Education and Professional Qualifications 2004 2005 University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Bachelor of Civil Law (equivalent to a Master of Laws) 2003 Called to the Bar of Ontario 1999 2002 Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario Bachelor of Laws 1996 1999 McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Bachelor of Arts (with distinction) Philosophy and Political Science Awards & Scholarships 2002 David Sabbath Prize in Administrative Law 2002 David Sabbath Prize in Advocacy 1999 & 2001 Senator Frank Carrel Scholarship Experience 2006 present 2009 present Partner, Toronto, Ontario Practicing in administrative, civil/commercial, constitutional, employment, human rights, professional discipline, and regulatory litigation. Adjunct Professor Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Ontario Teaching Administrative Law 2007 Adjunct Lecturer Queen s University Faculty of Law, Kingston, Ontario Taught Administrative Law, winter term 2007. Taught a seminar on Courts & Justiciability, autumn term 2007. 2005 2006 College Lecturer University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Taught courses in Administrative, Contract, and Tort Law. Post included responsibility for student welfare, administrative duties, and college admissions. 2003 2004 Law Clerk to the Honourable Mr. Justice Louis LeBel Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario 1
2002 2003 Articling Student Stikeman Elliott LLP, Toronto, Ontario Professional Activities 2012 Osgoode CPD: Certificate in Adjudication for Panel discussion Administrative Agencies, Boards and Tribunals Spoke on a panel on current issues in Administrative Law. 2011 Osgoode s 7 th Annual Forum: Administrative Panel discussion Spoke on a panel on Charter remedies in administrative proceedings. 2011 Law Society of Upper Canada CLE Panel discussion Presented on a panel for the CLE, Our Civil Justice System: Reflecting on the Recent Reforms on the topic of evaluating the amendments to the summary judgment rule 18 months later. 2010 present Legal Aid Ontario, Group Applications and Member Test Cases Committee The committee provides Legal Aid Ontario with expert, independent advice on applications for legal aid assistance for group certificates, test cases and coroner's inquests. 2010 Canadian Institute: Conducting Regulatory Lecture Investigations Presented lecture on the proper uses of investigative information to federal and provincial administrative tribunal members, lawyers, and researchers. 2010 Federated Press Mini-LLB for Regulators Lecture Conference Presented lecture on the rules of evidence to federal and provincial 2010 Canadian Centre for International Justice Lecture Presented lecture on civil liability in Canada for war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and torture. 2010 Canadian Institute: Advanced Evidence Law Workshop and Practice for Civil, Commercial and Administrative Law Presented workshop on evidence to federal and provincial 2010 Canadian Institute: Running a Fair Hearing Conference 2 Workshop
Presented workshop on evidence to federal and provincial 2010 Osgoode s 6 th Biennial Symposium on Search & Seizure Law Lecture Presented lecture on the investigative tools of professional regulators and the administrative law and Charter challenges available to respondents. 2009 Canadian Institute: Advanced Administrative Lecture Presented lecture on the sufficiency of reasons to federal and provincial 2009 Canadian Bar Association s Canadian Legal Seminar Conference: Winning Advocacy Organized and moderated a panel on advocacy before the Supreme Court of Canada at the CBA s annual legal conference. 2007 present Canadian Institute: Advanced Administrative Workshop Presented annual workshops on evidence to federal and provincial 2006 present Supreme Court Advocacy Institute Executive Director The Institute is a non-partisan, pro bono advisory service to counsel appearing before the Court, focusing on improving oral argument. 2005 present Amnesty International Legal counsel Pro bono legal counsel to Amnesty International in matters relating to national security and human rights. Publications 2011 Osgoode s 7 th Annual Forum: Administrative Conference Paper Wrote a conference paper considering the impact of Charter jurisdiction on administrative tribunals (with G. Chan). 3
2011 Law Society of Upper Canada CLE Conference Paper Wrote a conference paper entitled Summary Judgment Motions and Discovery: 18 Months After the Amendments to the Rules (with F. Schumann). 2011 Osgoode Search and Seizure Conference Conference Paper Wrote a conference paper regarding the administrative law and Charter principles applicable to regulatory investigations, searches and seizures (with A. Gonsalves). 2010 Canadian Institute Conference Paper Wrote a conference paper on collateral uses of information obtained through regulatory investigations (with J. Safayeni). 2010 Health Law in Canada Article Wrote an article regarding the limited application of the Charter to professional discipline proceedings (with A. Gonsalves): The Application of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to the Regulation of Health Professionals: Anaemic Rights & Prescriptions for Change (2010) 30 Health Law in Canada 203. 2009 Osgoode Professional Discipline Conference Conference Paper Wrote a conference paper on challenging production requests by professional regulators (with P. Le Vay). 2008 Osgoode Professional Discipline Conference Conference Paper Wrote a conference paper on effectively challenging the conduct of disciplinary investigations (with P. Le Vay). 2007 National Judicial Institute Conference Paper Wrote a paper on the criminal implications of insider trading and tipping, which was included as part of a continuing judicial education materials. It is an updated version of the paper prepared for the Osgoode Corporate Crime Conference. 2006 Osgoode Corporate Crime Conference Conference Paper Wrote a presentation paper on the new criminal implications of insider trading and tipping (with Paul Le Vay). 2002 Canadian Criminal Law Review Article Proposed changes to the law regarding the admission of prior conviction evidence to reflect current jury research: The Jury s Propensity for Prohibited Reasoning: Corbett Revisited (2002), 7 Can. Crim. L.R. 334. 4
2002 Queen s Law Journal Book Review Wrote review of D. Dyzenhaus & A. Ripstein, Law and Morality, 2d ed. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001), in 27 Q.L.J. 913 (2002). Languages Spoken and written French. 5