Legal Services Advisory Committee, Vice-Chair of the Credentials Committee and a member of the Unauthorized Practice Committee and Law Firm Regulation Task Force.   

Martin also serves the profession as a member of the Board of Directors of the Continuing Legal Education Society. He was formerly the Canadian Bar Association representative to the Chilliwack School District and Secretary of the Cariboo Bar Association. He represented the CBA and the Chilliwack Bar Association at the government inquiry on the Chilliwack and Abbotsford courthouses. He is a member of the CBA and TLABC. He was formerly a member of the CBA Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee.

Martin holds an LLM . He has taught various courses in law at SFU, University of the Fraser Valley and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and has been a lecturer in law at Q.U. T in Brisbane, Australia

In the community, Martin was a Director of the Vancouver YMCA Foundation, Chilliwack Arts Council, Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce, Williams Lake Child Development Centre and Chilliwack YMCA Foundation.

Brook Greenberg has been a member of the Litigation Department of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP since being called to the bar in 1998. His practice focuses on complex commercial, construction and forestry litigation. He has appeared before all levels of court including the Supreme Court of Canada. He has been the partner responsible for pro bono matters in Fasken’s Vancouver office since 2004. He has taught civil procedure as an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia from 2006 to the present.

Elected a Bencher for 2016, Brook is Chair of the Discipline Committee, and a member of the Equity and Diversity Advisory Committee and Lawyer Education Advisory Committee.

Brook has been involved with the Law Students’ Legal Advice Program since 1993, first as a student clinician, clinic head and executive member, and then as a supervising lawyer at various clinics. In 2012, Brook joined the founding board of directors of the Greater Vancouver Law Students’ Legal Advice Society. Brook also acted as Secretary/Treasurer of the GVLSLAS in 2012 and 2013. He then served as President in 2014 and 2015, and as Past-President from 2016 to present.

In the community, Brook served from 2005 to 2012 on the board of directors of MOSAIC, a not-for-profit provider of settlement and support services for immigrants and refugees. He was Vice-President of MOSAIC in 2008, and President from 2009 to 2011.

Lisa Hamilton is a founding partner of Hamilton Fabbro, practising family law. She attended UBC (psychology) and UVic (law), and was called to the bar in 1995.

Elected a Bencher in 2016, Lisa is Chair of the Credentials Committee, Vice-Chair of the Equity and Diversity Advisory Committee and a member of the Governance Committee. She is the Law Society representative on both the Provincial Court Family Law Rules Working Group and on the Supreme Court Rules Committee.

She has served the legal profession as treasurer and co-chair of the CBA BC Vancouver Family Law Subsection; elected member of the Provincial Council of the CBA BC; member of the Family Law Working Group of the CBA BC for law reform; founding member of the Family Law Arbitrators Group Society; and member of the Board of Directors of CLE.

Lisa is a member of, and has written and presented for: the CBA, Trial Lawyers Association of BC, BC Arbitration and Mediation Institute, Family Law Advocates Group and BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society.

Lisa has assisted editing practice checklists for the Law Society and practice manuals for CLE. Lisa has served as a guest instructor at UBC, PLTC and for the BCAMI Family Law Arbitrator Training Course.

Dean Lawton, QC is a partner with Carfra Lawton LLP in Victoria.

Elected a Bencher for 2014, Dean is Chair of the Lawyer Education Advisory Committee, Vice-Chair of the Practice Standards Committee, and a member of the Act and Rules Committee, Truth and Reconciliation Advisory Committee and Adjudicator Code of Conduct Working Group. In 2014, he was appointed as a Bencher representative to the Continuing Legal Education Society's Board of Directors. He has also served as a guest judge at practice advocacy sessions for the Professional Legal Training Program.

Dean has been a sessional lecturer in civil procedure and insurance law at the University of Victoria; co-author of CLEBC publication Advising BC Business, Chapter 13, Insurance Basics 2006, revised 2008; past member of editorial advisory panel for CLEBC publication, CIVJI, 2008 revised; regular contributor to CLEBC programs; executive member (2001-2002), President (2003) and Treasurer (2004) of the Victoria Bar Association; and a member of Mediate BC since 2007.

In the community, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the United Way of Greater Victoria from 2008 – 2014 and a member of its Finance Committee from 2012 – 2014. He is a former volunteer with YM-YWCA of Greater Victoria Campaign for Youth and volunteers with a local community residents association.

Jamie Maclaren is a sole practitioner with a primary focus on civil litigation, and a secondary focus on solicitor’s work for small businesses. He is the founding Executive Director of the Access Pro Bono Society of BC, a former Executive Director of Pro Bono Law of BC, and the Vice-President of the Social Planning and Research Council of BC. 

Elected a Bencher for 2014, Jamie is currently a member of the Governance Committee, Practice Standards Committee and Equity and Diversity Advisory Committee.

