I am a retired judge with over four decades of experience helping parties achieve practical and effective solutions to their most challenging disputes.  First as a Crown Prosecutor, later as a litigation partner with one of Canada’s premier law firms, and finally, for over twenty years as a trial judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.  By drawing on the unique perspectives and experiences gained at each stage of my career, I now help parties untangle the issues that separate them, restore and rebuild important relationships, and achieve practical, cost-effective resolutions to a broad range of commercial, civil, personal injury, employment, real estate, and personal matters.

My experience at the Bar and on the Bench is further complemented by additional training, accreditation, and significant experience as both a mediator and adjudicator. In my twenty-two years as an Ontario Superior Court trial judge, I have conducted over two thousand judicial settlement and mediation conferences in all civil and commercial areas. I am a very experienced mediator having received the Chartered Mediator designation (C.Med) from the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada “ADRIC” in 2019. In addition, I have also extensively taught mediation to both judges and lawyers, most recently in a one-week 2021 Osgoode Professional LLM course entitled “ Mediation Advocacy” designed by Mr. Frank Gomberg and myself.

Received LLB from the University of Toronto in 1977. LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1986. Fellow: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)-2018; Chartered Mediator designation (C. Med.) – 2019; Member of Ontario’s Civil Rules’ Committee (2014 - 2021).

Adjunct Professor: Osgoode’s Professional LLMs in Mediation Advocacy (2021), Advanced Trial Advocacy, and Corporate Crimes and Regulatory Offences (2000 - present). Appointed Co-Director of Osgoode’s Professional Civil LLM in 2009. Received Osgoode's Professional LLM Teaching Award in 2008. Received Ontario's 2015 Mundell Medal for Legal Scholarship and Canada’s 150 Community Award for legal teaching and scholarship - 2017.

Received Osgoode's Alumni Gold Key Award for Public Sector Achievement - 2019. Presented Ontario Tennis Association Distinguished Service Award - 2019. Granted OBA 2020 Foundation Award for outstanding contribution to legal education.

OBA, Advocates Society

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