Aboriginal

• Advised in relation to litigation involving a First Nation's statutory appeal of the National Energy Board's approval of a pipeline reversal and capacity expansion
• Resisted a judicial review application that challenged the satisfaction of approval conditions on a pipeline project
• Negotiated agreements with numerous aboriginal communities to provide capacity funding, formalize support, resolve disputes, and acquire on-reserve land interests
• Advised about the duty to consult and how to engage with aboriginal communities in the context of pipelines, electrical transmission and green energy developments
• Defended a claim against a railway by a First Nation about ownership of mine and mineral interests under reserve (or former reserve) lands

Bankruptcy and insolvency

• Represented the proposal trustee of a private equity investment brokerage about the validity and priority of creditor claims
• Represented the monitor of a residential property developer under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act

Energy

• Defended a claim against an oil and gas company by a purported owner of copyrighted seismic data
• Advised a professional trustee about the fees it charges to administer payments of oil and gas royalties
• Prosecuted a loss of production claim by an oil and gas producer against a supplier of defective equipment

• "Beware of Multiple Hats: Avoiding Conflicts of Interest" (co-author: A. Kirker), Law Matters, Canadian Bar Association (Alberta Branch), Vol. 37, No. 3, fall 2012.

• Canadian Bar Association
• Calgary Bar Association
• Law Society of Alberta