Jamie volunteers as a supervising trial lawyer and director for the UBC Law Students Legal Advice Program, conducts legal seminars for people overcoming homelessness and addiction in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, and regularly provides pro bono legal advice and representation at all levels of court. 

He is also an adjunct professor at the UBC Faculty of Law, and an original member of the UBC Law Dean’s Advisory Council. He writes a column for the Slaw.ca blog and speaks internationally on the subject of access to justice. In 2009, Jamie received the UBC Law Alumni Association Outstanding Young Alumnus Award. In 2014, he received the Canadian Bar Association BC Branch’s Harry Rankin, QC Pro Bono Award.

Sharon Matthews, QC practises at Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman and has acted as counsel at trials and on appeals in BC, Alberta, Ontario and at the Supreme Court of Canada. Her practice is focused on aviation cases, product liability cases, class actions and access to justice issues.

Elected a Bencher for Vancouver County since 2014, Sharon is currently Vice-Chair of the Ethics Committee, and a member of the Finance and Audit Committee, Rule of Law and Lawyer Independence Advisory Committee and Law Firm Regulation Task Force.

Sharon has devoted volunteer time to access to justice issues including the CBA Legal Aid test case, the BC Public Commission on Legal Aid, and the CBABC’s Public Engagement On Legal Aid. She was pro bono counsel for the CBABC at trial, at the BC Court of Appeal and at the Supreme Court of Canada on Vilardell v. Dunham / TLABC v. British Columbia, a case pertaining to the constitutionality of hearing fees.

Sharon’s volunteer efforts also include pro bono work and speaking at continuing legal education events, including for The Advocates’ Society, TLABC, CBABC, BC CLE and UBC. She is a member of the CBABC and the TLABC. In 2011/2012 she served as the President of the CBABC.

Sharon’s abilities and volunteer endeavours have been recognized with three CBABC President’s Medals (2003, 2010 and 2012), in 2006 with the UBC Law Alumni Association Outstanding Young Alumna Award and in 2012 with an appointment as Queen’s Counsel.

Steven McKoen is a partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, practising in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance.

Elected a Bencher for 2016, Steven is currently Chair of the Governance Committee, and a member of the Ethics Committee and Finance and Audit Committee.

Steven is active in the community. He is a director of the Pacific Legal Education and Outreach Society and since 2006 has provided legal advice to artists and not-for-profits through its monthly pro bono clinic. Steven has been an adjunct professor in the faculties of law at both UBC and UVic, serves on the UBC Dean’s Advisory Committee for the Centre for Business Law and is a past chair of the Securities Law Section of the CBABC. Steven grew up in Port Alberni and Nanaimo, attended law school at UVic and was called to the bar in BC in 1998 and New York in 2002. He is married and is the proud father of two daughters. 

Steven is recognized as a leading lawyer by the following publications: The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2016, The 2016 Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada, and The Best Lawyers in Canada 2017. In 2014, Steven was a recipient of a national Lexpert Zenith Award, which recognized those lawyers and judges, called between 1986-2000, who each demonstrated excellence and thought leadership in their areas of practice.

Christopher McPherson is a senior prosecutor responsible for challenging, high-profile homicide cases. He has prosecuted over 30 homicide cases.

Elected a Bencher for 2016, Christopher is a member of the Discipline Committee, Access to Legal Services Advisory Committee and Equity and Diversity Advisory Committee.

Christopher serves as director of the BC Crown Counsel Association, and is a member of the International Association of Prosecutors and International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law. He was formerly President and on the Executive of the New Westminster Bar Association, Co-chair of the CBA Westminster Criminal Subsection and a member of the Policy Review Committee, Criminal Justice Branch.

His teaching and lecturing experience includes coach of the Western Canadian Criminal Moot Competition and UBC Burns Moot Competition, instructor of CLEBC’s Winning Advocacy, lecturer with the National Judicial Institute, ongoing training with the Ministry of Justice and various law enforcement agencies, and presenter at the International Association of Prosecutors Conference.

In the community, Christopher is a member of the East Vancouver Port Lands Liaison Committee, and was formerly an official with Biathlon Canada, volunteering with the Winter Olympics 2010, captain at the Vancouver Rowing Club and president of the Vancouver Skiers Cross-Country Club. He is a long-time coach of aquatics.

Lee Ongman practises with Kaun Law Corporation in Prince George.

Elected a Bencher for 2010, Lee is currently Chair of the Act and Rules Committee, and a member of the Discipline Committee, Unauthorized Practice Committee and Truth and Reconciliation Advisory Committee.

Lee is a member of the Board of Governors for the College of New Caledonia. She was formerly a President of the Prince George Bar Association, panel member with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, Vice-chair of the BC Press Council and panel member of the Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal.

She has spent 13 years as a board member and Vice-President of the Prince George Native Friendship Centre.

