Experience

Osgoode Professional Development

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Planning Lawyer

  • Apr 2008 - Present

  • Conceived and developed continuing legal education (CLE) conferences and courses • Performing competitive landscape analysis in civil litigation, employment, constitutional and administrative law • Recruited and managed working relationships with volunteer speakers (lawyers, judges, academics, government representatives, etc.) and with partnering and sponsoring organizations • Have increased attendance and heightened Osgoode's profile in the litigation area through continuous improvement of established programs • Increased Osgoode CLE attendance by 800-1,000 registrants annually • Developed webinars • A leading mediator and co-chair of my program Mediation Advocacy



The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario

• Toronto, Canada

• Committee Support Manager and Decision Writer

  • 2004 - 2007

  • Acted as liaison between patient complainants, physicians complained of, physician members of the Complaints Committee, and College investigators and staff • Drafted highly-regarded decisions in complaints cases • Wrote or oversaw the preparation of over 800 decisions yearly • Acted as liaison between patient complainants, physicians complained of, physician members of the Complaints Committee, and College investigators and staff • Drafted highly-regarded decisions in complaints cases • Wrote or oversaw the preparation of over 800 decisions yearly



Canada Law Book Inc.

• Toronto, Canada Area

• Manager, New Publications Acquisition

  • 2002 - 2004

  • Managed a three-person team in identifying untapped opportunities for new legal publications • Recruited distinguished and emerging authors, negotiating and amending publishing contracts, and liaising with Marketing's sales director, managers and copywriters • Wrote numerous articles for Canadian Lawyer and Law Times • Negotiated author-publisher contracts • Managed a three-person team in identifying untapped opportunities for new legal publications • Recruited distinguished and emerging authors, negotiating and amending publishing contracts, and liaising with Marketing's sales director, managers and copywriters • Wrote numerous articles for Canadian Lawyer and Law Times • Negotiated author-publisher contracts



The Law Society of Upper Canada

• Toronto, Canada Area

• Director, Continuing Legal Education (CLE)

  • 1992 - 2002

  • Project managed the Six-Minute Lawyer series of programs • Advisor to Benchers of the Society's Professional Development and Competence Committee • Assisted in helping to develop, design and publish texts connected with Law Society CLE programs • Chaired a conference for lawyers seeking to be writers • Taught the Legal Writing module in the Ontario Bar Admission Course • Project managed the Six-Minute Lawyer series of programs • Advisor to Benchers of the Society's Professional Development and Competence Committee • Assisted in helping to develop, design and publish texts connected with Law Society CLE programs • Chaired a conference for lawyers seeking to be writers • Taught the Legal Writing module in the Ontario Bar Admission Course