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- Litigation
- Energy
- Commercial Litigation
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- Litigation
- Energy
- Commercial Litigation
- Administrative Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Mike has practiced energy, commercial, and securities litigation, and commercial arbitration in Calgary for over 25 years. He has extensive experience with claims in the electricity, oil & gas, midstream, petrochemical, and pulp & paper industries both before the courts and in complex commercial arbitrations.
Mike has appeared as counsel in over 100 reported cases before all Alberta Courts, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Alberta and B.C. Securities Commissions, and other regulatory tribunals, and has been counsel in dozens of private commercial arbitrations. He has also argued several precedent-setting cases that have helped to delineate the jurisdictional boundaries between the courts and arbitration panels in commercial arbitrations, and established important principles regarding enforcement and annulment of arbitration awards.
Due to his notable reputation, Mike is recognised by Best Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert, Chambers Canada, and Benchmark Canada for his litigation, arbitration, and appellate advocacy work.
In addition to maintaining a busy practice, Mike is an adjunct professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law and has taught effective writing, legal drafting, and written advocacy courses to lawyers and business people in law firms, industry, government and regulatory bodies. He has also published several articles in Canadian and US law journals. Mike also holds an LLM from Columbia Law School where he was a James Kent Scholar in 2017.
Mike has appeared as counsel in over 100 reported cases before all Alberta Courts, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Alberta and B.C. Securities Commissions, and other regulatory tribunals, and has been counsel in dozens of private commercial arbitrations. He has also argued several precedent-setting cases that have helped to delineate the jurisdictional boundaries between the courts and arbitration panels in commercial arbitrations, and established important principles regarding enforcement and annulment of arbitration awards.
Due to his notable reputation, Mike is recognised by Best Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert, Chambers Canada, and Benchmark Canada for his litigation, arbitration, and appellate advocacy work.
In addition to maintaining a busy practice, Mike is an adjunct professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law and has taught effective writing, legal drafting, and written advocacy courses to lawyers and business people in law firms, industry, government and regulatory bodies. He has also published several articles in Canadian and US law journals. Mike also holds an LLM from Columbia Law School where he was a James Kent Scholar in 2017.
Bar Admissions
Alberta (1996)
Education
Columbia Law School (LL.M., (James Kent Scholar), 2017)
Court of Appeal of Alberta (Hon. Madam Justice C.M. Conrad, 1995-96)
University of British Columbia (LL.B.,1994)
Queen's University (B.A.,1990)
Areas of Practice
- Litigation
- Energy
- Commercial Litigation
- Administrative Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Utilities
Professional Career
Professional Activities and Experience
Law Society of Alberta, Member
Canadian Bar Association, Member
Calgary Bar Association, Member
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