Lee is active in youth sports, and coaches girls soccer in the spring and ringette in the winter.

Gregory Petrisor is a sole practitioner, practising in Prince George and northern BC. His practice focuses on family law, and includes family law mediation and civil litigation.

Elected a Bencher in 2010, Gregory is currently Vice-Chair of the Unauthorized Practice Committee, and a member of the Ethics Committee and Access to Legal Services Advisory Committee.

Gregory has served as President of the Prince George Bar Association, and as a Director of Prince George Crimestoppers.

He has volunteered with the Prince George Figure Skating Club, the Prince George Ringette Association, and the School District No. 57 (Prince George) Work Experience and Career Program.

Philip Riddell was called to the bar in 1989 and currently practises criminal defence as a sole practitioner in Port Coquitlam.

Elected a Bencher in 2011, Philip is currently a member of the Discipline Committee, Lawyer Education Advisory Committee and Rule of Law and Lawyer Independence Advisory Committee.

He has served as a Canadian Bar Association Provincial Council member for Westminster County and as President of the New Westminster Bar Association.

Philip presents at a number of professional programs with the Trial Lawyers Association of BC and the Professional Legal Training Course.

He was the board solicitor for Kerrisdale Community Centre Society from 2004 to 2012.

Elizabeth Rowbotham practises environmental law with the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, with a focus on Crown liability. Her past experience includes commissioner with the BC Utilities Commission and legal and policy analyst for a British academic NGO and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Elected a Bencher for 2014, Elizabeth is currently a member of the Complainants' Review Committee, Ethics Committee and Governance Committee.

Elizabeth is past Chair and long-serving member of the executive of the CBA, Environmental and Natural Resources section; a regular judge at UBC Law Environmental Negotiations Competition; and presenter at CLE.

She has been a significant contributor to Covenant House Vancouver, a not-for-profit society assisting street youth, as a Director, Vice-chair, Corporate Secretary, Co-chair of the Governance Committee, Chair of the Advocacy Committee and Program Committee member.

She is a 2013 Premier's Innovation and Excellent Award Nominee in the Cross-Government Integration category.

Michelle Stanford has been a sole practitioner for the last 19 years, with a focus on criminal defence and administrative law under the BC Review Board. She was called to the bar in 1993 after a nursing career, including as Head Nurse at Vancouver General Hospital in orthopedic-trauma.

Elected a Bencher for 2016, Michelle is a member of the Practice Standards Committee, Unauthorized Practice Committee, Access to Legal Services Advisory Committee and Early Intervention Working Group.

Michelle has guest lectured at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Faculty of Law, TRU School of Nursing and the TRU Respiratory Tech program. She has served as President of the Kamloops Bar Association. Michelle has volunteered with Access Pro Bono, TLABC Legal Action Committee and as a mentor to TRU law students and the CBA Women Lawyers Forum Mentoring Program.

Her community service includes President of the Kamloops Art Gallery and Trustee on the Boards of Regional Health Board in Kamloops and Western Canada Theatre Company.

Michelle enjoys keeping active and keeping track of her even more active teen-aged children.

Sarah Westwood was called to the Bar in 2002, and articled and practised as a corporate-commercial solicitor in Vancouver until moving to Smithers in 2004. She started her own firm in 2005, and has since practised largely as a barrister, including ad hoc Crown, criminal defence, family, employment and child protection cases.

A Bencher since June 2014, Sarah is currently Chair of the Practice Standards Committee, Vice-Chair of the Lawyer Education Advisory Committee, and a member of the Executive Committee, Governance Committee and Legal Aid Task Force.

In 2013, Sarah was elected as a representative to the Provincial Council of the CBA, BC Branch, and served on the Rural Lawyers Task Force in 2014. She also presented and spoke at the 2013 CBABC conference on issues facing rural practitioners.

Tony Wilson, QC was called to the bar in 1986 and practises franchising, licensing and intellectual property law at Boughton in Vancouver.

Elected a Bencher in 2011, he is currently a member of the Complainants' Review Committee, Practice Standards Committee and Lawyer Education Advisory Committee.

He is a regular columnist with the Globe and Mail and has two widely read columns in BarTalk and Canadian Lawyer. In addition to his columns, he is the author of Buying a Franchise in Canada: Understanding and Negotiating your Franchise Agreement and Manage Your Online Reputation; the latter being a book written to guide individuals and businesses on how to monitor and protect their personal and corporate reputations on social media.

He regularly speaks and writes on both areas of law to lawyers and members of the public.

He has been an elected member of the Provincial Council of the Canadian Bar Association, and is a founding participant in the Boughton-BCLI Great Debate.

He is an Adjunct Professor at Thomson Rivers University School of Law, where he teaches Ethical Lawyering, and at Simon Fraser University, where he teaches Contract Law to graduate students in the MALS program.